# Fame.am profile — machine-readable export
# Canonical URL: https://fame.am/person/geoffrey-ma
# Generated: 2026-08-13T21:05:23.578Z

schema: https://schema.org/Person
url: "https://fame.am/person/geoffrey-ma"
name: "Geoffrey Ma"
slug: "geoffrey-ma"
description: "Geoffrey Ma Tao-li is a retired Hong Kong judge who served as the 2nd Chief Justice of the Hong Kong Court of Final Appeal—the court of last resort in Hong Kong. Between 2001 and 2010, he held various positions in the High Court of Hong Kong, including Chief Judge, Justice of Appeal, and Judge of the Court of First Instance. Before his judicial career, he was a barrister-at-law in private practice at Temple Chambers in Hong Kong and legal consultant to Messrs. David Chong & Co in Singapore, and was qualified to practice in England and Wales, Hong Kong, Australia and Singapore. He now practices at Temple Chambers as an arbitrator and mediator, and at Brick Court Chambers as a door tenant."
tagline: "Hong Kong judge"
image: "https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/Special:FilePath/Geoffrey_Ma.jpg?width=1200"
gender: "male"
country:
  name: "China"
  isoCode: "CN"
birthDate: "1956-01-11"
livingStatus: "LIVING"
scores:
  popularity:           48.19
  momentum:             8.92638036809816
  historical:           5.521386666666667
  currentAttention:     0
  sourceConfidence:     35
  profileCompleteness:  50
  trendDirection:       "RISING"
ranks:
  global:   null
  country:  null
  category: null
sources:
  - url: "https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Geoffrey_Ma"
    title: "Geoffrey Ma"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://ar.wikipedia.org/wiki/%D8%AC%D9%8A%D9%88%D9%81%D8%B1%D9%8A_%D9%85%D8%A7"
    title: "جيوفري ما"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://arz.wikipedia.org/wiki/%D8%AC%D9%8A%D9%88%D9%81%D8%B1%D9%89_%D9%85%D8%A7"
    title: "جيوفرى ما"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://zh.wikipedia.org/wiki/%E9%A6%AC%E9%81%93%E7%AB%8B"
    title: "馬道立"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://id.wikipedia.org/wiki/Geoffrey_Ma"
    title: "Geoffrey Ma"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://zh_yue.wikipedia.org/wiki/%E9%A6%AC%E9%81%93%E7%AB%8B"
    title: "馬道立"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q5534758"
    title: "Wikidata"
    type:  "WIKIDATA"

# bio (long form, separated for readability)
bio: |
  Imported from discovery source: wikidata-dump