Dribbin & Brown Criminal Lawyers
Dribbin & Brown Criminal Lawyers is a specialist criminal defence firm representing clients throughout Melbourne and regional Victoria. Founded by partners David Dribbin and Mike Brown, the firm has been defending clients across Victoria for more than 15 years and now has more than 20 criminal defence lawyers firm-wide, working from nine offices: the Melbourne CBD, Ringwood, Dandenong, Frankston, Geelong, Broadmeadows, Moorabbin, Ballarat and Werribee.
Criminal defence is the firm’s core practice. Its lawyers handle the full spectrum of criminal and crime-related matters, including assault, theft, drug offences, fraud, sex offences, family violence and intervention orders, bail applications, appeals, sheriff’s office issues and infringement warrants, through to serious indictable charges. The firm’s work extends beyond the Magistrates’ Court to the County Court, the Supreme Court and the Court of Appeal, and the firm reports more than 330 jury trials and over 38,000 criminal cases handled.
Traffic matters make up a significant part of the practice. The firm acts in drink driving, drug driving, speeding and other major traffic offences, including driving while suspended or disqualified and dangerous and careless driving, and its solicitors appear every week in the Magistrates’ Courts at Melbourne, Frankston, Dandenong, Ringwood, Moorabbin, Geelong, Ballarat, Werribee and Broadmeadows.
David Dribbin is an Accredited Specialist in Criminal Law who has practised for more than 35 years and has appeared in courts across Victoria, from the Magistrates’ Court through to the Supreme Court and Court of Appeal. Mike Brown has extensive experience across all levels of the Victorian court system, with particular expertise in drug offences, fraud, sexual offences and serious traffic cases.
The firm’s approach is to make a stressful process as clear as possible: giving clients straight advice about where they stand, what their options are and what the lawyer would do in their position, from early intervention and charge negotiation through to a contested hearing or trial. Where a plea is the right course, the aim is the lowest possible sentence and, wherever possible, avoiding a conviction being recorded.
The firm’s Law Institute Accredited Specialist Criminal Lawyers, solicitors, paralegals and client service staff are available seven days a week, from 7am to midnight, and Legal Aid enquiries are welcome.