The 2026 listing of leading Victorian Workplace Health & Safety Lawyers details solicitors practising within the areas of workplace and occupational health and safety matters in the Victorian legal market who have been identified by the state’s employment law barristers and solicitors for their expertise and abilities in these areas.
Preeminent
Sam Jackson, Sparke Helmore
Penny Stevens, Seyfarth
Leading
Steve Bell, Herbert Smith Freehills Kramer
Gina Capasso, Guided Counsel Law
Caitlin Ible, MinterEllison
Recommended
Gina Carosi, Seyfarth
Marissa Dreher, Seyfarth
Catherine Dunlop, Maddocks
Dominic Fleeton, K&L Gates
Luisa Gonzaga, Madgwicks
Jane Hall, Thomson Geer
Cameron Hannebery, Lander & Rogers
Sheridan Landwehr, Moray & Agnew
Previous editions
2025 edition published February 2025
Preeminent
Steve Bell, Herbert Smith Freehills
Sam Jackson, Sparke Helmore
Penny Stevens, Seyfarth
Leading
Gina Capasso, Guided Counsel Law
Marissa Dreher, Seyfarth
Cameron Hannebery, Lander & Rogers
Recommended
Gina Carosi, Seyfarth
Graham Dent, Dent Consulting & Legal
Catherine Dunlop, Maddocks
Dominic Fleeton, K&L Gates
Luisa Gonzaga, Madgwicks
Jane Hall, Holding Redlich
Caitlin Ible, MinterEllison
Julia Marotta, Herbert Smith Freehills
Dale McQualter, Maddocks
2024 edition published March 2024
Preeminent
Steve Bell, Herbert Smith Freehills
Sam Jackson, Sparke Helmore
Penny Stevens, Seyfarth
Leading
Gina Capasso, KHQ Lawyers
Marissa Dreher, Seyfarth
Catherine Dunlop, Maddocks
Recommended
Benjamin Burke, Baker McKenzie
Dominic Fleeton, K&L Gates
Luisa Gonzaga, Madgwicks
Jane Hall, Loupe Legal
Cameron Hannebery, Lander & Rogers
Nicki Milionis, Norton Rose Fulbright
Barry Sherriff, Sherriff Consulting
2023 edition published February 2023
Preeminent
Steve Bell, Herbert Smith Freehills
Sam Jackson, Sparke Helmore
Penny Stevens, Seyfarth
Leading
Gina Capasso, KHQ Lawyers
Marissa Dreher, Seyfarth
Catherine Dunlop, Maddocks
Recommended
Benjamin Burke, Baker McKenzie
Dominic Fleeton, K&L Gates
Jane Hall, Loupe Legal
Louise Houlihan, HMB Lawyers
Tony Lawrence, HWL Ebsworth
Jon Lovell, Ashurst
Stuart Pill, Clayton Utz
Barry Sherriff, Sherriff Consulting
2022 edition published February 2022
Preeminent
Steve Bell, Herbert Smith Freehills
Sam Jackson, Sparke Helmore
Penny Stevens, Seyfarth
Leading
Gina Capasso, KHQ Lawyers
Marissa Dreher, Seyfarth
Catherine Dunlop, Maddocks
Recommended
Dominic Fleeton, K&L Gates
Jane Hall, Loupe Legal
Cameron Hanneberry, Lander & Rogers
Tony Lawrence, HWL Ebsworth
John Lovell, Ashurst
Julie Marotta, Herbert Smith Freehills
Nicki Milionis, Norton Rose Fulbright
Joel Zyngier, Gilchrist Connell
2021 edition published March 2021
Market Leader
Penny Stevens, Seyfarth
Preeminent
Steve Bell, Herbert Smith Freehills
Sam Jackson, Sparke Helmore
Leading
Marissa Dreher, Seyfarth
Dominic Fleeton, Kingston Reid
Jane Hall, Loupe Legal
Recommended
Alison Baker, Hall & Wilcox
Gina Capasso, KHQ Lawyers
Catherine Dunlop, Maddocks
Tony Lawrence, HWL Ebsworth
Peter Lupson, K&L Gates
Barry Sherriff, Sherriff Consulting
Joel Zyngier, Gilchrist Connell
2020 edition published February 2020
Preeminent
Steve Bell, Herbert Smith Freehills
Penny Stevens, Sparke Helmore
Leading
Catherine Dunlop, Maddocks
Jane Hall, Loupe Legal
Sam Jackson, Sparke Helmore
Barry Sherriff, Sherriff Consulting
Recommended
Alison Baker, Hall & Wilcox
Ben Burke, Baker & McKenzie
Gina Capasso, KHQ Lawyers
Marissa Dreher, Dreher Legal
Dominic Fleeton, Kingston Reid
Rob Jackson, Rigby Cooke
Tony Lawrence, HWL Ebsworth
Peter Lupson, K&L Gates
2019 edition published February 2019
Preeminent
Steve Bell, Herbert Smith Freehills
Jane Hall, Seyfarth Shaw
Penny Stevens, Sparke Helmore
Leading
Marissa Dreher, Dreher Legal
Catherine Dunlop, Maddocks
Sam Jackson, Sparke Helmore
Barry Sherriff, Sherriff Consulting
Recommended
Alison Baker, Hall & Wilcox
Ben Burke, Baker & McKenzie
George Cooper, Ashurst
Dominic Fleeton, K&L Gates
Rob Jackson, Rigby Cooke
Tony Lawrence, HWL Ebsworth
Leveasque Petersen, PWC Legal
Julian Riekert, Lander & Rogers
Nick Ruskin, K&L Gates
Sam Witton, Seyfarth Shaw
2018 edition published February 2018
Preeminent
Steve Bell, Herbert Smith Freehills
Jane Hall, Seyfarth Shaw
Penny Stevens, Sparke Helmore
Leading
Leveasque Petersen, PWC Legal
Barry Sherriff, Sherriff Consulting
Recommended
Karl Blake, MinterEllison
Ben Burke, Baker & McKenzie
George Cooper, Ashurst
Mark Diserio, Lander & Rogers
Catherine Dunlop, Maddocks
Rob Jackson, Rigby Cooke
Anthony Massaro, Russell Kennedy
Sarah Ralph, Norton Rose Fulbright
Julian Riekert, Lander & Rogers
Nick Ruskin, K&L Gates
Sam Witton, Seyfarth Shaw
Janine Young, Corrs Chambers Westgarth