Appointments
ALTERNATIVE DISPUTE RESOLUTION COMMITTEE
- Mary Walker (Chair)
- Hon Stephen O’Ryan QC
- Stephen Walsh QC
- Max Kimber SC
- Greg Laughton SC
- John Fernon SC
- Steven Goldstein
- Neil Jackson
- Tom Davie
- Hugh Stowe
- Jodi Steele
- Fiona Sinclair
- Terry Mehigan
- Declan Roche
- Louise Mathias
- Wilson Chan
- Mary Rebehy
- Julie Kearney
- Navid Sedaghati
- Mark Darian-Smith
- Bar Association staff member: Richard Easton
BAR NEWS COMMITTEE
- Ingmar Taylor SC (Chair)
- Anthony Cheshire SC
- Gail Furness SC
- Farid Assaf SC
- Dominic Villa SC
- Penny Thew
- Sean O’Brien
- Kavita Balendra
- Daniel Klineberg
- Catherine Gleeson
- Victoria Brigden
- Kevin Tang
- Ann Bonnor
- Belinda Baker
- Stephen Ryan
- Joe Edwards
- Christina Trahanas
- Bar Association staff member: Michelle Nisbet
COMMON LAW COMMITTEE
- Robert Sheldon SC (Chair)
- Simon Harben SC
- Tony Bartley SC
- Nicholas Chen SC
- Paresh Khandhar SC
- Michael Inglis
- Richard Sergi
- Elizabeth Welsh
- Andrew Combe
- Eva Elbourne
- Kavita Balendra
- Ross Stanton
- Kayt Hogan
- Brendan Jones
- Bar Association staff member: Alastair McConnachie
COSTS AND FEES COMMITTEE
- Mark Brabazon SC (Chair)
- Mark Walsh SC
- Michael Eagle
- Philippe Doyle Gray
- Janet McDonald
- Michelle Castle
- David Stewart
- Luke Fermanis
- Emma Beechey
- Matt Karam
- Michael Wells
- Michele Kearns (Clerk)
- Bar Association staff member: Richard Easton
CRIMINAL LAW COMMITTEE
- Stephen Odgers SC (Co-Chair)
- Gabrielle Bashir SC (Co-Chair)
- Peter McGrath SC
- David Jordan
- Peter Lange
- Richard Wilson
- Kieran Ginges
- Nathan Steel
- Sophia Beckett
- Lester Fernandez
- Sharyn Hall
- Paul Coady
- Robert Ranken
- Helen Roberts
- Ben Bickford
- Elizabeth McLaughlin
- Nerissa Keay
- Bharan Narula
- Rose Khalilizadeh
- Georgina Westgarth
- Linda Barnes
- Academic members:
- Luke McNamara (UNSW)
- Adam Booker (UOW and UTS)
- Nicholas Cowdery QC (UNSW)
- Bar Association staff member: Ting Lim
DIVERSITY AND EQUALITY COMMITTEE
- Kate Eastman SC (Chair)
- Robert Dubler SC
- Rashelle Seiden SC
- Melissa Fisher
- Sophie Callan
- Michael Seck
- Brenda Tronson
- Melanie Cairns
- Nicholas Kelly
- Nipa Dewan
- Sarah Warren
- Tarik Abdulhak
- Sonia Tame
- Sarah McCarthy
- Jeh Coutinho (Clerk)
- Bar Association staff member: Ting Lim
EDUCATION COMMITTEE
- Robert Hollo SC (Chair)
- Sally Dowling SC
- Pat Griffin SC
- Edward Muston SC
- Ruth Higgins SC
- Philip Hogan
- Tiffany Wong
- Sean Docker
- Michael O’Meara
- Gillian Mahony
- Sharyn Hall
- Angela Cook
- Faraz Maghami
- Imtiaz Ahmed
- Julia Roy
- Louise Hulmes
- Academic member: Alex Steel (UNSW)
- Bar Association staff member: Bali Kaur
FAMILY LAW COMMITTEE
- Michael Kearney SC (Chair)
- Hon Stephen O’Ryan QC
- Peter Cummings SC
- Peter Campton SC
- Suzanne Christie SC
- Claire Cantrall
- Warwick Tregilgas
- Mark Anderson
- Derek Hand
- John Longworth
- Mary Rebehy
- Bar Association staff member: Richard Easton
FIRST NATIONS COMMITTEE
- Tony McAvoy SC (Chair)
- Chris Ronalds AO SC
- Janet Manuell SC
- Eric Wilson SC
- Michael Wright SC
- Louise Goodchild
- Susan Phillips
- Simeon Beckett
- Nicholas Newton
- Andrew Smith
- Natasha Case
- Charles Gregory
- Damian Beaufils
- Sian McGee
- Adam Booker
- Academic member: Jeni Engel (UNSW)
- Bar Association staff member: Ting Lim
HUMAN RIGHTS COMMITTEE
- Naomi Sharp SC (Co-Chair)
- Simeon Beckett (Co-Chair)
- Shane Prince SC
- Mark Gibian SC
- Miiko Kumar
- Craig Lenehan
- Trent Glover
- Michelle Swift
- Charles Gregory
