The 2026 listing of NSW Planning & Environment Law Rising Stars details individuals practising in planning and environment matters matters in the New South Wales legal market who have been identified as future leading lawyers within the area.
Alex Beale, Lander & Rogers
Kristyn Glanville, Pikes & Verekers
Dimitrious Havadjia, Lindsay Taylor Lawyers
Katharine Huxley, Holding Redlich
James Oldknow, Mills Oakley
Tristan Orgill, Ashurst
Rebecca Ritchie, Allens
Previous editions
2025 edition published March 2025
Georgia Appleby, Maddocks
Lee Cone, Addisons
Tom Dougherty, Herbert Smith Freehills
David Gunter, Sparke Helmore
Mollie Hunt, Colin Biggers & Paisley
James King, Lindsay Taylor Lawyers
Bribie Stansfield, Holding Redlich
Dylan Taylor, Wilshire Webb Staunton Beattie
Christina Zhang, Macpherson Kelley
2024 edition published April 2024
Georgia Appleby, Maddocks
Lee Cone, Addisons
Kristyn Glanville, Pikes & Verekers
Simon Hill, HWL Ebsworth
Anthony Landro, Colin Biggers & Paisley
Joanna Ling, Thomson Geer
Alex Rutherford, Lindsay Taylor Lawyers
2023 edition published April 2023
Tim Allen, Beatty Hughes
Georgia Appelby, Maddocks
Micah Bawden, Mills Oakley
Adriana Kleiss, Lindsay Taylor Lawyers
Montana Linkio, Ahurst
Kara Mezinec, HWL Ebsworth
Tom Ward, Pikes & Verekers
2022 edition published March 2022
Matthew Baker,MinterEllison
Kate Blunden, Addisons
Mark Brady, Clayton Utz
Blake Dyer, Maddocks
Jonathon Ede, Wilshire Webb Staunton Beattie
Alistair Knox, Pikes & Verekers
Kara Mezinec, HWL Ebsworth
Liam Mulligan Lindsay Taylor Lawyers
Katherine Pickerd, Colin Biggers & Paisley
Rebecca Pleming, Allens
Daniel Webster, Bick & Steele






