[Justice Minister Rob] Nicholson’s two parliamentary secretaries are newbie MPs, although neither is new to politics. Both senior legal practitioners have a lot to offer the justice minister with complementary skills and a combined total of 57 years of experience in the legal trenches.
Goguen said he had “a good run” practising. “It was extremely exciting because there was never one day that was the same,” he explained. “Law is such a varied thing.” The highlight was “being able to put a smile on people’s faces when you were able to deliver the result.”
Added Goguen, “what I am doing now is certainly far different than what I have done in the past 27 years as a litigator, but it’s every bit as important. And it’s a different way of helping people and making society a better place to live.”
However unlike when he was practising, as an MP “instead of your being able to sit there and concentrate on anything for an hour, you are lucky if you get 10 minutes before you go on to the next task. It’s very, very accelerated,” he said.
After years of applying the law, Goguen said he relishes the prospect of helping make law. “It’s a very exciting challenge,” he enthused.
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