The 2020 listing of leading Employee-focused Australian Employment Lawyers details solicitors practising within the areas of employment, industrial relations and workplace safety matters across all Australian legal markets whose practice has strong employee/applicant/trade union representation focus and who have been identified by the state’s employment law solicitors for their expertise and abilities in these areas.
Market Leader
Josh Bornstein, Maurice Blackburn – Melbourne
Preeminent
Kamal Farouque, Maurice Blackburn – Melbourne
Philip Hayward, Haywards Solicitors – Sydney
Peter Punch, Carroll & O’Dea – Sydney
Leading
Tim Bourne, Bourne Lawyers – Adelaide
Mark Cox, MDC Legal – Perth
Alexandra Grayson, Maurice Blackburn – Sydney
Danny King, Danny King Legal – Sydney
John Payne, Hall Payne – Brisbane
Richard Pegg, Toomey Pegg – Sydney
Luke Tiley, Hall Payne – Brisbane
Giri Sivaraman, Maurice Blackburn – Brisbane
Recommended
Michael Barnes, Carroll & O’Dea – Sydney
Simon Bourne, Bourne Lawyers – Adelaide
Marcus Clayton, Gordon Legal – Melbourne
Luke Forsyth, Hall Payne – Sydney
Nathan Keats, McNally Jones Staff – Sydney
Joe Kennedy, Hall Payne – Sydney
Michael Doherty, Michael Doherty Legal – Sydney
Anthony Macken, AJ Macken & Co – Melbourne
Philip Pasfield, Slater & Gordon – Sydney
Andrew Rich, Slater & Gordon – Brisbane
David Shaw, Holding Redlich – Melbourne
Joseph Wearing, Wearing & Blairs – Adelaide