| Honorific-Prefix: | The Honourable |
| Patrick Keane | |
| Order: | 8th |
| Office: | Chief Justice of the Cook Islands |
| Term Start: | 2022 |
| Predecessor: | Hugh Williams |
| Birth Name: | Patrick John Keane |
| Alma Mater: | Victoria University of Wellington |
Patrick John Keane is a retired New Zealand judge. In December 2022, he was appointed Chief Justice of the Cook Islands, replacing Hugh Williams.[1]
Keane was educated at Victoria University of Wellington, graduating with a BA in 1968, and an LLB (Hons) in 1969. He then worked for as a lawyer for Izard Weston and later as a Crown Solicitor for Rudd Watts and Stone from 1977 to 1979. He was a legal adviser to the New Zealand government from 1980 to 1985, and a Crown Counsel for the Crown Law Office from 1985 to 1987.[2] In 1987, he was appointed a judge of the District Court of New Zealand and to the Taxation Review Authority.[2] From 2001 to 2003 he was a member of the New Zealand Law Commission.
In 2003, he was appointed a judge of the High Court of New Zealand. He retired in 2016,[3] and was then appointed to the High Court of the Cook Islands.[4]
In the 2017 New Year Honours he was appointed a Companion of the New Zealand Order of Merit (CNZM) for services to the judiciary.[5]