William & Lonsdale: Lives in the Law

Today, we revisit our 2022 conversation with former Federal Court Justice Iain Ross AO. From ACTU Assistant Secretary to Vice President of the Australian Industrial Relations Commission; from County Court Judge to the president of VCAT; Iain has had a dynamic and impactful career, and we were thrilled to hear about his Life in the Law.www.greenslist.com.au/podcast

This week, we revisit our 2022 conversation with Sally Nicholes, founder and managing partner at Nicholes Family Lawyers. Sally has worked on some extraordinary cases throughout her career, including a groundbreaking matter involving sperm donor rights and an international kidnapping case that she led as an articled clerk and first-year solicitor! www.greenslist.com.au/podcast

This week we revisit our conversation with the former Chief Judge of the County Court of Victoria, The Hon. Peter Kidd. During his first few years in a commercial firm, Peter was unsure if law was for him, but a decision to move to crime ignited his passion for the profession. After his time at the Commonwealth DPP, he went to the bar and was quickly working on very large and often high profile cases, honing his skills and advocacy style, often under immense pressure. Peter also managed to combine his love of travel with his love of the law, working as a prosecutor at the War Crimes Tribunal in Bosnia; another challenging, enriching and fascinating chapter of his career. Our episode covers all of this and of course his role as The Chief, and is an enlightening and fascinating conversation.www.greenslist.com.au/podcast

This week, we revisit our 2021 conversation with Genevieve Collins, former Chief Executive Partner at law firm Lander & Rogers. Over the course of her 40-year career at Landers, Genevieve was a Practice Group Leader for 13 years, the first female Equity Partner and Chair of the Board. Genevieve is passionate about innovation in the law, and to that end, she led initiatives in law tech and wellness within the firm - both of which became incredibly important when COVID hit! www.greenslist.com.au/podcast

This episode we welcome HH Mag. Trieu Huynh from the Bendigo Magistrates Court. At the age of one, Trieu and his family came to Australia as refugees from Vietnam. From this brave yet humble beginning, Trieu gained a scholarship to a private secondary school and ultimately completed a double degree in law/science with honours in genetics. Trieu has remained passionate about the law through every stage of his career. From the OPP and VLA, to sitting as a Magistrate, particularly in the Assessment and Referral Court, a therapeutic court that supports people who are mentally ill, have an intellectual disability, acquired brain injury, autism spectrum disorder or a neurological impairment. It is an amazing journey from escaping Vietnam in the middle of the night, to a fulfilling Life in the Law in Australia, and we are thrilled to bring it to you.www.greenslist.com.au/podcast

This week, we welcome Fleur Katsmartin, Chief Legal Officer and Corporate Secretary at The Royal Melbourne Hospital. Throughout her law degree, articles and early legal roles, Fleur never felt like she was in the right place. In her words, it always seemed like she was “too much”. But Fleur found her legal sweet spot working in-house, specifically in purpose-driven organisations. This clarity led her to some very large and very dynamic roles. Fleur had just become General Counsel at Healthdirect Australia, the national virtual public health information service, when the COVID-19 pandemic hit. And she now leads a team of lawyers at one of Australia's largest public hospitals, where she describes herself as a Jane of all trades. It was a delight to welcome Fleur to the show and hear about her Life in the Law. www.greenslist.com.au/podcast

This week we welcome recently retired Justice of the Supreme Court of Victoria - The Hon. Elizabeth Hollingworth. Like so many of our guests, Liz is a high achiever from way back. At school and University she excelled academically, at sport and in leadership, which culminated in her receiving a Rhodes Scholarship to study a Bachelor of Civil Law, and row in the blue boat for Oxford. Interestingly, Liz did not feel particularly challenged or inspired by her commercial practice at the bar. It was when she came to the Supreme Court of Victoria that Liz found her true legal passion in the criminal division, presiding over many dynamic and high-profile cases. It was a privilege and a pleasure to hear Liz's frank and fascinating insights and experiences from her Life in the Law. www.greenslist.com.au/podcast

This week, we welcome County Court Judge Sara Hinchey. Sara has had a rich and dynamic career in the law. From her early days at the bar, working in huge cases and Junioring to iconic barristers, to her time as Victorian Coroner and Country Court Judge. A passion for travel and cooking almost drew Sarah away from a life in the law. Although the law won out in the end, she has worked hard to maintain a work-life balance that includes running cooking classes and bringing produce from her garden into the County Court! It's a great conversation and a pleasure to welcome Sara to the show.

