The 2026 listing of leading Employee and Trade Union-focused West Australian Employment Lawyers details solicitors practising within the areas of employment and industrial relations matters in the WA 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
Preeminent
Nikita Barsby, Modern Legal
Leading
Stefan Banovich, MKI Legal
Cory Fogliani, Fogliani.Lawyer
Nicholas Marouchak, MKI Legal
Sarah McLeod, Modern Legal
Recommended
Mike Baldwin, Baldwin Legal
Felicity Clarke, Modern Legal
Steve Heathcote, Steve Heathcote Barrister & Solicitor
Alison Humphry, MDC Legal
Claudia Lewin, Croftbridge
Jack Nicholas, Nicholas Legal
Previous editions
2025 edition published February 2025
Market Leader
Mark Cox, MDC Legal
Preeminent
Nikita Barsby, Modern Legal
Leading
Stefan Banovich, MKI Legal
Cory Fogliani, Fogliani.Lawyer
Steve Heathcote, Steve Heathcote Barrister & Solicitor
Nicholas Marouchak, MKI Legal
Recommended
Mike Baldwin, Baldwin Legal
Mark Hemery, Hotchkin Hanly
Stephen Kemp, Bennett
Sarah McLeod, Modern Legal
2024 edition published February 2024
Market Leader
Mark Cox, MDC Legal
Preeminent
Nikita Barsby, MDC Legal
Leading
Stefan Banovich, MKI Legal
Cory Fogliani, Fogliani.Lawyer
Nicholas Marouchak, MKI Legal
Recommended
Mike Baldwin, Baldwin Legal
Steve Heathcote, Steve Heathcote Barrister & Solicitor
Mark Hemery, Hotchkin Hanly
Sarah McLeod, Modern Legal
Daniel Stojanoski, Slater & Gordon
2023 edition published February 2023
Market Leader
Mark Cox, MDC Legal
Preeminent
Nikita Barsby, MDC Legal
Cory Fogliani, Fogliani.Lawyer
Leading
Stefan Banovich, MKI Legal
Nicholas Marouchak, MKI Legal
Jack Nicholas, Nicholas Legal
Recommended
Steve Heathcote, Steve Heathcote Barrister & Solicitor
Mark Hemery, Hotchkin Hanly
David Kiel, DSPK Lawyers
Tim Lethbridge, Croftbridge
Daniel Stojanoski, Slater & Gordon
2022 edition published February 2022
Market Leader
Mark Cox, MDC Legal
Preeminent
Nikita Barsby, MDC Legal
Cory Fogliani, Fogliani.Lawyer
Leading
Stephen Kemp, Kemp & Associates
Recommended
Felicity Clarke, Modern Legal
Jenny Edinger, Panetta McGrath
Steve Heathcote, APX Law
David Heldsinger, Heldsinger Legal
Mark Hemery, Hotchkin Hanly
Tim Lethbridge, Croftbridge
Nicholas Marouchak, MKI Legal
Sarah McLeod, Modern Legal
2021 edition published February 2021
Market Leader
Mark Cox, MDC Legal
Preeminent
Nikita Barsby, MDC Legal
Leading
Cory Fogliani, Fogliani.Lawyer
Stephen Kemp, Kemp & Associates
Kevin Sneddon, KRS Law
Recommended
Steve Heathcote, APX Law
David Heldsinger, Heldsinger Legal
Mark Hemery, Hotchkin Hanly
Tim Lethbridge, Croftbridge
2020 edition published February 2020
Market Leader
Mark Cox, MDC Legal
Preeminent
Tim Kucera, Turner Freeman
Jack Nicholas, Nicholas Legal
Leading
Stefan Banovich, MKI Legal
Kevin Sneddon, KRS Law
Recommended
Nikita Barsby, MDC Legal
David Heldsinger, Heldsinger Legal
Mark Hemery, Hotchkin Hanly
Tony Smetana, HLS Legal
2019 edition published February 2019
Market Leader
Mark Cox, MDC Legal
Preeminent
Tim Kucera, Turner Freeman
Jack Nicholas, Nicholas Legal
Leading
Stefan Banovich, MKI Legal
Recommended
Joanne Alilovic, 3D HR Legal
Nikita Barsby, MDC Legal
David Heldsinger, Heldsinger Legal
Mark Hemery, Hotchkin Hanly
Tony Smetana, HLS Legal
2018 edition published February 2018
Market Leader
Mark Cox, MDC Legal
Preeminent
Rachel Cosentino, Slater & Gordon
Leading
Tim Kucera, Turner Freeman
Jack Nicholas, Nicholas Legal
Recommended
Stefan Banovich, MKI Legal
Nikita Barsby, MDC Legal
Steve Heathcote, Steve Heathcote Barrister & Solicitor
David Heldsinger, HLS Legal
2017 edition published February 2017
Preeminent
Mark Cox, MDC Legal
Leading
Rachel Cosentino, Slater & Gordon
Jack Nicholas, Nicholas Legal
Recommended
Mike Baldwin, Hazon Advisory
Stefan Banovich, MKI
Steve Heathcote, Steve Heathcote Barrister & Solicitor
David Heldsinger, Heldsinger Legal