Robert Gotterson

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| name = Robert William Gotterson AO

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| office = Justice of the Supreme Court of Queensland

| term_start = 2 May 2012

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| birth_date = {{birth date and age|1949|12|28|df=y}}

| birth_place = Brisbane, Queensland, Australia

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Robert William Gotterson AO (born 28 December 1949) is an Appeals Court justice at the Supreme Court of Queensland. He became Queen's Counsel in 1988 and previously served as president of the Bar Association of Queensland, the Australian Bar Association{{cite news |last1=Oberhardt |first1=Mark |title=Community advocate appointed 112th judge of Supreme Court and Court of Appeal |url=https://www.couriermail.com.au/news/community-advocate-appointed-112th-judge-of-supreme-court-and-court-of-appeal/news-story/947795156323bf7a51e87f3d5b6e5a4e?sv=e473066531fe557421b0cdd6540a96b5 |accessdate=23 March 2019 |work=The Courier-Mail |publisher=Queensland Newspapers |date=2 May 2012}} and the Law Council of Australia.{{cite web |url=http://www.sclqld.org.au/qjudiciary/profiles/rgotterson/ |title=The Honourable Justice Robert Gotterson |accessdate=October 7, 2013 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20140201145921/http://www.sclqld.org.au/qjudiciary/profiles/rgotterson/ |archive-date=1 February 2014 |url-status=dead }}

Gotterson was appointed an Officer of the Order of Australia (AO) in the 2014 Australia Day Honours "for distinguished service to the judiciary and to the law, to legal education, administration and professional standards through a range of senior roles, and to the community of Queensland."{{cite web|title=Officer (AO) in the General Division of the Order of Australia|url=http://www.gg.gov.au/sites/default/files/files/honours/ad/Media%20Notes%20-%20AO%20(final).pdf|work=Website of the Governor General of Australia|publisher=Australian Honours and Awards Secretariat|accessdate=9 February 2019}}