This week, we welcome Dr Carly Schrever, psychologist, lawyer and empirical researcher. Although Carly got her law degree, had wonderful articles at Allens and was associate to Justice David Habersberger, Carly always knew pure law would not be her path. Since 2015 her work has focussed specifically on judicial and lawyer wellbeing, conducting Australia's first empirical and psychologically grounded research into the sources and nature of work-related stress among the Australian judiciary, publishing in peer-reviewed journals and textbooks and presenting around the globe. She is now a director at Human Ethos - a psychological consultancy directed to the wellbeing of judges and lawyers. It was an absolute pleasure to welcome Carly to the show and hear about her fascinating work.www.greenslist.com.au/podcast

This episode we welcome lawyer Michael Dolan. Michael's life in the law has taken him from city firms to country practices, two separate stints at the Law Institute Victoria and a decade in the UK working in the mobile phone industry at a time when the link between phone towers and cancer was a major public concern. Today, Michael is special counsel - ethics at the LIV, a role he thinks may be his most satisfying as it brings together his decades of experience in law, the power and mobile phone industries and more broadly in communications.www.greenslist.com.au/podcast

This episode we welcome former Victorian Ombudsman Deborah Glass OBE. After completing her law degree at Monash, Deborah headed straight overseas to begin decades working in many interesting and varied roles - none of which were in the law!  She worked in the financial services sector in Europe, was Senior Director of the Hong Kong Securities and Futures Commission and became Deputy Chair of the Independent Police Complaints Commission in the UK. Deborah returned to Australia and became the Victorian Ombudsman in 2014, and over her 10 years in the role, led many significant investigations & reform efforts, including, of course, the unprecedented issues the COVID-19 pandemic gave rise to. www.greenslist.com.au/podcast

From everyone at Lives in the Law, and all the staff at Greens List Barristers, we wish you a happy and safe Festive Season.

Today we welcome Vincent Shin to Lives in the Law. Vincent is Program Manager of the Youth Law Program at West Justice, and notably, he was the first School Lawyer in the country. Vincent came to Australia with his family when he was one. He grew up with a violent father, struggled through school due to his trauma and failed year 12. How Vincent overcame these enormous obstacles to qualify as a lawyer is an amazing tale. We are thrilled to welcome him to the show, to hear about this incredible journey and the impactful work he does now.  www.greenslist.com.au/podcast

This week, we welcome former Australian Government Solicitor Michael Kingston to the show. Michael has had a diverse and fascinating career. Beginning with articles at Mallesons, he went on to become a partner and spent over two decades there, primarily in commercial law. He also worked in London, Papua New Guinea, was the chief legal officer at ASIC and, most recently, the Australian Government Solicitor. It is a fantastic conversation and a pleasure to welcome Michael to the show.  www.greenslist.com.au/podcast

This week we welcome The Hon Marcia Neave AO. Marcia began her legal career as an academic and is known to generations of law students as both an exceptional teacher and the co-author of the seminal textbook, “Sackville and Neave, Australian Property Law”, now in its 12th edition. She was also the first academic to become a Supreme Court Justice in Victoria, sitting on the bench from 2006 to 2015. But Marcia is perhaps best known for her work in law reform; In the 1980s, she led the inquiry that resulted in the decriminalisation of prostitution in Victoria, later, she was the Foundation Chair of the Victorian Law Reform Commission, which amongst other things, recommended substantial changes to criminal laws and procedures dealing with sexual assault. She was a commissioner in the Royal Commission into Family Violence and currently sits on the Australian Law Reform Commission. It was an honor and a pleasure to welcome Marcia to the show.  www.greenslist.com.au/podcast

