The 2026 listing of leading Employee and Trade Union-focused NSW Employment Law Firms details firms practising within the areas of employment and industrial relations matters in the New South Wales legal market whose practice has a strong employee and/or trade union representation focus and who have been identified by the state’s employment law solicitors for their expertise and abilities in these areas.
First Tier
Danny King Legal
Maurice Blackburn
Second Tier
Hall Payne
Haywards Solicitors
Third Tier
Marks Pritchard
Slater & Gordon
Toomey Pegg
Recommended
AEN Legal
Carroll & O’Dea
Horton Rhodes
Keypoint Law
McNally Jones Staff
Michael Doherty Legal
Petrine Costigan Lawyers
Shanahan Tudhope
Stevens & Associates
WilliamsonBarwick
Previous editions
2025 edition published February 2025
First Tier
Danny King Legal
Haywards Solicitors
Maurice Blackburn
Second Tier
Hall Payne
Toomey Pegg
Third Tier
Carroll & O'Dea
Michael Doherty Legal
McNally Jones Staff
Slater & Gordon
Recommended
AEN Legal
Horton Rhodes
Keypoint Law
Marks Pritchard
McArdle Legal
Petrine Costigan Lawyers
Slater & Gordon
Shanahan Tudhope
Stevens & Associates
WilliamsonBarwick
2024 edition published March 2024
First Tier
Danny King Legal
Haywards Solicitors
Maurice Blackburn
Second Tier
Carroll & O'Dea
Hall Payne
McNally Jones Staff
Toomey Pegg
Third Tier
Michael Doherty Legal
Slater & Gordon
Recommended
AEN Legal
Harmers Workplace Lawyers
Horton Rhodes
McArdle Legal
Petrine Costigan Lawyers
Slater & Gordon
Shanahan Tudhope
Stevens & Associates
WilliamsonBarwick
2023 edition published March 2023
First Tier
Carroll & O'Dea
Danny King Legal
Haywards Solicitors
Maurice Blackburn
Second Tier
Hall Payne
McNally Jones Staff
Toomey Pegg
Third Tier
Michael Doherty Legal
Slater & Gordon
Recommended
AEN Legal
Employment Lawyers Australia
Harmers Workplace Lawyers
Horton Rhodes
McArdle Legal
Petrine Costigan Lawyers
Segelov Taylor
Slater & Gordon
Shanahan Tudhope
Stevens & Associates
WilliamsonBarwick
2022 edition published February 2022
First Tier
Carroll & O'Dea
Haywards Solicitors
Maurice Blackburn
Second Tier
Danny King Legal
Hall Payne
McNally Jones Staff
Toomey Pegg
Third Tier
Harmers Workplace Lawyers
Michael Doherty Legal
Slater & Gordon
Recommended
Horton Rhodes
Laxon Lex
McArdle Legal
Petrine Costigan Lawyers
Segelov Taylor
Slater & Gordon
Shanahan Tudhope
Stevens & Associates
WilliamsonBarwick
2021 edition published March 2021
First Tier
Carroll & O'Dea
Haywards Solicitors
Second Tier
Danny King Legal
Hall Payne
Maurice Blackburn
McNally Jones Staff
Slater & Gordon
Toomey Pegg
Third Tier
Harmers Workplace Lawyers
Michael Doherty Legal
Shanahan Tudhope
Recommended
Horton Rhodes
Laxon Lex
McArdle Legal
Petrine Costigan Lawyers
WilliamsonBarwick
2020 edition published February 2020
First Tier
Carroll & O'Dea
Haywards Solicitors
McNally Jones Staff
Second Tier
Hall Payne
Maurice Blackburn
Slater & Gordon
Toomey Pegg
Third Tier
Danny King Legal
Harmers Workplace Lawyers
Michael Doherty Legal
Shanahan Tudhope
Recommended
Horton Rhodes
McArdle Legal
Petrine Costigan Lawyers
2019 edition published February 2019
First Tier
Carroll & O'Dea
Haywards Solicitors
McNally Jones Staff
Second Tier
Hall Payne
Maurice Blackburn
Slater & Gordon
Toomey Pegg
Third Tier
Harmers Workplace Lawyers
Shanahan Tudhope
Recommended
Danny King Legal
Horton Rhodes
McArdle Legal
Michael Doherty Legal
2018 edition published February 2018
First Tier
Carroll & O'Dea
Haywards Solicitors
McNally Jones Staff
Second Tier
Hall Payne
Harmers Workplace Lawyers
Shanahan Tudhope
Slater & Gordon
Toomey Pegg
Third Tier
Maurice Blackburn
Recommended
Danny King Legal
Horton Rhodes
Michael Doherty Legal
Williamson Barwick
2017 edition published February 2017
First Tier
Carroll & O'Dea
Haywards Solicitors
WG McNally Jones Staff
Second Tier
Harmers Workplace Lawyers
Slater & Gordon
Toomey Pegg
Third Tier
Maurice Blackburn
Recommended
Danny King Legal
Hall Payne
Horton Rhodes
Michael Doherty Legal
Williamson Barwick
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