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We’d like to congratulate our 72 lawyers who have been included on the Best Lawyers’ list for 2022, and give a big shout out to three lawyers who received the Best Lawyers’ Lawyer Of The Year Awards: Carlie Holt (Occupational Health and Safety Law), Chris Rimmer (Personal Injury Litigation) and Kevin Bartlett (Aviation).

We also have new additions to the list: Andrea Boyd-Boland (Litigation), Shane Williamson (Professional Malpractice Litigation) and Bernadette Rayment (Public Law).

Phillip Salem, our National Managing Partner, said “It’s an excellent result to see so many recognised for their experience, talent and market-leading capabilities. I’d especially like to congratulate Carlie Holt, Chris Rimmer and Kevin Bartlett for being recognised as the leading lawyers in their respective areas of practice.”

While we have 72 lawyers on the list across 23 specialty areas, some of them are recognised more than once so we have 127 entries on the list.

Best Lawyers has been published for over 30 years. Its first international list was published in 2006 and since then has grown to provide lists in over 70 countries. Lawyers on the Best Lawyers in Australia list are reviewed by their peers on the basis of professional expertise and undergo an authentication process to make sure they are in current practice and in good standing.

Here’s the full list:

Corporate & Commercial

Alan McKelvey: Mining Law

Andrew White: Natural Resources Law

David White: Mining Law

Helen Murray: Real Property Law

John Kehoe: Construction/Infrastructure Law and Real Property Law

John Toigo: Commercial Law and Corporate Law

Leon Sakaris: Real Property Law

Paul O'Dea: Real Property Law

Paul Tobin: Construction/Infrastructure Law

Peter Charteris: Funds Management

Scott McDonald: Alternative Dispute Resolution, Commercial Law and Litigation

Shane Williamson: Professional Malpractice Litigation

Shannon Platt: Intellectual Property Law

Steven Cardell: Real Property Law

Theo Casimatis: Leasing Law

Tim Ferrier: Real Property Law

Commercial Insurance

Adrian Kemp: Personal Injury Litigation

Andrea Boyd-Boland: Litigation

Belinda Michalk: Insurance Law and Product Liability Litigation

Chris Rimmer: Insurance Law and Personal Injury Litigation

Chris Wood: Litigation and Personal Injury Litigation

Deborah Morris: Insurance Law

Ian Jones: Insurance Law

John Coorey: Insurance Law, Litigation and Professional Malpractice Litigation

Julian McGrath: Insurance Law, Personal Injury Litigation, Product Liability Litigation and Professional Malpractice Litigation

Kerri Thomas: Alternative Dispute Resolution, Insurance Law and Professional Malpractice Litigation

Kiley Hodges: Insurance Law and Professional Malpractice Litigation

Lindsay Joyce: Alternative Dispute Resolution, Insurance Law and Professional Malpractice Litigation

Malcolm Cameron: Class Action Litigation, Insurance Law, Personal Injury Litigation and Professional Malpractice Litigation

Mark Doepel: Insurance Law and Health & Aged Care Law

Mark Sainsbury: Insurance Law and Personal Injury Litigation

Michelle Taylor: Commercial Law, Insurance Law, Shipping and Maritime Law, and Transportation Law

Patrick McGrath: Construction/Infrastructure Law and Insurance Law

Tony Reilly: Government Practice and Litigation

Yvette McLaughlin: Litigation and Personal Injury Litigation

Government

Ben Nicholls: Government Practice

Bernadette Rayment: Public Law

Karwan Eskerie: Immigration Law

Liana Westcott: Government Practice

Luke Woolley: Government Practice

Phillip Salem: Government Practice

Robert Watson: Government Practice and Information Technology Law

Stuart Marris: Government Practice and Litigation

Statutory Insurance

Garry Nutt: Insurance Law and Personal Injury Litigation

Greg Guest: Insurance Law

Joanne Palamara: Insurance Law and Litigation

Kristina Miller: Personal Injury Litigation

Maxine Feletti: Government Practice and Insurance Law

Michael Dwyer: Insurance Law and Personal Injury Litigation

Workplace

Bill Kritharas: Occupational Health & Safety Law

Carlie Holt: Occupational Health & Safety Law

Catherine Wilkinson: Occupational Health & Safety Law

Luke Holland: Labour & Employment Law and Occupational Health & Safety Law

Rossana Parmegiani: Occupational Health & Safety Law

Sam Jackson: Labour & Employment Law and Occupational Health & Safety Law

Seamus Burke: Labour & Employment Law

About Sparke Helmore

We’ve come a long way since our doors first opened in the Hunter in 1882. We’ve had an office in Sydney since the ‘60s and we recently opened our ninth office in Darwin.

We cover six key areas of law – Corporate & Commercial, Commercial Insurance, Government, Property Environment & Finance, Statutory Lines of Insurance and Workplace – with more than 30 specialised areas of expertise. We’re a truly national, full service and proudly Australian firm that delivers results through deep collaboration with our clients. Wherever our clients need us, that’s where we’ll be.

Covering a big country needs a big team—we’re more than 850 people now and still growing. And in true Australian spirit, we’re friendly, approachable and easy to work with. And when you work with one of us, you get the expertise of all of us.

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