Paul Smallwood is one of the preeminent junior criminal barristers in Australia according to Doyle’s Guide. He has on multiple occasions been named as one of the preeminent junior criminal barristers in Victoria (in 2019, 2020, 2021, 2022, 2023 and 2024) and Australia (in 2020, 2022 and 2023).
In Orman v R (2019) 59 VR 511, Paul was lead counsel for Faruk Orman in the first ‘Lawyer X’ conviction appeal. His client’s murder conviction was set aside.
In Roberts v R (2020) 60 VR 431 and [2020] VSCA 277, Paul was junior counsel for Jason Roberts in Victoria’s first ‘second or subsequent’ conviction appeal. His client’s two murder convictions were set aside.
Since 2018, Paul has been an elected member of the Criminal Bar Association (“CBA”) Committee. He was the CBA’s Secretary from 2020 to 2023.
Since 2020, Paul has been an elected member of the Greens List Committee.
Since 2022, Paul has been a Director of the Sentencing Advisory Council. He was appointed pursuant to s 108F(1)(e) of the Sentencing Act 1991 (Vic) as a person who in the Attorney-General’s opinion was a highly experienced defence lawyer.
Paul holds a Master of Laws from the University of Melbourne.
To discuss Paul's availability, please contact the Clerks at Greens List on +61 3 9225 7222.