This week we revisit our wonderful conversation with barrister Michelle Britbart KC. Michelle practices primarily in common law, insurance law, public liability and personal injuries litigation, running trials in both the Supreme and County Courts. For many years Michelle grew her practice whilst also being a single mother to two young children. And on top of that, she managed to gain a Graduate Diploma of Genetic Counselling and a Masters in Health and Medical Law.  www.greenslist.com.au/podcast

This week we revisit our wonderful conversation with Her Honour Magistrate Abigail Burchill, former barrister and one of only two Indigenous magistrates in Victoria. Abigail is a proud Yorta Yorta Dja Dja Wurrung woman from a long line of academics and activists. At high school in Mooroopna, Abigail could not see a clear path to the law but her mother knew better and simply would not let her potential go to waste. From the president of Tawirri to the DPP, from the bar to the bench, Abigail's life in the law is fascinating and rich, and it was an honour to hear her story. www.greenslist.com.au/podcast

With the AFL grand final a week away, today we revisit our 2021 conversation with AFL CEO Andrew Dillon. When he began at the AFL in 2000, Andrew was the first ever in-house legal counsel. The 20+ years since his legal training prepared him well for the enormous growth of the AFL and all that has entailed: unprecedented TV and internet deals, drug scandals, the introduction of the AFLW, navigating COVID and more. www.greenslist.com.au/podcast

This week we revisit our 2022 conversation with Rob Hulls AM, former Deputy Premier and attorney-general of Victorian, and current director of the Centre for Innovative Justice at RMIT. As attorney-general, Rob introduced many significant and lasting changes to our Justice System, including the introduction of the Koori Court, Drug Court and Australia's first Neighbourhood Justice Centre. Through all the ups and downs of a career in the law and politics, Rob has been guided by a simple philosophy; that the justice system can be a positive intervention in peoples' lives. www.greenslist.com.au/podcast

Today we revisit our 2022 conversation with Emma Dunlevie, lawyer and principal at Russell Kennedy. Emma's career is split between her work as a commercial lawyer and managing the pro-bono practice within the firm.  From a case in the Tasmania Supreme Court during her articles, to a groundbreaking case that began with a disheveled man showing up unannounced at Russel Kennedy's offices and the relatively new area of climate law, this is a wide ranging and fascinating conversation about Emma's life in the law. www.greenslist.com.au/podcast

This week, we revisit our 2022 conversation with Julian McMahon AC SC. Julian is a barrister at the Victorian Bar who came to international prominence representing Australians on death row. In the early 2000s, Julian defended Van Nguyen in Singapore and later Andrew Chan and Myuran Sukumaran, part of the infamous Bali 9, against drug charges that ultimately led to their deaths. He is highly regarded for having navigated long and complex trials in areas such as homicide, terrorism, corruption and fraud but despite all these accomplishments he insists luck has had a big part to play in his Life in the Law.  www.greenslist.com.au/podcast

This week we welcome barrister Debra Coombs to the show. Debra's Life in the Law has seen her work in the private sector, the public sector and as a barrister - in two separate stints. She has worked for the Department of Labor, for the State Electricity Commission of Victoria and for Corrections Victoria and is now back at the Bar working in the very interesting and relevant area of elder law. It was a pleasure to welcome Debra to the show. www.greenslist.com.au/podcast

This week we welcome entertainment lawyer Bryce Menzies. You name an Australian film and Bryce most likely worked on it; Muriel's Wedding, Romper Stomper, Proof, Ned Kelly, The Great Gatsby, The Babadook and The Dry - to name a few. From coordinating 100,000 people at an anti-uranium rally in the 70's, to bringing together multiple parties on major movie contracts, Bryce says the fundamentals are the same, and it all comes back to organising. Bryce has had a unique and wonderful Life in the Law and it was a pleasure to welcome him to the podcast. www.greenslist.com.au/podcast

