The 2025 listing of leading Plaintiff-focused Australian Work Injury Compensation Lawyers details solicitors practising within the areas of workplace injury, accident and WorkCover matters across all Australian legal markets who have been identified by the nation’s defendant insurance lawyers for their expertise and abilities in representing their clients.
Preeminent
Scott Hall-Johnston, Beilby Poulden Costello – Sydney
Chantille Khoury, Law Partners – Sydney
Bree Knoester, Brave Legal – Melbourne
Rod Matthews, Slater & Gordon – Melbourne
Mark Nelson, Beilby Poulden Costello – Sydney
Travis Schultz, Travis Schultz & Partners – Brisbane & Sunshine Coast
Leading
Greg Black, VBR Lawyers – Brisbane
Daniel Brand, Brand Solicitors – Perth
Shane Butcher, Law Partners – Sydney
Tim Concannon, Carroll & O’Dea – Sydney
Richard Dababneh, Turner Freeman – Sydney
Sach Fernando, Maxiom Injury Lawyers – Melbourne
Scott Keft, Maurice Blackburn – Brisbane
Carmine Santone, Santone Lawyers – Sydney
Paul Zaparas, Zaparas Lawyers – Melbourne
Peter Zaparas, Zaparas Lawyers – Melbourne
Recommended
Paul Alvaro, Paul Alvaro Lawyers – Adelaide
Matt Arentz, DBH Lawyers – Adelaide
Kate Avery, Kare Lawyers – Brisbane
Kasarne Burgan, Burgan Lawyers – Sydney
James Casey, Arnold Dallas McPherson – Melbourne
Harry Dignan, Turner Freeman – Brisbane
Tim Downie, Johnston Withers – Adelaide
Tim Driscoll, Beilby Poulden Costello – Sydney
Renee Eglinton, Kare Lawyers – Brisbane
Richard Faulks, SHG Lawyers – Canberra
Stephen Firth, Firths – Sydney
Lachlan Fitch – Maurice Blackburn – Melbourne
Phil Gleeson, Percy Kakulas Gleeson – Perth
Ben Hansberry, Brad Barristers & Solicitors – Perth
Jeremy King, Robinson Gill – Melbourne
Amy Nikolovski, DBH Lawyers – Adelaide
Rebecca Pendrill, Stephen Browne Lawyers – Perth
Hugh Powell, Travis Schultz & Partners – Sunshine Coast
Rachael Schutze, Shine Lawyers – Melbourne
Joel Schneider, Slater & Gordon – Perth
Anna Tavianatos, Stacks Goudkamp – Sydney