The 2014 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
Richard West – Minter Ellison
Leading
Karl Blake – Maddocks Lawyers
Marcus Clayton – Slater & Gordon *
John Cooper – Herbert Smith Freehills
Chris Gardner – Seyfarth Shaw
Ross Jackson – Maddocks
Charles Power – Holding Redlich
Julian Riekert – Lander & Rogers
Henry Skene – Seyfarth Shaw
Michael Tamvakologos – Seyfarth Shaw
John Tuck – Corrs Chambers Westgarth
Amanda Watt – Minter Ellison
Anthony Wood – Herbert Smith Freehills
Recommended
Paul Burns – Herbert Smith Freehills
Kathy Dalton – K&L Gates
Andrew Farr – Lander & Rogers
Kamal Farouque – Maurice Blackburn*
Philip Gardner – Ryan Carlisle Thomas*
Chris Hartigan – Thomson Geer
Mark Howard – HWL Ebsworth
Murray Kellock – King & Wood Mallesons
Anthony Macken – A J Macken & Co*
Nick Ruskin – K&L Gates
Louise Russell – Thomson Geer
David Shaw – Holding Redlich
Barry Sherriff – Norton Rose Fulbright
Dan Trindade – Clayton Utz
Penny Stevens – K&L Gates
Susan Zeitz – Zeitz Workplace Lawyers