Rossa A Fanning was born on 1976 and is an Irish barrister and legal academic who has served as the attorney general of Ireland since December 2022.
19 Facts About Rossa Fanning
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Rossa Fanning studied for a BCL law degree from University College Dublin and obtained a master's degree from UCD where he wrote a thesis on civil procedure.
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Rossa Fanning studied for an LLM degree at the University of Michigan Law School as a scholar of the Fulbright Program.
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Rossa Fanning attended the King's Inns and was the individual winner of the Irish Times Debate while studying there.
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Rossa Fanning was called to the Bar in 1999 and devilled for David Barniville.
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Rossa Fanning has worked across a broad spectrum of commercial cases including insolvency and restructuring, commercial leases, defamation, debt recovery, repossessions and professional negligence.
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Rossa Fanning has represented various multinational technology companies including Facebook, Google, and Twitter in disputes.
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Rossa Fanning acted for Rory McIlroy in a High Court dispute over agreements with his former management company and MCD Productions's barrister when it sought to enforce a judgment against Prince.
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Rossa Fanning has acted in cases for various insolvency practitioners and creditors across notable cases including CityJet, USIT, Monsoon Accessorize, the Business Post, Debenhams, and Norwegian Air, and acted for the receivers of Apollo House.
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Rossa Fanning was barrister for Michael Fingleton in a debt recovery case taken by former employer Irish Nationwide Building Society.
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Rossa Fanning was a member of the legal team for Sean Quinn and two of his sons in action taken by Anglo Irish Bank but resigned while the case was ongoing.
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Rossa Fanning was defence counsel for the Congregation of the Holy Spirit in a civil action for damages.
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Rossa Fanning has acted for the State in judicial review proceedings and for the Health Products Regulatory Authority in a test case in relation to the Pandemrix vaccine.
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Rossa Fanning appeared at the Disclosures Tribunal and the Moriarty Tribunal.
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In February 2024, Rossa Fanning presented Ireland's submission to the International Court of Justice on Israeli occupation of Palestinian land.
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Rossa Fanning was a lecturer in law at UCD, lecturing in company law and constitutional law, and has written on these topics for the Irish Jurist.
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Rossa Fanning took part in a panel discussion at the Constitutional Convention in 2014 on the topic of economic, social and cultural rights.
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Rossa Fanning was appointed Attorney General of Ireland on 17 December 2022 on the nomination of Leo Varadkar, succeeding Paul Gallagher.
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Rossa Fanning is a past chair of the selection committee for the Ireland Davis Cup team.