- Rob Davies
- Ali Cheema
- Celia Winnett
- Madeleine Bridgett
- Sebastian De Brennan
- Kate Barrett
- Academic members:
- Professor Andrew Byrnes (UNSW)
- Daniel Joyce(UNSW)
- Bar Association staff member: Roshana Wikramanayake
INDUSTRIAL EMPLOYMENT HEALTH AND SAFETY COMMITTEE
- Bruce Hodgkinson AM SC (chair)
- Yaseen Shariff (secretary)
- John Fernon SC
- Ian Neil SC
- Ian Latham
- Anthony Britt
- Bruce Miles
- Anna Perigo
- Bilal Rauf
- Jaye Alderson
- Vanja Bulut
- Maurice Baroni
- Bar Association staff member: Alastair McConnachie
INNOVATION & TECHNOLOGY COMMITTEE
- Michael Green SC (Chair)
- Angela Bowne SC
- Greg Waugh SC
- Tamir Maltz
- Beth Oliak
- James King
- Anton Hughes
- Richard Scheelings
- Wen Wu
- Simon Walker (Clerk)
- Academic member: Carolyn McKay (USYD)
- Bar Association staff member: Ting Lim
LEGAL AID COMMITTEE
- Dean Jordan SC (Chair)
- Craig Smith SC
- Alex Radojev
- James Trevallion
- David Price
- Ashok Kumar
- Emily Ito
- Craig Mulvey
- Jane Paingakulum
- Scott Fraser
- Emmanuel Kerkyasharian
- Michelle Swift
- Clyllyn Sperling
- Jeffrey Clarke
- Nerissa Keay
- Rose Khalilizadeh
- Talia Epstein
- Thomas Liu
- Bar Association staff member: Roshana Wikramanayake
NEW BARRISTERS COMMITTEE
- Vanja Bulut (Chair)
- Corrie Goodhand
- David Birch
- Stephen Ryan
- Emily Graham
- Nicholas Roucek
- Joe Edwards
- Talia Epstein
- Kayt Hogan
- Wen Wu
- Eliot Olivier
- Brendan Jones
- Elizabeth Esber
- Louise Hulmes
- Ryan Coffey
- Emma Hoolahan (Clerk)
- Bar Association staff member: Bali Kaur
PRACTICE DEVELOPMENT COMMITTEE
- Ian Hemmings SC (Chair)
- Michelle Painter SC
- David Thomas SC
- Christopher Peadon
- Robert Carey
- Philip Wallis
- Stephanie Patterson
- Geoff Farland
- Sonia Stewart
- Georgina Westgarth
- Michele Kearns (Clerk)
- Emma Hoolahan (Clerk)
- Bar Association staff member: Alastair McConnachie
WELLBEING COMMITTEE
- Kylie Nomchong SC (Chair)
- Peter McGrath SC
- Mark Dempsey SC
- Kevin Connor SC
- Todd Alexis SC
- Dauid Sibtain
- Christopher Taylor
- Cynthia Cochrane
- Elizabeth James
- Kellie Edwards
- Tim Castle
- Geoff Farland
- Chris Tam
- Sarah McCarthy
- Savitha Swami
- Bar Association staff member: Chris Winslow
PCC #1
- Edward Muston SC (Chair)
- Robert Hollo SC
- Matthew Darke SC
- Kate Morgan SC
- Michael Izzo SC
- Vanessa Whittaker SC
- Peter Russell
- Kieran Ginges
- Madeleine Avenell
- Elizabeth Raper
- Jennifer Single
- Patrick Knowles
- Daniel Klineberg
- Catherine Gleeson
- Jo Little
- Simon Fitzpatrick
- Radhika Withana
- Georgia Lewer
- Emma Bathurst
- Vanja Bulut
PCC#2
- Anna Mitchelmore SC (Chair)
- Todd Alexis SC
- Nick Kidd SC
- David McLure SC
- Simon Buchen SC
- Richard Sergi
- Justin Young
- Mark Seymour
- Donna Ward
- Scott Aspinall
- James Arnott
- Melanie Cairns
- Nicholas Broadbent
- Rob Ranken
- Nick Kelly
- Emma Beechey
- Zoe Hillman
- Jocelyn Williams
- Belinda Baker
PCC #3
- Dr Ruth Higgins SC (Chair)
- Gail Furness SC
- Peter McGrath SC,
- Nicholas Owens SC
- David Williams SC
- Peter Newton
- Elizabeth Welsh
- Andre Zahra
- Andrew Fox
- James Emmett
- Angela Petrie
- Sophie Callan
- Yaseen Shariff
- Clarissa Amato
- Declan Roche
- Nick Kirby
- Conor Bannan
- Stephanie Patterson
PCC #4
- Michael McHugh SC (Chair)
- Garry McGrath SC
- Dominic Toomey SC
- Edward Cox SC
- Mark Anderson
- Luke Brasch
- Andrew Naylor
- David Rayment
- Nicholas Eastman
- Michelle England
- Nick Kabilafkas
- Ben Kremer
- Lisa Doust
- Amy Douglas-Baker
- Peter Maddigan
- Robert Yezerski
