The 2026 listing of leading Employee and Trade Union-focused Victorian Employment Lawyers details solicitors practising within the areas of employment and industrial relations matters in the Victorian 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.
Market Leader
Josh Bornstein, Maurice Blackburn
Preeminent
Trent Hancock, Jewell Hancock
Andrew Jewell, Jewell Hancock
Daniel Victory, Maurice Blackburn
Leading
Joseph Kelly, Kelly Workplace Lawyers
Recommended
Geoff Borenstein, Slater & Gordon
Marcus Clayton, Gordon Legal
Mark Comito, STAL Employment Lawyers
Tracey Davies, Davies Lawyers
Jessica Dawson-Field, Maurice Blackburn
Dominic Macken, AJ Macken & Co
Sam Nottle, Jewell Hancock
Greg Romeo, Kelly Workplace Lawyers
Michael Sayers, Slater & Gordon
David Shaw, Holding Redlich
Evan Willis, Holding Redlich
Previous editions
2025 edition published February 2025
Preeminent
Josh Bornstein, Maurice Blackburn
Kamal Farouque, Maurice Blackburn
Trent Hancock, Jewell Hancock
Andrew Jewell, Jewell Hancock
Leading
Geoff Borenstein, Slater & Gordon
Joseph Kelly, Kelly Workplace Lawyers
Dominic Macken, AJ Macken & Co
David Shaw, Holding Redlich
Daniel Victory, Maurice Blackburn
Recommended
Marcus Clayton, Gordon Legal
Mark Comito, STAL Employment Lawyers
Tracey Davies, Davies Lawyers
Jessica Dawson-Field, Maurice Blackburn
George Haros, Gadens
Sam Nottle, Jewell Hancock
Greg Romeo, Kelly Workplace Lawyers
Michael Sayers, Slater & Gordon
Nick White, Gordon Legal
Evan Willis, Holding Redlich
2024 edition published March 2024
Preeminent
Josh Bornstein, Maurice Blackburn
Kamal Farouque, Maurice Blackburn
Leading
Trent Hancock, Jewell Hancock
Andrew Jewell, Jewell Hancock
Joseph Kelly , Kelly Workplace Lawyers
Dominic Macken, AJ Macken & Co
David Shaw, Holding Redlich
Daniel Victory, Maurice Blackburn
Recommended
Brad Annson, Gordon Legal
Geoff Borenstein, Slater & Gordon
Marcus Clayton, Gordon Legal
Mark Comito, STAL Employment Lawyers
Anthony Macken, AJ Macken & Co
Michael Sayers, Slater & Gordon
Evan Willis, Holding Redlich
2023 edition published February 2023
Preeminent
Josh Bornstein, Maurice Blackburn
Kamal Farouque, Maurice Blackburn
Leading
Trent Hancock, Jewell Hancock
Andrew Jewell, Jewell Hancock
David Shaw, Holding Redlich
Daniel Victory, Maurice Blackburn
Recommended
Brad Annson, Gordon Legal
Joanna Betteridge, Betteridge Legal
Geoff Borenstein, Slater & Gordon
Marcus Clayton, Gordon Legal
Mark Comito, STAL Employment Lawyers
Emily Creak, Maurice Blackburn
Joseph Kelly , Kelly Workplace Lawyers
Anthony Macken, AJ Macken & Co
Dominic Macken, AJ Macken & Co
Michael Sayers, Slater & Gordon
Evan Willis, Holding Redlich
2022 edition published February 2022
Preeminent
Josh Bornstein, Maurice Blackburn
Kamal Farouque, Maurice Blackburn
Leading
Andrew Jewell, Jewell Hancock
Anthony Macken, AJ Macken & Co
Dominic Macken, AJ Macken & Co
David Shaw, Holding Redlich
Daniel Victory, Maurice Blackburn
Recommended
Geoff Borenstein, Slater & Gordon
Marcus Clayton, Gordon Legal
Mark Comito, STAL Employment Lawyers
Emily Creak, Maurice Blackburn
Philip Gardner, Gordon Legal
Trent Hancock, Jewell Hancock
Joseph Kelly , Kelly Workplace Lawyers
Michael McIver, Maurice Blackburn
Michael Sayers, Slater & Gordon
Evan Willis, Holding Redlich
2021 edition published March 2021
Preeminent
Josh Bornstein, Maurice Blackburn
Kamal Farouque, Maurice Blackburn
Leading
Geoff Borenstein, Slater & Gordon
Marcus Clayton, Gordon Legal
Anthony Macken, AJ Macken & Co
Dominic Macken, AJ Macken & Co
David Shaw, Holding Redlich
Daniel Victory, Maurice Blackburn
Recommended
Carol Andrades, Gordon Legal
Mark Comito, STAL Employment Lawyers
George Haros, DWF
Andrew Jewell, Jewell Hancock
Carita Kazakoff, Slater & Gordon
Joseph Kelly , Kelly Workplace Lawyers
Evan Willis, Holding Redlich
2020 edition published February 2020
Market Leader
Josh Bornstein, Maurice Blackburn
Preeminent
Kamal Farouque, Maurice Blackburn
Leading
Carol Andrades, Gordon Legal
Geoff Borenstein, Slater & Gordon
Marcus Clayton, Gordon Legal
Anthony Macken, AJ Macken & Co
Dominic Macken, AJ Macken & Co
David Shaw, Holding Redlich
Recommended
Brad Annson, Gordon Legal
Mark Comito, STAL Employment Lawyers
Andrew Jewell, McDonald Murholme
Carita Kazakoff, Slater & Gordon
Joseph Kelly , Kelly Workplace Lawyers
Daniel Victory, Maurice Blackburn
2019 edition published February 2019
Market Leader
Josh Bornstein, Maurice Blackburn
Preeminent
Kamal Farouque, Maurice Blackburn
Anthony Macken, AJ Macken & Co
Leading
Carol Andrades, Gordon Legal
Geoff Borenstein, Slater & Gordon
Marcus Clayton, Gordon Legal
Dominic Macken, AJ Macken & Co
David Shaw, Holding Redlich
Recommended
Brad Annson, Gordon Legal
Mark Comito, Stal Employment Lawyers
Joseph Kelly , Kelly Workplace Lawyers
Daniel Victory, Maurice Blackburn
2018 edition published February 2018
Preeminent
Josh Bornstein, Maurice Blackburn
Kamal Farouque, Maurice Blackburn
Leading
Geoff Borenstein, Slater & Gordon
Anthony Macken, AJ Macken & Co
Dominic Macken, AJ Macken & Co
David Shaw, Holding Redlich
Recommended
Carol Andrades, Ryan Carlisle Thomas
Phillip Gardner, Ryan Carlisle Thomas
George Haros, Macpherson Kelley
Joseph Kelly , Kelly Workplace Lawyers
2017 edition published February 2017
Preeminent
Josh Bornstein, Maurice Blackburn
Kamal Farouque, Maurice Blackburn
Leading
Tony Macken, AJ Macken & Co
David Shaw, Holding Redlich
Recommended
Carol Andrades, Ryan Carlisle Thomas
Marcus Clayton, Slater & Gordon
Sam Eichenbaum, Rigby Cooke
Philip Gardner, Ryan Carlisle Thomas
Rob Jackson, Rigby Cooke
Andrew Jewell, McDonald Murholme
Joseph Kelly, Kelly Workplace Lawyers