This week on Lives in the Law, we speak with Peter Bartlett, one of Australia's leading media and communications lawyers. This year, Peter celebrates 50 years of partnership at Minter Ellison, one of Australia's largest law firms. Peter's practice focuses mainly on defamation law, and he has been involved in many high-profile and fascinating cases, including the highly publicised and extraordinary case against former Australian soldier Ben Roberts-Smith. It is a fascinating conversation, and a pleasure to welcome Peter to the show. www.greenslist.com.au/podcast

This week we welcome Lizzie O'Shea, principal lawyer at Maurice Blackburn, advocate and author. Lizzie is an internationally renowned expert on digital privacy rights and the intersection between technology, privacy and the law. She has worked & studied internationally, including getting a Master's from Columbia University and now specialises in class actions, recently leading the class action against tech giant Uber. It was a dynamic and fascinating conversation and a pleasure to welcome Lizzie to the show. www.greenslist.com.au/podcast

This episode we welcome Robert Miller to Lives in the Law. Robert was born in the Wimmera region, on a farm outside of Horsham in country Victoria. Through intelligence, curiosity and hard work Robert made his way to the United Nations in New York, became a senior law lecturer at Monash University, was one of the founders of The Springvale Legal Service, the Member for Prahran in the Victorian Parliament and spent over 30 years at the Bar. He also managed to play 69 games for the Melbourne Football Club under the legendary Norm Smith. www.greenslist.com.au/podcast

Today we welcome The Hon. Robert Redlich AM KC. Robert is known to many as the former head of IBAC, which we discuss in detail along with the many other fascinating chapters in his career, including the work that led to the formation of The National Crime Authority, his appointment to the Supreme Court of Victoria and his current role as a mediator. It was an honor and a delight to hear about Robert's life in the law. www.greenslist.com.au/podcast

Today we welcome criminal lawyer Tania Wolff. Throughout her career Tania has enjoyed a wide variety of roles, both in and outside the law and her current portfolio continues that model; past president and ongoing director of the Law Institute of Victoria, director of First Step Legal, sessional member of the Mental Health Tribunal, treasurer and executive member of the Law Council of Australia and member of VCAT. It is a fascinating conversation and a pleasure to welcome Tania to the show. www.greenslist.com.au/podcast www.greenslist.com.au/podcast

This week we welcome Mark Leibler AC. Mark is the senior partner at Arnold Bloch Leibler and one of the leading tax lawyers in the county. As well as his distinguished career in the law, Mark has made significant contributions to the cause of Reconciliation in Australia and as a leader in the Jewish Community. It is a wide ranging conversation and it was a pleasure to welcome Mark to the show to hear about his Life in the Law. www.greenslist.com.au/podcast

This episode we welcome former police officer and current CEO of Police Veterans Victoria, Dave McGowan. Over his decades on the force, from a young constable to Detective Sergeant, Dave experienced the extremes of human behaviour. As a member of the armed robbery squad he worked on a number of major cases as they progressed through the courts, working with solicitors, barristers and importantly shepherding witnesses through the process. And now as CEO of Police Veterans Victoria, Dave works to support the thousands of former officers affected by the work they did on “the job”, as it's known. www.greenslist.com.au/podcast

This episode we are delighted to welcome The Hon Linda Dessau AC CVO. Linda has had enormous variety in her career; she began her law degree at the ripe old age of 16, had a successful practice at the bar, became a Magistrate working in the Children's Court and Coroners Court; went on to serve as a Judge in the Family Court of Australia for 18 years; and of course became the first female Governor of Victoria. Along the way she also worked as Crown Council in Hong Kong and received a Churchill Fellowship! It was an honour and a delight to hear about her Life in the Law.  www.greenslist.com.au/podcast

From everyone at Lives in the Law and all the staff at Greens List Barristers we wish you a happy and safe Festive Season.

