Speaker profiles
The Queensland Law Society (QLS) source leading legal experts and representatives to present at QLS events and conferences.
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Dr Geoffrey Abbott, Director of Executive Coaching Programs, QUT Graduate School of Business
Chris Amirtharajah, Chief Information Officer – National E-Conveyancing Development Limited (NECDL)
Michael Anastas, Partner, HWL Ebsworth
Rick Anthon, Managing Partner at Hemming & Hart
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Federal Magistrate Michael Baumann AM, Federal Magistrates Court of Australia
Terry Bethke, Principal, Munro Thompson Lawyers and Accredited Specialist - Property Law
The Honourable Jarrod Bleijie MP, Attorney General and Minister for Justice
Wendy Blucher, Managing Solicitor, Qld, DGT Costs Lawyers
David Bowles, Ethics Solicitor, Queensland Law Society
Annette Bradfield, President, Queensland Law Society and Partner, Fox Bradfield Lawyers
Dr Jacoba Brasch, Barrister, Bar Association of Queensland
The Honourable Justice Paul Le Gay Brereton AM RFD, Supreme Court of New South Wales
Caite Brewer, Barrister, Queensland Bar and Accredited Specialist – Succession Law (Qld)
Joseph Briggs, Counsel for the Mental Health Court, Legal Aid Queensland
Nadia Bromley, Principal Lawyer, Legal Aid Queensland
The Honourable Chief Justice Diana Bryant AO, Family Court of Australia
Tony Budidjaja, Managing Partner, Budidjaja & Associates, Jakarta
Richard Burcher, Managing Director, Validatum
Martin Burns SC, Barrister, Bar Association of Queensland
Scott Butler, Partner, McCullough Robertson
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Greg Cahill, Partner, Cooper Grace Ward
Julie Cameron, Partner, Corrs Chambers Westgarth and Accredited Specialist – Personal Injuries Law
Federal Magistrate Margaret Cassidy, Federal Magistrates Court
Professor Sharon Christensen, Faculty of Law, QUT and Consultant, Gadens Lawyers
Ruth Chowdhury, Managing Solicitor, Qld, DGT Costs Lawyers
Angela Cornford-Scott, Accredited Specialist – Succession Law and Director, de Groots wills and estates lawyers
Richard Cowen, Partner, Tucker and Cowen
Glen Cranny, Partner, Gilshenan and Luton, Chair of the Queensland Law Society Criminal Law Committee and Accredited Specialist – Criminal Law
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The Honourable Justice Martin Daubney, Supreme Court of Queensland
Tony Deane, Special Counsel, Clayton Utz
The Honourable Chief Justice Paul de Jersey AC
Bruce Doyle, Legal Practioner Director, Doyle Family Law and Accredited Specialist - Family Law
Keith Dugdale, Director, Related Vision
Professor Bill Duncan, Faculty of Law, QUT and Consultant, Allens Linklaters
Matthew Dunn, Principal Policy Solicitor, Queensland Law Society
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Scott Falvey, Partner, McInnes Wilson Lawyers
The Honourable Justice Colin Forrest, Judge – Family Court of Australia
Kurt Fowler, Accredited Specialist – Criminal Law and Principal, Fowler Lawyers
Rob Franklin, Director, Potts Lawyers Director
The Honourable Justice George Fryberg, Supreme Court of Queensland
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Paul Garrett, Cost Assessor, Hickey & Garrett, Legal Costs Consultants
Anne Gately, General Manager – Member Services & Products, Queensland Law Society
Denis Gately, Director, Alligator Energy, Director, Xanadu Mines and Consultant, Minter Ellison
Jeffrey Goldberger, Special Counsel, Ashurst
Amanda Gore
Suzanne Greenwood, Chief Executive Officer, The Institute of Arbitrators & Mediators Australia and QLS Council member
Brett Griffiths, Director – Superannuation consulting, Vincents Chartered Accountants
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Dr Sandra Michelle Hacker AO MBBS, DPM, FRANZCP, FAICD
Katy Hanson, Director – Taxation & Business Solutions, Vincents Chartered Accountants
Belinda Hapgood, Accredited Specialist – Workplace Relations Law and Partner, ClarkeKann Lawyers
Scott Hay-Bartlem, Partner and Nationally Accredited Mediator, Cooper Grace Ward Lawyers
Brett Heading, Chairman, McCullough Robertson
Brett Heath, Special Counsel, Carter Newell
Dr Elisabeth Hoehn, Psychiatrist
Lester Huang JP, Partner, P C Woo & Co, Hong Kong
Professor John Humphrey, Executive Dean, Faculty of Law, QUT
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Stephen Jones, Consultant Lawyer and Accredited Specialist – Property Law (Qld)
Tim Jones, Director – Taxation and Business Solutions, Vincents Chartered Accountants
