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Who is on our pilot Equity and Diversity List

Use this list of our Equity and Diversity List members to find and brief diverse counsel for legally aided matters.

Our pilot Equity and Diversity List will help lawyers find and brief diverse counsel for legally aided matters. It forms part of our Equitable Briefing Strategy. We developed the list following industry consultation.

Equitable briefing practices

We are committed to briefing more women and diverse counsel and have set measurable, annual targets for improvement through our Equitable briefing strategy.

We are also a signatory to the Law Council of Australia’s Equitable Briefing Policy. 

Who is on the list

Barristers and advocates have voluntarily opted in to join this list. They have self-identified as having/being one or more of the following diversity attributes:

  • a woman or gender diverse
  • culturally diverse
  • a person of colour
  • First Nations
  • LGBTQIA+
  • living with disability.

The names of barristers who join the list are published on this page, with a link to their Victorian Bar profile. Their specific diversity attributes are not publicly identified on this list.

Members

(alphabetically by first name).

A–C

Abilene Singh

Adam Maloney

Amit Malik

Annabelle Ballard

Arna Delle-Vergini

Beth Warnock

Briana Proud

Candice Jackson

Chadwick Wong

Christin Tom

Christopher McDermott

D–F

Daniel Nguyen

Daphne Foong

David De Witt

Daye Gang

Dylan loannou-Booth

Elarya George

Esther James

Felicity Gerry KC

Ffyona Livingstone Clark

G–J

Gemma Cafarella

Georgia Suhren

Haroon Hassan

Henry Hunt

Hetty Champion de Crespigny

Iman Osman

James Gray

Jay Chandramohan

Jayr Teng

Jenaya Ellis

Jessie Taylor

Jessy Xie

Jo Swiney

Joanna Davidson

Joanne Poole

Johann Ollquist

Josh Cunningham

Joshua Teng

Julia Kretzenbacher

K–M

Kay Chan

Kaye McNaught

Khai-Yin Lim

Lucy Line

Marie Wilkening- Le Brun

Markorius Habib

Melinda Jackson

Min Guo

N–R

Natalie Plumstead

Nilanka Goonetillake

Olivia Go  

Olivia Callahan

Paul Panayi

Paul Kounnas

Paul Smallwood

Philip Teo

Rachel Cashmore

Rebecca Aoukar

S–Z

Samantha Owen

Sandra Wendlandt

Shannon Finegan

Shawn Rajanayagam

Sheeana Dhanji

Stacey Stanley

Steve Chambers

Tanya Skvortsova

Tegan McWilliam

Timothy Goodwin

Vanessa Bacchetti

Zubin Menon

Amy Brennan

Bec Helberg

Danielle Lamovie

Iresha Siriwardana

Julia Munster

Naomi Smith

Olivia Ridley

Read about our Chambers team and the matters in which they can be briefed.

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