The 2025 listing of leading Sydney Criminal Defence Lawyers details solicitors practising in criminal law matters in the NSW legal market who have been identified by their fellow New South Wales lawyers and barristers specialising in crime for their expertise and abilities in the area.
Market Leader
Preeminent
Abigail Bannister, Bannisters Lawyers
Nick Hanna, Hanna Legal
Lauren MacDougall, MacDougall & Hydes
Maria Walz, Maria Walz Legal
Justin Wong, Streeton Lawyers
Leading
Trudie Cameron, Armstrong Legal
Jasmina Ceic, Nyman Gibson Miralis
Helen Christinson, Hugo Law Group
Phillip Gibson, Nyman Gibson Miralis
Benjamin Goh, Benjamin & Leonardo
Greg Goold, Gregory J Goold Solicitor
Carly Hydes, MacDougall & Hydes
Kiki Kyriakou, Kiki Kyriacou Lawyers
Gerard Mitchell, Mitchell & Co
Leo Premutico, Benjamin & Leonardo
Elie Rahme, Elie Rahme & Associates
Andrew Tiedt, JSA Law
Stephen Zahr, Zahr Partners
Recommended
Charles Abbott, Watsons
Isha Caulfield, Caulfield Solicitors
James Clements, Jackson John Defence Lawyers
Michelle Duncan, Crawford & Duncan
Rebecca Dunlop, Rebecca Dunlop Legal
Vivian Evans, Uther Webster & Evans
Jessica Fahmy, Fahmy Lawyers
David Giddy, Giddy & Crittenden
Rylie Hahn-Hamilton, Marsdens
Michael Hempsall, Uther Webster & Evans
Erin Hoile, Kingston Fox
Omar Juweinat, Aquila Lawyers
Nadia Karim, Karim & Nicol
Sarah Khan, Khan Law & Associates
Warwick Korn, Korn Tlais
Aisha Lopez, Zahr Partners
Elias Matouk, Matouk Joyner
Carrie Nicol, Karim & Nicol
Peter O’Brien, O’Brien Criminal & Civil Solicitors
Sean Payten, Ryan Paten Le
Sharon Ramsden, Marsdens
Philip Ryan, Ryan Paten Le
Osman Samin, Australian Criminal & Family Lawyers
Abbas Soukie, Hanna Legal
Alexandra Sarmed, Kingston Fox
Bryan Wrench, Murphy’s Lawyers