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Anthony Kimmins, Barrister, Bar Association of Queensland
Beomsu Kim, Partner, Shin & Kim, Seoul and former Executive Director of International Relations for the Korean Bar Association
The Honourable Michael Kirby AC CMG
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Federal Magistrate Kevin Lapthorn, Federal Magistrates Court of Australia
Jay Leary, Partner, Herbert Smith Freehills
James Linklater-Steele, Barrister – Queensland Bar
Ian Lockhart, Partner, Minter Ellison and Accredited Specialist – Banking and Finance
Bill Loughnan, Partner, Thynne & McCartney
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Donald Mackenzie, Barrister, Bar Association of Queensland
Dr Lars Madsen, Director and Founder – Forensic Psychology Centre
Kerry Magee, Magistrate, Magistrates Court
Paul Malliate, CEO , PSS Global Pty Ltd, Former National Managing Partner, Baker & McKenzie, Founding Chairman, Law Management Section, LawAsia and Head of Law Management Section, LawAsia
Duncan McGregor, Partner, Minter Ellison
Neil McGregor, Barrister and Nationally Accredited Mediator, Bar Association of Queensland
Margaret McNamara, Partner, Thynne & Macartney and Accredited Specialist – Succession Law (Qld)
Dr Daniel Morgan, Barrister, Bar Association of Queensland
Richard Morton, Barrister, Queensland Bar
Peter Munro, Barrister and Mediator
Gerard Mullins, Barrister, Queensland Bar
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Patrick Nunan, Partner, Shine Lawyers (formerly Litigation Partner of Cleary & Lee)
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Terence O’Gorman AM, Accredited Specialist – Criminal Law and Principal, Robertson O’Gorman Solicitors
Paddy Oliver, CEO, Lexcel Consulting
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John Park, Senior Managing Director, FTI Consulting
Bill Potts, Director, Potts Lawyers
Bill Purcell, Principal, Purcell Chadwick & Skelly and Accredited Property Law Specialist – Property Law
Federal Magistrate Susan Purdon-Sully, Federal Circuit Court of Australia
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Troy Quaife, Lead Trainer, Customer Contact Solutions
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His Honour Judge Michael Rackemann, District Court of Queensland
Matthew Raven, Partner, Gadens Lawyers
His Honour Judge David Reid, District Court
Thérèse Rein
Joanne Rennick, Partner, MurphySchmidt Lawyers and Accredited Specialist – Personal Injuries Law
Colin Ritchie, Principal, Ritchie Business Solutions
Dr Michael Robertson, Forensic Toxicologist and Senior Consultant – Independent Forensic Consulting
Kelly Roggenkamp, Solicitor, Aboriginal & Torres Strait Islander Legal Service (Qld) Ltd
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Travis Schultz, Managing Partner, Schultz Toomey O’Brien Lawyers and Accredited Specialist – Personal Injuries (Qld)
Gavin Scott, Partner, Ashurst
Anand Shah, Barrister and Nationally Accredited Mediator, Bar Association of Queensland
Elizabeth Shearer, Legal Practitioner Director, Affording Justice and Chair, QLS Practice Management and Development Committee
Michele Sheehan, Principal, enTrust Law and dual Accredited Specialist, Family Law and Succession Law (Qld)
Stafford Shepherd, Senior Ethics Guidance Solicitor, Queensland Law Society
Paul E Smith, Barrister, Bar Association of Queensland
Christine Smyth, Partner, Robbins Watson Solicitors and Accredited Specialist Succession Law (Qld)
Ian Stewart, Commissioner, Queensland Police Service
Tim Jones, Director, Taxation and Business Solutions, Vincents Chartered Accountants
Magistrate Colin Strofield, Magistrates Court
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Kim Teague, Partner, Cooper Grace Ward Lawyers
Mark Thompson, Director, Forensic – Insurance, Vincents Chartered Accountants
John Thynne, Director – Forensic, Vincents Chartered Accountants
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Catherine Uhr, Senior Solicitor/Consumer Advocate, Civil Justice (Consumer Protection), Legal Aid Queensland
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Brad Vinning, Senior Associate, ClarkeKann Lawyers
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Dr Shari Walsh MAPS, Principal Psychologist, Growth Psychology
Craig Wappett, Partner, Johnson Winter & Slattery
Giles Watson, Manager – Practice Support, Queensland Law Society
Dr Jennifer Werner, Principal, HR Businessworx
Robert Whiteford, Barrister, Bar Association of Queensland
Geoff Wilson, Partner, HopgoodGanim and Accredited Specialist in Family Law
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