The 2026 listing of leading Australian Criminal Defence Lawyers details solicitors practising in criminal law matters across all Australian markets who have been identified by the nation’s criminal lawyers and barristers for their expertise and abilities in the area.
Preeminent
Bill Doogue, Doogue + George – Melbourne
Nick Dore, Fisher Dore – Brisbane
Una Ebsworth, Doogue + George – Melbourne
Paul Galbally, Stary Norton Halphen & Galbally – Melbourne
Nick Hanna, Hanna Legal – Sydney
Tony Hargreaves, Tony Hargreaves & Partners – Melbourne
Jason Jacobson, Jacobson Mahony – Gold Coast
Darren Mahony, Jacobson Mahony – Gold Coast
Sam Norton, Stary Norton Halphen & Galbally – Melbourne
Dan Rogers, Robertson O’Gorman – Brisbane
Justin Wong, Streeton Lawyers – Sydney
Carol Younes, Hugo Law Group – Sydney
Leading
Abigail Bannister, Bannisters Lawyers – Sydney
Peter Brown, Tony Hargreaves & Partners – Melbourne
Jasmina Ceic, Nyman Gibson Miralis – Sydney
Angela Cooney, Armstrong Legal – Sydney
Karen Espiner, Leightons Law – Perth
Andrew George, Doogue + George – Melbourne
Dee Giannopoulos, Doogue + George – Melbourne
Adam Guest, Guest Lawyers – Brisbane
Ben Jackson, Holborn Lenhoff Massey – Perth
Kiki Kyriacou, Kiki Kyriacou Lawyers – Sydney
Callan Lloyd, Gilshenan & Luton – Brisbane
Lauren MacDougall, MacDougall & Hydes – Sydney
Leo Premutico, Essere The Defenders – Sydney
Nick Tehan, Slades & Parsons – Melbourne
Andrew Tiedt, Armstrong Legal – Sydney
Maria Walz, Maria Walz Legal – Sydney
Recommended
Kristy Bell, Bell Criminal Lawyers – Brisbane
Trudie Cameron, Armstrong Legal – Sydney
Helen Christinson, Hugo Law Group – Sydney
Andrew Ey, Mangan Ey & Associates – Adelaide
Jordana Fayman, Fayman Lawyers – Melbourne
Tom Gardiner, Fisher Dore – Brisbane
Phillip Gibson, Nyman Gibson Miralis – Sydney
Andrew Halphen, Stary Norton Halphen & Galbally – Melbourne
Emma Higgins, Robertson O’Gorman – Brisbane
Carly Hydes, MacDougall & Hydes – Sydney
Kris Jahnke, Jahnke Lawyers – Brisbane
Kristina Kothrakis, Doogue + George – Melbourne
David Manera, David Manera Barrister & Solicitor – Perth
Dennis Miralis, Nyman Gibson Miralis – Sydney
Gerard Mitchell, Mitchell & Co – Sydney
Steven Pica, Pica Criminal Lawyers – Melbourne
Jasmine Pisasale, Slades & Parsons – Melbourne
Craig Pratt, Gilshenan & Luton – Brisbane
Patrick Quinn, Gilshenan & Luton – Brisbane
Andrew Tehan, Tehan Legal – Perth
Ben Thilthorpe, Barbaro Thilthorpe Daniel – Adelaide
Emma Turnbull, Emma Turnbull Lawyers – Melbourne
Matthew Ward, Morrisons – Wollongong