Julian P McMahon AC SC | Victorian Bar

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Date of Admission:

23 Apr 1992

First Signed Bar Roll:

28 May 1998

Date Appointed Silk:

23 Nov 2017

Division of Bar Roll:

Victorian Practising Counsel

Qualifications:

BA (Hons), LL B, LL M

Profile:

Julian works mainly in criminal law. He accepts briefs in all jurisdictions.

He has been engaged in many long and complex trials, including in homicide, terrorism, corruption, drug, fraud and, outside Australia, death penalty matters. He has considerable experience in numerous overseas jurisdictions.

In 2021 Julian was made a Fellow of Monash University. In 2017 he was made a Companion of the Order of Australia. He has been awarded the Law Council of Australia's President's medal, an honorary Doctorate in Law from the Australian Catholic University, the 2016 Victorian Australian of the Year, and the Victoria Law Foundation Distinguished Pro Bono Service Award.

Julian holds an Indictable Crime Certificate and is a member of the VLA Criminal Trial Preferred Barrister List.

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