Associate, Litigation Division

Experience

Michael was first admitted as a legal practitioner in Victoria in 1993. He joined Ward Keller in 1996 and in 2000 became a partner. In 2005, Michael took a sojourn to Launceston and rejoined us in 2008 as an Associate. Michael is also admitted as a legal practitioner in Tasmania and New Zealand.

Michael’s particular expertise lies in workers compensation and employment law and has experience in commercial litigation. He has appeared in most courts and tribunals in the Northern Territory both as counsel and as solicitor.

Qualifications & Memberships

• Admitted as a legal practitioner in Victoria (1993), Northern Territory (1996), Tasmania (2005) and New Zealand (2009)
• Member of Australian Lawyers Alliance
• Member of the Australian Institute of Administrative Law
• Member of the Industrial Relations Society of the Northern Territory

Areas of Law

• Workers compensation
• Employment law
• Administrative law
• Criminal law