Gerard Hogan

In May 2018, he was nominated by the Government of Ireland for appointment as the Advocate General to the European Court of Justice. His term began in October 2018 and will expire in October 2024.

He subsequently became as a Judge of the Court of Appeal upon its establishment in October 2014.

In one of his first opinions, on a reference from the French Conseil d'État, he found that Regulation (EU) No 1169/2011 of the European Parliament and of the Council of 25 October 2011 requires that products originating from Israeli-occupied territories should indicate if these products come from such a territory. His opinion was followed by the Court of Justice.

He was appointed a Judge of the High Court in 2010. Soon after his appointment, he held an emergency hearing in his home regarding a blood transfusion for a sick baby. He was one of three judges who heard a case taken by Marie Fleming, seeking a right to die in 2012. His reference to the European Court of Justice in 2014 regarding the International Safe Harbor Privacy Principles, resulted in a declaration by the Grand Chamber that the Safe Harbour Decision was invalid.

Hogan is from Carrick-on-Suir, County Tipperary. His father was the deputy principal of Christian Brothers secondary school in the town. He was educated at University College Dublin, the University of Pennsylvania, and the King's Inns. He received a PhD in law from Trinity College Dublin in 2001. He was called to the Bar in 1984 and became a Senior Counsel in 1997. He acted for the Attorney General of Ireland in a reference made by President Mary Robinson under Article 26 of the Constitution of Ireland to the Supreme Court regarding the Employment Equality Bill of 1997. He appeared again for the Attorney General (with Dermot Gleeson and Paul Gallagher) in another reference made by President Mary McAleese regarding the Health (Amendment) (No. 2) Bill 2004.

He was the first barrister to appear in an Irish court without a wig, following the enactment of the Courts and Court Officers Act 1995.

He was a law lecturer and fellow in Trinity College Dublin from 1982 to 2007. He is regarded as "one of the foremost constitutional and administrative lawyers in Ireland". He is the co-author of Administrative Law in Ireland and JM Kelly: The Irish Constitution, the core Irish legal texts in Irish administrative and constitutional law respectively. He has also written a text on political violence and a book where he chronicled the origins of the Constitution of Ireland.

Gerard William Augustine Hogan (born 13 August 1958) is an Irish lawyer and academic is currently an Advocate General of the European Court of Justice. He was formerly a Judge of the Irish Court of Appeal and the High Court.