List G Barristers proudly congratulates our 56 members across 27 practice areas who have been honoured as outstanding in their practice areas in Best Lawyers 2023. In addition, the following three senior counsel have been awarded ‘Lawyer of the Year’ for Melbourne in their areas of expertise.
- Hamish Austin QC - Shipping and Maritime Law
- Tom Cordiner QC - Intellectual Property Law
- Christopher Horan QC - Constitutional Law
Best Lawyers have been publishing one of the world's leading peer review guides for the legal profession for the last thirty years. The full list of our ranked counsel (by seniority) is set out below.
For more information about the expertise and availability of any of our ranked members, please contact CEO Jane King directly on +61 3 9225 8558.
Senior and Queen’s Counsel
Julian Burnside AO QC – Commercial Law, Human Rights Law, Intellectual Property Law, Litigation
Peter Jopling AM QC - Litigation
Peter Hanks QC – Constitutional Law, Public Law
Colin Golvan AM QC – Intellectual Property Law, Litigation
Anthony Neal QC – Native Title Law
Ian Waller QC - Litigation
Rachel Doyle SC – Labour and Employment Law, Litigation
Martin Scott QC – Construction/Infrastructure Law, International Arbitration, Litigation, Shipping and Maritime Law
Peter Gray QC – Energy Law, Litigation, Public Law
Bernard Quinn QC - Litigation
Jeremy Twigg QC – Construction / Infrastructure Law, Litigation
Peter Willis SC – Energy Law, Litigation
Paul O’Grady QC – Labour and Employment Law
Christopher Horan QC – Constitutional Law, Immigration Law, Litigation
Gerard Dalton QC – Intellectual Property Law, Litigation
Hamish Austin QC – Insolvency and Reorganization, Litigation, Shipping and Maritime Law
Tom Cordiner QC – Intellectual Property Law, Litigation
Michael Wise QC - Litigation
Garry Fitzgerald QC – Intellectual Property Law
Suresh Senathirajah QC - Litigation
Tomo Boston QC - Litigation
Matthew Harvey QC - Insolvency and Reorganization, Litigation, Shipping and Maritime Law, Transport Law
Marita Foley SC – Planning and Environment Law
Malcolm Harding SC – Labour and Employment Law
Georgina Costello QC – Immigration Law
Nicholas De Young QC – Alternative Dispute Resolution, Class Action Litigation, Competition Law, Litigation
Peter Wallis QC - Litigation
Siobhan Ryan QC – Intellectual Property Law
Elizabeth Bennett SC – Litigation, Public Law
Junior Counsel
Carrie Rome-Sievers – Insolvency and Reorganization Law
Benjamin Fitzpatrick – Intellectual Property Law, Litigation
Richard Harris - Litigation
Dean Guidolin - Litigation
Justin Brereton – Class Action Litigation
Adam Segal – Litigation
Stephen Rebikoff – Intellectual Property Law
Andrew Cameron – Litigation, Real Property Law
Gabi Crafti – Insurance Law
Benjamin Gardiner – Intellectual Property Law
Rebecca Davern – Labour and Employment Law
Eliza Holt – Labour and Employment Law
Douglas Gration – Telecommunications Law
David Yarrow – Native Title Law
Thomas Warner - Litigation
Luke Merrick – Intellectual Property Law
Edward Gisonda - Litigation
Melissa Marcus – Intellectual Property Law, Litigation
Kylie Evans – Human Rights Law, Public Law, Litigation
Kane Loxley – Commercial Law, Litigation
Sarala Fitzgerald – Civil Rights Law, Government Practice
Nico Burmeister - Labour and Employment Law
Dion Fahey - Litigation
Clare Cunliffe – Intellectual Property Law
Marcus Fleming – Intellectual Property Law, Life Sciences Practice
Natalie Hickey – Alternative Dispute Resolution, Intellectual Property Law, Litigation
Leigh Howard – Labour and Employment Law, Occupational Health and Safety Law
