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Leading Criminal Law Junior Counsel – New South Wales, 2024

July 12, 2024July 12, 2024

Georgia Lewer

The 2024 listing of leading New South Wales Criminal Law Junior Counsel details barristers practising in criminal law matters in the NSW legal market who have been identified by the state’s Criminal law solicitors for their expertise and abilities in the area.

Showing all 25 junior counsel

Tiers are in rank order. Within a tier, names are alphabetical and are not ranked against one another.

Preeminent

Preeminent: 4 junior counsel
Junior counsel	Chambers or list	Doyle’s ranking record
Steven Boland	Hyde Park Chambers	Doyle’s ranking record: Steven Boland
April Francis	Forbes Chambers	Doyle’s ranking record: April Francis
Slade Howell	Forbes Chambers	Doyle’s ranking record: Slade Howell
Claire O'Neill	Forbes Chambers	Doyle’s ranking record: Claire O'Neill

Leading

Leading: 4 junior counsel
Junior counsel	Chambers or list	Doyle’s ranking record
Michael Burke	Forbes Chambers	Doyle’s ranking record: Michael Burke
Arjun Chhabra	Maurice Byers Chambers	Doyle’s ranking record: Arjun Chhabra
Lisa-Claire Hutchinson	Forbes Chambers	Doyle’s ranking record: Lisa-Claire Hutchinson
Rose Khalilizadeh	Public Defenders Chambers	Doyle’s ranking record: Rose Khalilizadeh

Recommended

Recommended: 17 junior counsel
Junior counsel	Chambers or list	Doyle’s ranking record
Ken Averre	Forbes Chambers	Doyle’s ranking record: Ken Averre
Paul Coady	Public Defenders Chambers	Doyle’s ranking record: Paul Coady
Riyad El-Choufani	Forbes Chambers	Doyle’s ranking record: Riyad El-Choufani
Adam Faro	Forbes Chambers	Doyle’s ranking record: Adam Faro
Felicity Graham	Black Chambers	Doyle’s ranking record: Felicity Graham
Georgia Huxley	Forbes Chambers	Doyle’s ranking record: Georgia Huxley
AJ Karim	Hyde Park Chambers	Doyle’s ranking record: AJ Karim
Peter Lange	Maurice Byers Chambers	Doyle’s ranking record: Peter Lange
Stephen Lawrence	Black Chambers	Doyle’s ranking record: Stephen Lawrence
Georgia Lewer (biography)	Forbes Chambers	Doyle’s ranking record: Georgia Lewer
Daniel McMahon	Frederick Jordan Chambers	Doyle’s ranking record: Daniel McMahon
Sam Pararajasingham	Forbes Chambers	Doyle’s ranking record: Sam Pararajasingham
Tom Quilter	Public Defenders Chambers	Doyle’s ranking record: Tom Quilter
Emma Sullivan	Forbes Chambers	Doyle’s ranking record: Emma Sullivan
Sarah Talbert	Public Defenders Chambers	Doyle’s ranking record: Sarah Talbert
Bart Vasic	Sir Owen Dixon Chambers	Doyle’s ranking record: Bart Vasic
Tom Woods	Sir Anthony Mason Chambers	Doyle’s ranking record: Tom Woods

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