Gilchrist Connell recognised in Best Lawyers 2025

Gilchrist Connell has again been recognised in respected peer review guide to the legal profession, The Best Lawyers in Australia.

The 2025 edition named 36 individuals from Gilchrist Connell, including 31 principals, special counsel and consultants from all five offices, across multiple practice areas. Five senior associates were recognised in the Guide’s Best Lawyers: Ones to Watch in Australia.

We warmly congratulate:

Adelaide

• Zoe Dempster: Insurance Law, Personal Injury Litigation
• Melissa Eaton: Insurance Law, Litigation and Personal Injury Litigation
• Fiona Errington: Insurance Law, Legal Malpractice Litigation and Personal Injury Litigation
• Samantha Hocking: Insurance Law
• John Homburg: Health and Aged Care Law, Insurance Law
• Jamie Ling: Personal Injury Litigation
• Joe Parisi: Insurance Law, Occupational Health and Safety Law and Personal Injury Litigation
• Alison Townend: Insurance Law, Litigation and Personal Injury Litigation
• Richard Wood: Construction/Infrastructure Law, Insurance Law, Legal Malpractice Litigation and Personal Injury Litigation

Brisbane

• Mark Curran: Employee Benefits Law, Labour and Employment Law and Occupational Health and Safety Law
• David Flint: Personal Injury Litigation
• Brett Solomon: Alternative Dispute Resolution, Insurance Law, Personal Injury Litigation, Product Litigation and Professional Malpractice Litigation

Melbourne

• Jonathan Cutler: Insurance Law, Personal Injury Litigation and Product Liability Litigation
• Philip Duffy: Labour and Employment Law
• Jason Newman: Insurance Law and Product Liability Litigation
• Nicole Norris: Insurance Law
• Joel Zyngier: Labour and Employment Law and Occupational Health and Safety Law

Perth

• James Duffy: Insurance Law
• Justine Siavelis: Insurance Law, Product Liability Litigation and Professional Malpractice Litigation
• Deborah Templeman: Insurance Law, Legal Malpractice Litigation and Professional Malpractice Litigation
• John-Paul Wilson: Insurance Law

Sydney

• Stephen Connell: Insurance Law, Personal Injury Litigation and Professional Malpractice Litigation
• Katherine Czoch: Insurance Law
• John Edmond: Class Action Litigation, Insurance Law and Litigation
• Alex Haslam: Insurance Law, Legal Malpractice Litigation and Professional Malpractice Litigation
• Paul Kozub: Insurance Law and Product Liability Litigation
• Tiarn Pauletto: Insurance Law
• Daniel Robinson: Insurance Law
• Helen Tieu: Insurance Law and Professional Malpractice Litigation
• Malcolm Wood: Insurance Law
• Sarah Wood : Labour and Employment Law

Ones to watch

• Ashleigh Allen: Personal Injury Litigation (Adelaide)
• Tegan Conserdyne: Insurance Law (Melbourne)
• Arthur Hambas: Labour and Employment Law (Melbourne)
• James Kyrios: Insurance Law (Melbourne)
• Kate Kellendonk: Insurance Law (Perth)

Gilchrist Connell operates across all Australian jurisdictions from our five offices and regularly assists clients with claims in New Zealand, Asia, Europe, US and the London market, as well as global insurers participating in multi-national insurance programs. We advise our insurer clients on complex coverage issues and in the defence of claims against insureds across all classes of general insurance.