- Greg Antipas
- Jill Gatland
- Talitha Hennessy
Examination Working Party
- Edward Muston SC (chair)
- Patrick Griffin SC
- Michael Hall SC
- Andrew Pickles SC
- Wendy Abraham QC
- Sandrah Foda
- Hamish Bevan
- Elisabeth Peden
- Peter Maddigan
- Ross Glover
- Daniel Klineberg
- Nicholas Broadbent
- Michelle Swift
Bar Association staff member
Bali Kaur
Bar Practice Course Director
- Gillian Mahony
Senior Counsel Selection Committee 2019
Committee members
- Tim Game SC
- Michael McHugh SC
- Julian Sexton SC
- Katrina Howard SC
- Liz Collins SC
- Garry Rich SC
- The Hon Carolyn Simpson QC
- Bunja Smith (non-legal member)
Professional Indemnity Insurance Working Group
Garry Rich SC
Secretary
Kim Kemp
Commercial Law Section
Convenor
Michael Izzo SC
Secretary
Sera Merzabegian
Public Law Section
Convenor
Neil Williams SC
Secretaries
Stephen Free & Katherine Richardson
Court committees and working parties
Our representatives on Supreme Court committees
Rule Committee
- Carol Webster SC
Uniform Rules Committee
- Carol Webster SC
Common Law Civil Users Group
- Eugene Romaniuk SC
- Lorna McFee
Probate User's Group
- Mark Willmott
Court of Criminal Appeal / Crime User Group
- Stephen Odgers SC
Legal Profession Admission Board
- Garry McGrath SC
- Margaret Allars SC
Our representatives on District Court committees
Rule Committee
- Paresh Khandhar SC
Civil Business Committee
- Eugene Romaniuk SC
- Larry
King SC
Criminal Business Committee
- Rose Khalilizadeh
Our representatives on Local Court committees
Rule Committee
- Lisa-Claire Hutchinson
Local Court Downing Centre User Forum
- John-Paul Redmond
Our representatives on other NSW court committees / user groups
Land and Environment Court
- Clifford Ireland
Industrial Relations Commission
- Yaseen Shariff
Workers Compensation Commission
- Ross Stanton
Our representatives on NSW Civil and Administrative Tribunal (NCAT) fora
Occupational Division Consultative Forum: Carol Webster SC
- Guardianship Division Consultative Forum: Irving Wallach
- Administrative and Equal Opportunity Division Consultative Forum: Brenda Tronson
- Our representatives on Federal Circuit Court NSW User Groups
- Family Law Sydney Wollongong User Group – John Longworth
- Family Law Parramatta User Group - Robyn Druitt and Lynette Judge
- Migration (Judicial Review) User Group – Patrick Knowles
Industrial Law User Group – Bruce Hodgkinson SC; Yaseen Shariff (alternate)
Educational institutions
Our representatives on educational institutions
Law Extension Committee (University of Sydney)
- Dr Elisabeth Peden
- Courtney Ensor
University of New South Wales Faculty of Law
- Anne Healey
University of Western Sydney External Law Advisory Committee
- Robert O'Neill
University of Wollongong Faculty of Law Visiting Committee
- Bruce Collins QC
Statutory appointments
Administrative Appeals Tribunal
From time to time barristers are appointed as members of the Administrative Appeals Tribunal (AAT). Those appointed are statutory office holders pursuant to the
Administrative Appeals Tribunal Act 1975 (Cth). For a full current list of all members of the
NSW Civil and Administrative Tribunal
From time to time barristers are appointed as members of the NSW Civil and Administrative Tribunal (NCAT). These appointments are made by the attorney general and minister for justice under the Civil and Administrative Tribunal Act 2013
NSW Council of Law Reporting
- Mark Brabazon SC
- Garry Rich SC
- Professor Margaret Allars SC
- Todd Marskell
- Sophie Callan