Today we bring you the second part of our conversation with The Hon Michael Kirby AC CMG. In this episode we'll hear about Michael's appointment to the NSW Supreme Court as President of the Court of Appeal, his ascension to The High Court of Australia and his extensive work with the United Nations on issues such as human rights violations in Cambodia and North Korea and the AIDS epidemic. www.greenslist.com.au/podcast

Our guest for the next two episodes is The Hon Michael Kirby AC CMG. Today, in Part 1 of our conversation we discuss Michael's early years, schooling and university days, his work with the Council for Civil Liberties, extensive industrial relations work and becoming the inaugural Chair of the Australian Law Reform Commission. www.greenslist.com.au/podcast

Our guest today is HH Magistrate Noreen Toohey, lead magistrate of the Neighbourhood Justice Centre, an innovative court based on a community justice model. Noreen brings a wealth of experience to the role from her time at the OPP and as a magistrate in the suburbs of Melbourne and rural Victoria. It was a pleasure to have her on the show and wonderful to hear about her life in the law.  www.greenslist.com.au/podcast

Today we welcome Forensic & Child Psychiatrist Dr Adam Deacon. Throughout his career Adam has worked in many areas of the justice system including with adult inmates in prison, youth in the juvenile justice system, writing psychiatric court reports for both defence and prosecution and currently at the Youth Forensic Specialist Service with Alfred Health. All this along with a thriving private practice!  Adam brings a fascinating lens to Lives in the Law and it's a pleasure to have him on the show. www.greenslist.com.au/podcast

Our guest this episode is The Hon Anthony North KC. Tony has been involved in some of the largest cases in Australian history as both a barrister and a judge, including the pilots strike in the late 1980's, the Patricks waterfront dispute, the Tampa Affair and multiple native title cases. He is currently the chair of the Victorian Law Reform Commission, working on many fascinating projects, including the incredibly important work of Improving the Response of the Justice System to Sexual Offences. www.greenslist.com.au/podcast

This week we welcome His Honour, Magistrate Rob Stary. Rob grew up in the western suburbs of Melbourne and has remained strongly connected to the area throughout his life and career. Rob is probably best known for his long and often highly publicised work as a criminal defence lawyer, having been engaged by the likes of Tony Mokbel and Carl Williams among many others. He became a Magistrate in 2021 beginning another interesting chapter in his long and dynamic life in the law. www.greenslist.com.au/podcast

Today we welcome Dan Meagher, Professor and Chair of Law at Deakin University. As we'll hear, despite studying law and doing his articles, Dan initially tried fairly hard to avoid a life in the law, until he found academia or perhaps more accurately until it found him. Dan specialises in constitutional law; lecturing, studying and publishing in the topic all over the world, and in the lead up to this year's referendum, it is  truly enlightening to hear his insights on the proposed Voice to Parliament. www.greenslist.com.au/podcast

This week we welcome The Hon Justice Michael Croucher KC. Amazingly, His Honour dropped out of school in year 10, at the ripe old age of 15, to pursue his dream of becoming a professional motocross rider. Fortunately for us that didn't work out and he made his way to the law, ultimately becoming a Victorian Supreme Court Justice. It's a fascinating tale, and we're delighted to bring you Justice Croucher's Life in the Law.  www.greenslist.com.au/podcast

Today we welcome Lauren Cruickshank to the show. Lauren is an associate at Pinsent Masons, specialising in Construction Law. In her teens Lauren had two big goals; to be a teacher and to go to the Paralympics for discus - neither of which eventuated. But as we'll hear, after a chance work experience placement in year 10 Lauren found her passion and she hasn't looked back.  www.greenslist.com.au/podcast

