James Wolffe previously served as Dean of the Faculty of Advocates from 2014 to 2016, and Vice-Dean of the Faculty of Advocates from 2013 to 2014.
15 Facts About James Wolffe
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Walter James Wolffe was born on 20 December 1962 in Dumfries to Alexandra L Graham and Antony Curtiss Wolffe MBE.
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James Wolffe attended Gatehouse of Fleet Primary School and then Kirkcudbright Academy.
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James Wolffe then went on to study at Balliol College, Oxford to take a Bachelor of Civil Law degree.
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James Wolffe trained as a solicitor at a commercial firm in Edinburgh.
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James Wolffe served as First Standing Junior Counsel to the Scottish Government from 2002 to 2007.
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James Wolffe took silk in 2007, earning the post nominal of QC.
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James Wolffe spent ten years practicing in commercial and public law, before serving as full-time prosecutor as Advocate Depute at the High Court of Justiciary from 2007 to 2010.
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James Wolffe has been instructed for cases at all levels, including the Supreme Court of the United Kingdom, the Judicial Committee of the Privy Council and the European Court of Human Rights.
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James Wolffe was elected Vice-Dean of the Faculty of Advocates in February 2013.
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James Wolffe was the winner of an election defeating Gordon Jackson QC, Andrew Smith QC and Alan Summers QC.
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James Wolffe is the first Dean to be elected by an electronic vote.
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James Wolffe's appointment was confirmed by the Scottish Parliament on 1 June 2016.
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In 2020, James Wolffe informed the Scottish Government of his intention to step down as Scotland's Lord Advocate after the May 2021 Scottish Parliament election.
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James Wolffe married Sarah Poyntell LaBudde, in 1987, a Senator of the College of Justice in the Supreme Courts of Scotland.