Neill has specialised in conducting criminal trials for over 10 years and also appears at appeals (County Court and Supreme Court - Court of Appeal), Order 56 reviews, inquests and confiscation matters.
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Anthony Lewis has experience in a range of areas including criminal law, commercial crime, proceeds of crime and occupational health and safety law. He has appeared in criminal trials in the County and Supreme Courts and in appeals in the Court of Appeal.
Sam practices in the following areas:
Building and Planning
Dianne has 21 years of experience as a legal practitioner, five years as an advocate solicitor and 16 years as a barrister.
Dianne is a current member of the VLA Criminal Trial Preferred Barrister List and holds a Victorian Bar Indictable Crime Certificate.
David Goddard has been practising in the areas of family law, criminal law and intervention orders since coming to the Bar in 2004.
Phil specialises in criminal law and intervention orders.
His experience includes:
Daryl Brown is an experienced a trial advocate, having practised in criminal law, quasi-criminal law and public law for over twenty-five years.
Justin practises primarily in intellectual property. Justin holds a Masters in IP, and is a contributing author to Lahore’s Trade Marks, Patents and Confidential Information and Related Rights service published by LexisNexis.
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I regularly appear in the Magistrates’ Court in both civil and criminal matters. These include:
Michael McGrath was admitted to practice in 2000 and signed the Bar Roll in 2005. In 1996 Michael began his career at Ryan Carlisle Thomas, first as a paralegal and later completing his articles and practising as a solicitor in the commercial litigation and personal injury departments.
James FitzGerald practices in criminal law. He regularly appears in the Magistrates Court, County Court and Supreme Court. He conducts committal hearings, contests, trials, plea hearings and other related applications in those courts.
Russell has practised as a lawyer in the public sector, both federal (in Canberra) and state, and in the private sector at Blake Dawson Waldron.
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Although admitted in 1972 David did not practice in law until 1995 when he was employed as a duty lawyer with VLA for 4 years. He then spent 7 years at the OPP including one year with the Western Australia DPP as a Crown Prosecutor before coming to the Bar.
Francesca was admitted to practice May 2002 in NSW and has over 20 years experience in the criminal law. Prior to coming to the Bar she was engaged in private practice, with a focus on commercial litigation and regulatory prosecutions.
Nadia was admitted to the legal profession on 8 November 2000 and signed the Victorian Bar Roll on 11 May 2006.
Nadia speaks several languages including French, Italian and German.
Areas of Expertise
Criminal Law
Criminal Law (Appellate)
Paul is a seasoned advocate and appears in jury trials in the Supreme and County Courts in Victoria. He holds an Indictable Crime Certificate (ICC) and is on the VLA Preferred Barrister List (PBL) and has developed an expertise in particularly complex jury trials, including those involving spec
Esther's current practice focuses on indictable crime, inquests, inquiries and administrative law.
She also has experience in statutory insurance, Discrimination, Guardianship, Veteran's Entitlements and judicial review.
Elizabeth completed her articles at Galbally Rolfe, and was the Associate to his Honour Judge Anderson of the County Court of Victoria.
Elizabeth McKinnon practices in the following areas:
- Crime
- Appellate Advocacy
- Confiscations
Anjali appears in the Magistrates', Children's and County Courts in all manner of criminal, family violence, child protection and crimes compensations cases. She has particular experience working with indigenous clients, and children and young people, and a special interest in theraputic justice
Dr Mark Gumbleton has been a legal practitioner for two decades, practicing for the last 17 years exclusively as a criminal defence barrister. He is predominantly a trial barrister that is privately briefed from the filing of charges, through to committal, and ultimately at trial before a jury.
Anthony currently practises in criminal and administrative law matters.
He accepts briefs to appear in both summary and indictable criminal law matters.
He appears in all courts and tribunals in Victoria and accepts regional Victoria and interstate briefs.
Before joining the Bar, Fotini worked with Community Correctional Services. Over a 10 year period, she worked in various portfolios and with a wide range of clients.
Robert practises in occupational health and safety, environmental and other regulatory prosecutions, employment and industrial law, criminal law, professional disciplinary proceedings and coronial inquests in all courts and tribunals.
Janine is a versatile and experienced barrister who has appeared in all Victorian state jurisdictions and the Administrative Appeals Tribunal during her 30-year career.