Our guest Glenn Broome has spent most of his career as a community worker, supporting boys and later men caught up in the criminal justice system. Glenn is incredibly good at what he does and that's no doubt due in part to his own lived experience as a boy and young man doing time in juvenile detention and Pentridge prison.  www.greenslist.com.au/podcast

This week your host Michael Green speaks with Ali Besiroglu, principal lawyer at Robinson Gill and head of their Crime and Advocacy department.  In recent years Ali has been involved in some incredibly significant and high profile cases, not least of which is the recent coronial inquest into the death in custody of Veronica Nelson. www.greenslist.com.au/podcast

Our guest this episode is His Honour Justice Paul Coghlan AO. His life in the law has taken him from the Deputy Crown Solicitors Office to the bar, from Director of Public Prosecutions to a Justice of the Supreme Court of Victoria - and somewhere along the way he was also Mayor of Fitzroy! He is a wealth of knowledge and among other things, shares with us his approach to prosecuting, to witnesses and to juries, and his experience making case cracking deals in the early days of the gangland murders trials. www.greenslist.com.au/podcast

Throughout her life in the law The Hon Jennifer Coate has been a Magistrate, the Head of the Children's Court, a County Court Judge, Victorian State Coroner, one of the commissioners in the Royal Commission into Institutional Responses to Child Sexual Abuse and most recently, Chair of the COVID 19 Hotel Quarantine Inquiry. She has had an extraordinary career and made an enormous contribution to the Victorian legal system. It was an honour to hear about her Life in the Law. www.greenslist.com.au/podcast

From everyone at Lives in the Law and all the staff at Greens List we wish you a happy and safe Festive Season.

Our guest this week is Jim Cosgriff, founder and partner at Cosgriff Lawyers in Echuca, country Victoria. Jim's Life in the Law began as a boy, sitting in the back of country courtrooms watching his dad, Magistrate Bryan Cosgriff in action. After high school, Jim moved to the big smoke to study law and went on to become a partner at William, Winter & Higgs, working in a wide variety of areas including crimes compensation and on behalf of victims of clergy abuse. But the pull of the country was too strong for Jim and eventually he had to get out of the city, taking over a firm in Echuca over 25 years ago, and he hasn't looked back.

Today, your host Michael Green speaks with Her Honour Nola Karapanagiotidis. Before becoming a Country Court Judge in 2021, Nola had a variety of experiences beginning as an articled clerk at Victoria Legal Aid all the way to the bar, with a large amount of pro-bono work along the way. Interestingly, Nola is the first female Greek / Australian County Court Judge in Victoria. Her parents migrated from Greece in the 1960's with no English and limited education. From those humble beginnings, Nola and her brother Kon have had a huge impact on our legal system and it was a pleasure to explore that journey in our conversation. www.greenslist.com.au/podcast

This week we welcome Peter Ward OAM, one of Victoria's leading criminal law practitioners for over 40 years. Peter has spent his entire career at the firm of Galbally & O'Bryan and worked on some of the most high profile cases in Victorian history, including the Walsh Street police killings in 1988. Like most practitioners, Peter had to work incredibly hard to prove himself at the start of his career, no one he knew had worked in the law and he had no real connections, but Peter also had the additional challenge of being born with only 10% vision. It was a privilege and a pleasure to hear about Peter's Life in the Law. www.greenslist.com.au/podcast

This week your host Michael Green speaks with Sally Nicholes, founder and managing partner at Nicholes family lawyers. Sally has worked on some extraordinary cases throughout her career, including a groundbreaking matter involving sperm donor rights and an international kidnapping case that she led as an articled clerk and first year solicitor! www.greenslist.com.au/podcast

Today we welcome HH Federal Court Justice Iain Ross AO. From ACTU Assistant Secretary to Vice President of the Australian Industrial Relations Commission; from County Court Judge to the president of VCAT; Iain has had a dynamic and impactful career and we were thrilled to hear about his Life in the Law. www.greenslist.com.au/podcast