Committees

Committees

Committee NameChair and deputy chair
Access to Justice / Pro Bono Law Committee*Chair: Elizabeth Shearer
Deputy Chair: Stephen Herd
Accident Compensation / Tort Law Committee*Chair: Michael Garbett
Deputy Chair: Luke Murphy
Banking and Financial Services Law Committee*Chair: Catherine Uhr
Deputy Chair: Karla Fraser
Children's Law Committee*Chair: Damian Bartholomew
Deputy Chair: Danielle Iliffe
Committee of ManagementChair: Philip Ware
Deputy Chair: Richard Barnes
Competition and Consumer Law Committee*Chair: Kathryn Finlayson
Deputy Chair: Tanja Mitic
Construction and Infrastructure Law Committee*Chair: Samantha Cohen
Deputy Chair: Nathan Chalmers
Corporations Law Committee*Chair: Derek Pocock
CPD CommitteeChair: Rachael Miller
Criminal Law Committee*Chair:
Deputy Chair: Patrick Quinn
Dispute Resolution Committee*
Chair:
Deputy Chair: Julie Ruffin
Domestic and Family Violence Committee*Chair: Tracey de Simone
Deputy Chair: Rachael Field
Elder Law Committee*Chair: Rebecca Anderson
Deputy Chair: Madeline Walsh
Energy and Resources Law Committee*Chair: Melanie Findlay
Deputy Chair: Vacant
Equity and Diversity Committee#Chair: Ann-Maree David
Ethics Advisory CommitteeChair: Joe Siracusa
Deputy Chair: Petrina Macpherson
Executive CommitteeChair: President Rebecca Fogerty
Family Law Committee*Chair: Kathy Atkins
Deputy Chair: Margie Kruger
Franchising Law Committee*Chair: Simone Pentis
Deputy Chair: Elizabeth Gore-Jones
Finance and Risk CommitteeChair: Tim Cronin
First Nations Consulting Committee#Chair: Terry Stedman
Deputy Chair: Magistrate Jacqui Payne
First Nations Legal Policy Committee*Co-Chairs: Kristen Hodge & Lyndell O'Connor
Future Leaders CommitteePresident (silver): Helen Driscoll
Vice President (silver): Vacant
Governance CommitteeChair: Peter Jolly
Government Lawyers Committee#Chair: Jill Petrie
Deputy Chair: Natasha Camphorst
Human Rights and Public Law Committee*Chair: Emma Phillips
Co-Deputy Chair: Bridget Burton & Matilda Alexander
Health and Disability Law Committee*Chair: Karen Williams
Deputy Chair: Claire Bassingthwaighte
Industrial Law Committee*Chair: Marcelle Webster
Deputy Chair: Sandra Barry
In-House Counsel Committee#Chair: Philip Ware
Deputy Chair: Eve Fraser
Insolvency and Restructuring Law Committee*Chair: Scott Butler
Litigation Rules Committee*Chair: Andrew Shute
Deputy Chair: John Hayward
Migration Law Consulting Committee*Chair: Angus Francis
Deputy Chair: Victoria Lenton 
Not for Profit Law Committee*Chair: Sonya Beyers
Deputy Chair: Richard Hundt
Occupational Discipline Law Committee*Chair: Calvin Gnech
Deputy Chair: Melanie Morris
Planning and Environment Law Committee*Chair: Michael Connor
Practice Management Course CommitteeChair: Greg Spinda
Deputy Chair: Natasha Hood
Privacy, Data, Technology and Intellectual Property Law Committee*Chair: Anna Sharpe
Deputy Chair: Ben Thorn
Professional Conduct CommitteeChair: Matthew Muir
Deputy Chair:
Property and Development Law Committee*Chair: Matthew Raven
Deputy Chair: 
Revenue Law Committee*Chair: Duncan Bedford
Deputy Chair: David Stitt
Specialist Accreditation BoardChair: Peter Jolly
Deputy Chair: Kathy Atkins
Specialist Accreditation Advisory Committee: Commercial LitigationChair: Paul Betros
Specialist Accreditation Advisory Committee: Criminal LawChair: Callan Lloyd
Specialist Accreditation Advisory Committee: Succession LawChair: Renee Bennet
Specialist Accreditation Advisory Committee: Property LawChair: Anthony Boge
Deputy Chair: Peter Townley
Specialist Accreditation Advisory Committee: Family LawChair: James Steel
Specialist Accreditation Advisory Committee: Immigration LawChair: Glenn Ferguson
Specialist Accreditation Advisory Committee: Business LawChair: Vicki Comino
Specialist Accreditation Advisory Committee: Personal InjuriesChair: Brady Cockburn
Deputy Chair: Kate Avery
Specialist Accreditation Advisory Committee: Workplace RelationsChair: Rob Stevenson
Succession Law Committee*Chair: Angela Cornford-Scott
Deputy Chair: Bryan Mitchell
Technology and Intellectual Property Law Committee*Chair: Ben Thorn
Deputy Chair: Ben Coogan
Water and Agribusiness Law Committee*Chair: Brian Healy
Deputy Chair: Alex Ramsey
Working GroupsChair and deputy chair
Diverse Abilities Network

Judicial Commission Working GroupChair: Dan Rogers
QLS Cybersecurity and Scam Prevention Working Group

Wellbeing Working group

Chair: Belinda Winter
Deputy Chairs: Tania Murdock & Philip Ware

  

Consulting Committees and Advisory Groups Chair and deputy chair
Innovation Consulting Committee*Chair: Terri Mottershead
Deputy Chair: Kim Traier
AI in Legal Practice Consulting Committee*
Chair: Terri Mottershead
GenAI and Legal Practice Advisory Group 
Chair: Terri Mottershead
GenAI, the Courts and Dispute Resolution Advisory GroupChair: Senior Judicial Registrar Anne-Marie Rice
GenAI and Regulation (Legislation, risk management and governance) Advisory Group   Chair: Angus Murray
GenAI and Legal Education Advisory Group  Chair: Nicola Blade
GenAI and A2J (Access to Justice) Advisory Group Chair: Luke Geary
GenAI and Policy (Regulation of the Profession) Advisory Group Chair: Matt Dunn


# Membership committee
* Policy Committee

Updated November 2024