Division of Bar Roll:
Victorian Practising Counsel
Previous Occupation:
Solicitor-Advocate; Senior Criminal Lawyer
Profile:
Raj Bhattacharya is a passionate and committed defence barrister. He is very experienced in criminal law, having practiced since 2007.
He is a VLA Criminal Trial Preferred Barrister and has appeared in numerous Jury Trials.
In 2022, he assisted at the Royal Commission into Violence, Abuse, Neglect and Exploitation of People with Disability.
Before being called to the Bar, he was a Senior Criminal Lawyer at the Victorian Aboriginal Legal Service, where he ran numerous matters in the Supreme Court and Court of Appeal. He has also been employed at Victoria Legal Aid and at a generalist practice in Warrnambool.
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