Leading Brisbane criminal defence lawyers
Ashworth Lawyers is a Brisbane-based criminal defence law firm representing clients across Queensland in serious and complex criminal matters. The firm practises exclusively in criminal defence and has a strong reputation for acting in high-stakes cases where liberty, reputation, and long-term consequences are at risk.
With more than 40 years of combined experience, our Brisbane criminal lawyers appear regularly in the Magistrates Court, District Court, and Supreme Court of Queensland, as well as in Commonwealth jurisdictions. We act for clients at every stage of the criminal law process, from police investigation and charge through to trial, sentence, and appeal.
Experience in serious offences in Queensland
Ashworth Lawyers has an extensive practice defending serious criminal charges, including rape and sexual assault, historical sexual offences, serious violence, large-scale drug offences, fraud and financial crime, extortion, money laundering, organised crime, cybercrime, people smuggling, human trafficking, murder, terrorism, aviation offences, and other indictable criminal matters.
Strategic criminal defence across Queensland courts
The firm is known for a strategic and forensic approach to criminal defence. Our criminal lawyers have a detailed working knowledge of how Queensland criminal courts and prosecutors operate and have worked closely with leading criminal law barristers across Queensland to ensure thorough and strategic preparation in every case.
Defending high stakes and complex criminal charges in Queensland
Ashworth Lawyers acts for clients in matters involving complex evidence, multiple defendants, sensitive allegations, and cases carrying significant personal or reputational risk. This includes matters involving complainant credibility issues, digital and forensic evidence, intercepted communications, historical allegations, and large volumes of disclosure. Each matter is approached on its own facts, with careful consideration of the legal elements, evidentiary weaknesses, and available strategic options.
The firm has a strong reputation in sexual offence matters, including rape and sexual assault, which often involve strict legislative frameworks, limited forensic material, and allegations said to have occurred many years earlier. Ashworth Lawyers has extensive experience defending contested jury trials in the District Court of Queensland, including matters resulting in not guilty verdicts.
Our criminal defence lawyers also regularly acts in serious drug matters, including trafficking, supply, importation, and conspiracy charges, as well as fraud and financial crime matters involving complex financial records, digital evidence, and allegations of organised or commercial conduct. In violence and organised crime matters, the firm represents clients facing allegations of grievous bodily harm, choking, manslaughter, murder, kidnapping, extortion, and related offences.
Choosing a Brisbane criminal lawyer
When choosing a Brisbane criminal lawyer, experience in serious and complex matters is critical. Criminal law in Queensland is highly technical, and early decisions can affect the course of a case long before it reaches court. A criminal defence lawyer must understand not only the legislation, but also how police investigations are conducted, how prosecutors assess evidence, and how cases are managed in the Queensland courts. Careful preparation, clear advice, and a strategic approach from the outset are often decisive in achieving the best possible outcome.
Clients often engage Ashworth Lawyers where the consequences of criminal charges extend beyond the courtroom. The firm understands that criminal proceedings can affect employment, professional licences, family relationships, immigration status, and standing within the community, and provides advice with those broader consequences in mind.
Our criminal law firm is known for a calm, direct, and non-judgmental approach. Clients receive clear advice about risk and options with the aim of achieving the best possible outcomes.
Urgent advice from a Brisbane criminal lawyer
Ashworth Lawyers represents clients throughout Queensland, including Brisbane, the Gold Coast, and the Sunshine Coast, and is based in Brisbane City.
Our Brisbane criminal lawyers are available for urgent advice where early, strategic decisions are critical to protecting a client’s position in serious criminal matters across Queensland.
