Anthony J. Hederman

Anthony James Hederman (11 August 1921 – 10 January 2014) was an Irish judge. He served as Attorney General of Ireland from 1977 to 1981.

He was born on 11 August 1921 in Naas, County Kildare, Ireland. He was educated at Castleknock College, a private Roman Catholic boys' school in Dublin. He went on to obtain an honours degree in legal and political science from University College Dublin.

Hederman was called to the Bar in 1944. He mainly undertook prosecutions and other State work. He was Attorney General of Ireland from July 1977 to June 1981. In 1981 he was appointed as a judge of the Supreme Court of Ireland and served there until 1993. He was the sole dissenter in the X Case judgement. He was later appointed as the president of the Law Reform Commission. He died in 2014. After his death the UCD Student Legal Service society named its annual moot court competition in honour of the late Mr Justice Hederman.