Division of Bar Roll:
Victorian Practising Counsel
Previous Occupation:
Solicitor; Judge's Associate
Accepts briefs from in-house counsel Profile:
Sam practises in all areas of public and commercial law.
Before coming to the Bar, Sam worked as Counsel Assisting the then Solicitor-General for Victoria, Rowena Orr KC (now the Hon Justice Rowena Orr). He was also an Associate to the Hon Justice Steward of the High Court of Australia.
He commenced his career as a solicitor in the litigation team at Arnold Bloch Leibler, where he practised in general commercial disputes and corporate insolvency.
Sam holds a Bachelor of Arts (Honours) and a Juris Doctor from the University of Melbourne, where he ranked second in his graduating cohort and was an Editor of the Melbourne University Law Review.
Sam is reading with Fiona Batten. His senior mentor is Philip Solomon KC.
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