“By the time I finished doing regular practice, most of my work was in international regulatory law, so I was advising foreign governments about their responsibility and roles in things like public inquiries.”

British criminal barrister and television personality

Robert Michael Rinder, known to many as Judge Rinder, is a British criminal barrister and television personality. He became widely known in 2014 when, while still practising law, he began hosting the courtroom reality series Judge Rinder. He later took on another presenting role in 2019 with the Channel 4 series The Rob Rinder Verdict. His public work sits at the point where legal practice meets television, especially in formats built around courtroom debate and judgment.