Madeleine is an experienced advocate with a focussed practice on regulatory prosecutions. She has experience appearing for and advising the Victorian Government Solicitor's Office, WorkSafe, Victorian Building Authority, Environment Protection Authority and Victorian Fisheries Authority.
Jeremy is an experienced advocate who accepts briefs in all areas of criminal law and quasi-criminal law, including intervention orders proceedings, occupational health and safety matters and other disciplinary proceedings.
Stephanie accepts briefs in all areas of criminal law and quasi-criminal law in metropolitan and regional courts.
She is part of the 2024 VLA Trial Counsel Development Program.
Ashleigh brings a wealth of varied experience to her practice at the Bar. Ashleigh accepts briefs to appear and advise in common law, family law, criminal, quasi-criminal and regulatory matters. Ashleigh is pleased to accept Court appearance based matters as well as written drafting and advice br
Matt practices principally in criminal law in Victoria. He is experienced in drug related proceedings, property, fraud, firearms, and organised crime prosecutions.
Tim is an experienced advocate appearing in criminal and quasi-criminal matter.
Gregory is an experienced advocate who practices across all areas of criminal law, including quasi-criminal matters.
Peter is an experienced advocate practicing primarily in criminal and quasi-criminal matters. He also appears in administrative and employment matters.
Michael Keks practises in criminal law and related areas, including regulatory and enforcement matters and in commissions of inquiry.
Julian accepts briefs in all areas of public law, particularly criminal, administrative and constitutional law, as well as torts and class actions against public authorities. He is a member of the VLA Criminal Trial Preferred Barrister List.
Gemma practises in public and administrative law. She accepts briefs to appear and advise.
Gemma has experience appearing and advising in relation to judicial review and appeals, including:
Shahed practises in all areas of commercial, public and employment law.
Immediately before the Bar, Shahed was a solicitor at the Independent Broad-based Anticorruption Commission where he was embedded in some of the most high profile investigations of public corruption in Victoria.
Fiona accepts briefs to appear and advise in all criminal law and quasi-criminal law matters including disciplinary matters, tribunal proceedings, regulatory prosecutions, coronial inquests and inquiries.
Joshua practices primarily in public and administrative law. He also maintains a commercial law practice and has appeared on behalf of the Office of Public Prosecutions.
Bridie accepts briefs in criminal, regulatory and quasi-criminal matters.
Anna accepts briefs in all criminal and public law matters, including in administrative law, professional disciplinary and regulatory proceedings, coronial inquests, inquiries and royal commissions.
Shannon Jenkins has a commercial and public law practice, with a focus on matters involving corporations law, contracts, equity, trusts, insolvency, property, construction, and trade practices law. He also has experience in defamation, employment, and administrative law matters.
Current practice
Ryan accepts briefs to advise and appear in public and administrative, commercial, and quasi-criminal matters. He acts for both government and private clients.
Katie is an experienced defence advocate who accepts briefs in all areas of criminal law and quasi-criminal law across metropolitan and regional courts.
Katie has been selected as a participant in Victoria Legal Aid's 2024 Trial Counsel Development Program.
Heather is a criminal defence barrister with extensive experience in criminal law in Victoria, and Western Australia.
Simon has a broad practice with a particular focus on criminal, administrative, and regulatory matters. He has 17 years of experience advising on and appearing in proceedings before Victorian and international courts and tribunals.
Jennifer welcomes briefs in criminal and quasi-criminal matters, public and administrative law matters, and inquests and inquiries. She accepts briefs to appear and advise for both prosecution and defence.
David accepts briefs in all areas of criminal law and quasi-criminal law.
Criminal law
Julia has a broad practice that includes commercial law, criminal law and public law.
Liam practises in public and administrative law, common law, regulatory law, quasi-criminal and criminal law. He acts for government and private clients.
Ben accepts briefs in all area of criminal law. Ben also accepts briefs to advise and appear in common law matters, with particular focus on personal injury, intentional torts and insurance law.
He is available to appear in all metropolitan and regional courts.
Mietta accepts briefs in all areas of criminal and quasi-criminal law.
Lachlan accepts briefs in all areas of criminal law and quasi-criminal law. He has extensive experience as an advocate and accepts briefs in all metropolitan and regional courts.
Lachlan also accepts briefs in proceeds of crime litigation, disciplinary matters and regulatory matters.
Andrew is an experienced advocate and criminal law practitioner, who welcomes briefs in criminal and quasi-criminal matters, as well as regulatory and enforcement proceedings, inquests and inquiries.
Christin accepts briefs in all areas of criminal law and quasi-criminal law, including regulatory, administrative and public law matters. Christin also accepts briefs to appear in matters under the Serious Offenders Act 2018, and the Crimes Mental Impairment (Unfitness to be Tried) A