Leading Employment Lawyers (Employer Representation) - Queensland, 2025

Jill Hignett

The 2025 listing of leading Employer-focused Queensland Employment Lawyers details solicitors practising within the areas of employment and industrial relations matters in the Queensland legal market whose practice has a strong employer representation focus and who have been identified by the state’s employment law solicitors for their expertise and abilities in these areas.

Showing all 34 lawyers

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

Market Leader

Market Leader: 1 lawyers
Lawyer	Firm	Doyle’s ranking record
Dan Williams	MinterEllison	Doyle’s ranking record: Dan Williams

Preeminent

Preeminent: 3 lawyers
Lawyer	Firm	Doyle’s ranking record
Bill Athanasellis	Franklin Athanasellis Cullen	Doyle’s ranking record: Bill Athanasellis
James Hall	Ashurst	Doyle’s ranking record: James Hall
Ian Humphreys	Ashurst	Doyle’s ranking record: Ian Humphreys

Leading

Leading: 8 lawyers
Lawyer	Firm	Doyle’s ranking record
Samantha Betzien	Allens	Doyle’s ranking record: Samantha Betzien
Rohen Cullen	Franklin Athanasellis Cullen	Doyle’s ranking record: Rohen Cullen
Kirsty Faichen	King & Wood Mallesons	Doyle’s ranking record: Kirsty Faichen
Victoria Hepburn	MinterEllison	Doyle’s ranking record: Victoria Hepburn
Shae McCartney	Clayton Utz	Doyle’s ranking record: Shae McCartney
Christy Miller	Clayton Utz	Doyle’s ranking record: Christy Miller
Michael Moy (biography)	Seyfarth	Doyle’s ranking record: Michael Moy
Vince Rogers (biography)	Lander & Rogers	Doyle’s ranking record: Vince Rogers

Recommended: 22 lawyers
Lawyer	Firm	Doyle’s ranking record
Aaron Anderson	Herbert Smith Freehills	Doyle’s ranking record: Aaron Anderson
Andrew Cardell-Ree	Thomson Geer	Doyle’s ranking record: Andrew Cardell-Ree
Shannon Chapman (biography)	Lander & Rogers	Doyle’s ranking record: Shannon Chapman
Cameron Dean	McCullough Robertson	Doyle’s ranking record: Cameron Dean
Harold Downes	Mills Oakley	Doyle’s ranking record: Harold Downes
Rachel Drew (biography)	Holding Redlich	Doyle’s ranking record: Rachel Drew
Wendy Fauvel	Herbert Smith Freehills	Doyle’s ranking record: Wendy Fauvel
Trent Forno	MinterEllison	Doyle’s ranking record: Trent Forno
Liam Fraser (biography)	Kingston Reid	Doyle’s ranking record: Liam Fraser
Jackie Hamilton	Dentons	Doyle’s ranking record: Jackie Hamilton
Paul Hardman	K&L Gates	Doyle’s ranking record: Paul Hardman
Jill Hignett (biography)	HR Law	Doyle’s ranking record: Jill Hignett
John-Anthony Hodgens (biography)	Macpherson Kelley	Doyle’s ranking record: John-Anthony Hodgens
Megan Kavanagh	Colin Biggers & Paisley	Doyle’s ranking record: Megan Kavanagh
Nick Le Mare	Corrs Chambers Westgarth	Doyle’s ranking record: Nick Le Mare
Tim Longwill	McCullough Robertson	Doyle’s ranking record: Tim Longwill
Tamara Lutvey	Ashurst	Doyle’s ranking record: Tamara Lutvey
Murray Procter	Franklin Athanasellis Cullen	Doyle’s ranking record: Murray Procter
Kara Reynolds	Herbert Smith Freehills	Doyle’s ranking record: Kara Reynolds
Annie Smeaton (biography)	Cooper Grace Ward	Doyle’s ranking record: Annie Smeaton
Andrew Tobin	HopgoodGanim	Doyle’s ranking record: Andrew Tobin
Belinda Winter (biography)	Cooper Grace Ward	Doyle’s ranking record: Belinda Winter

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