Zakiah Binti Kassim

Dato’ Zakiah Binti Kassim started her career as a Legal Officer at the High Court of Kuala Lumpur in June 1983 before taking up appointment as Senior Assistant Registrar at High Court of Pulau Pinang in the same year. In 1984, she became Director of the Legal Aid Bureau of Negeri Sembilan until she left to assume the position of Magistrate of the Magistrate Court of Kuala Lumpur in 1986. In 1991, she was promoted as Session Court Judge at the Session Court of Kuala Lumpur. A year later, she joined the executive branch of the government upon her appointment as Legal Advisor at the Ministry of Housing & Local Government. In 1997, she was appointed as a Secretary at Perbadanan Putrajaya prior to assuming the role of Federal Counsel at the Ministry of Finance in 1999. In 2000, she was appointed as a Legal Officer, Drafting Division at the Attorney General Chamber, a position she held for 4 years before she joined the Kedah State as a Legal Advisor in 2005. In 2009, Dato’ Zakiah became Chairman of the Board Advisory in the Prime Minister’s Department before returning to the judiciary branch following her appointment as Judicial Commissioner at the High Court of Johor Bahru, Johor in the same year. She accepted a transfer to the High Court of Alor Setar, Kedah in 2010 and was with the High Court of Shah Alam, Selangor for 2 years until her retirement in 2017.