The 2013 listing of leading Victorian based Employment & Workplace Relations lawyers details lawyers practising within the areas of employment, industrial relations and OH&S matters in the Victorian legal market who have been identified for their expertise and abilities in these areas. It is compiled on the back of feedback from both solicitors practising within these areas and client referees.
Market Leader
Josh Bornstein – Maurice Blackburn*
Preeminent
Steven Amendola – Ashurst
Richard Bunting – Ashurst
Graeme Smith – Herbert Smith Freehills
Dr Graham Smith – Clayton Utz
Michael Tehan – Minter Ellison
Leading
Carol Andrades – Ryan Carlisle Thomas*
Karl Blake – Maddocks Lawyers
Paul Burns – Herbert Smith Freehills
John Cooper – Herbert Smith Freehills
Ross Jackson – Maddocks
Julian Reikert – Lander & Rogers
Henry Skene – Arnold Bloch Leibler
Penny Stevens – K&L Gates
John Tuck – Corrs Chambers Westgarth
Richard West – Minter Ellison
Anthony Wood – Herbert Smith Freehills
Recommended
Glen Bartlett – Clayton Utz
Marcus Clayton – Slater & Gordon *
Andrew Farr – Lander & Rogers
Kamal Farouque – Maurice Blackburn*
Chris Gardner – Herbert Smith Freehills
Philip Gardner – Ryan Carlisle Thomas*
Chris Hartigan – Herbert Geer
Mark Howard – HWL Ebsworth
Murray Kellock – King & Wood Mallesons
Anthony Macken – A J Macken & Co*
Charles Power – Holding Redlich
Nick Ruskin – DLA Piper
Louise Russell – Herbert Geer
David Shaw – Holding Redlich
Michael Tamvakologos – Ashurst
Dan Trindade – Clayton Utz
Amanda Watt – Minter Ellison
Susan Zeitz – Zeitz Workplace Lawyers