Lou Hill

Louis Joseph Hill (born 31 August 1944) is a Dutch-born Australian former - barrister, member of the Victorian Legislative Assembly, Victorian Magistrate and currently a Nationally Accredited Mediator and recreational sailor He was born in Utrecht to clerk Louis Hill and Theodora Kleinhans and migrated to Australia in 1953.

He attended St Francis Xavier's in Frankston, St Bede's in Mentone and then Melbourne University, where he received a Bachelor of Law in 1973 (and much later, in 1996, a Master of Law).

He was admitted as a Barrister and Solicitor in 1973 and called to the Victorian Bar in 1975.

In 1982, he was elected to the Victorian Legislative Assembly as the Labor member for Warrandyte.

He was appointed as a Victorian Magistrate and Coroner in 1989 and sat in all jurisdictions.