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Leading Insurance & Personal Injury Law Junior Counsel – Queensland, 2025

October 8, 2025October 11, 2025

Jo Sorbello

The 2025 listing of leading Queensland Insurance & Personal Injury Junior Counsel details Junior Counsel/Barristers practising within the areas of insurance and personal injuries matters in the Queensland legal market who have been identified by the state’s defendant insurance and plaintiff personal injury lawyers for their expertise and abilities in these areas. The ranked barristers may act for either or both of defendant insurers or individual plaintiffs/injured persons.

Showing all 26 junior counsel

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

Market Leader

Market Leader: 1 junior counsel
Junior counsel	Chambers or list	Doyle’s ranking record
Richard Lynch	More Chambers	Doyle’s ranking record: Richard Lynch

Preeminent

Preeminent: 3 junior counsel
Junior counsel	Chambers or list	Doyle’s ranking record
Matthew Holmes	Clashfern Chambers	Doyle’s ranking record: Matthew Holmes
Kevin Holyoak	Hemmant's List	Doyle’s ranking record: Kevin Holyoak
Dominic Murphy	31 West Chambers	Doyle’s ranking record: Dominic Murphy

Leading

Leading: 6 junior counsel
Junior counsel	Chambers or list	Doyle’s ranking record
Rick Green	35 West Chambers	Doyle’s ranking record: Rick Green
John Kimmins	Level 8 Inns of Court	Doyle’s ranking record: John Kimmins
Richard Morton	Clashfern Chambers	Doyle’s ranking record: Richard Morton
Laura Neil	Endeavour Chambers	Doyle’s ranking record: Laura Neil
Gerard O'Driscoll	Clashfern Chambers	Doyle’s ranking record: Gerard O'Driscoll
Michael Smith	Ratcliffe Pring Chambers	Doyle’s ranking record: Michael Smith

Recommended

Recommended: 16 junior counsel
Junior counsel	Chambers or list	Doyle’s ranking record
David Cormack	Tank Tower	Doyle’s ranking record: David Cormack
Clare Eves (biography)	Hemmant's List	Doyle’s ranking record: Clare Eves
Matthew Forbes	Cedric Hampson Chambers	Doyle’s ranking record: Matthew Forbes
Justin Harper	Darrow Chambers	Doyle’s ranking record: Justin Harper
Jennifer Hewson (biography)	Hemmant's List	Doyle’s ranking record: Jennifer Hewson
Damien Hinkley	Clashfern Chambers	Doyle’s ranking record: Damien Hinkley
Ed Jensen	Clashfern Chambers	Doyle’s ranking record: Ed Jensen
Andrew Luchich	Hemmant's List	Doyle’s ranking record: Andrew Luchich
Peter Munro	Clashfern Chambers	Doyle’s ranking record: Peter Munro
Megan Rothery	Old Supreme Court Chambers	Doyle’s ranking record: Megan Rothery
David Schneidewin	Hemmant's List	Doyle’s ranking record: David Schneidewin
Lee Smith	Deane Chambers	Doyle’s ranking record: Lee Smith
Jo Sorbello (biography)	Callinan Chambers	Doyle’s ranking record: Jo Sorbello
Dina Thompson (biography)	Darrow Chambers	Doyle’s ranking record: Dina Thompson
Kara Thomson (biography)	Hemmant's List	Doyle’s ranking record: Kara Thomson
Michael Williams	Level 9 Inns of Court	Doyle’s ranking record: Michael Williams

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