Tan Sri Abu Samah brings with him more than 40 years of experience in various capacities in the government agencies and judicial services.

Tan Sri Abu Samah was appointed as Judicial Commissioner at the Commercial Division of Kuala Lumpur High Court in 1994, before becoming the High Court Judge of the Commercial Division in 1996.

He then served as the High Court Judge in Kuantan, Shah Alam and Melaka between 1997 and 2003. He later became the Judge at the Criminal Division of Kuala Lumpur High Court in 2007. He was elevated to the Court of Appeal in the same year and the Federal Court in 2013 before retiring from judicial service in 2018.

Tan Sri Abu Samah holds a Bachelor of Law LLB (Hons) from the University of Malaya and Master of Law from University College London.