Thomas Rawlinson

Tom Rawlinson practises in all areas of commercial, regulatory and public law. He has particular interests in class actions (including commercial class actions, product liability, and mass torts), business litigation, judicial review (in all contexts), and advising government departments on issues of statutory interpretation.

Tom also accepts briefs involving commercial, corporate and financial crime, criminal appeals (in all areas), and employment law.

Tom is also a Lecturer at Melbourne Law School, where he lectures in administrative law.

Before coming to the Bar, Tom practised as a senior associate at Phi Finney McDonald in Melbourne, an associate at Kaplan Hecker & Fink in New York, and an associate at Allens in Melbourne. Tom is admitted as an attorney in New York and has appeared in U.S. federal courts and New York state courts.

Tom was an associate to the Hon Justice Nettle AC at the High Court of Australia and the Hon Chief Justice Riley AO at the Supreme Court of the Northern Territory.

Tom graduated from Melbourne Law School ranked second in his cohort, winning four subject prizes and the prize for Top Student. He was an Editor of the Melbourne University Law Review. Tom also has a Master of Laws from Columbia University, where he graduated a James Kent Scholar.

Tom read with Sarala Fitzgerald and his senior mentor is Elizabeth Bennett SC.

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