Brad accepts briefs to appear and advise in family, regulatory, criminal, and civil matters, including legal aid matters.
As a formerly qualified CPA with an MBA from Melbourne Business School, Brad is well suited to matters involving financial complexity, including fraud, dishonesty, white collar offending, proceeds of crime issues, and the analysis of financial records and expert accounting evidence.
Brad’s broad practice includes the following areas:
Family law
- Parenting and property matters, including interim defended hearings and mediations.
- Matters that intersect between family law and crime, including parenting disputes involving family violence allegations and parallel Intervention Order or criminal proceedings.
- Complex financial and property settlement matters.
Criminal law
- Magistrates’ Court and County Court matters, for both defence and prosecution.
- Criminal and quasi-criminal matters.
- Matters that involve fraud/dishonesty, drug importation/trafficking, road and traffic offences, family violence, firearms, serious violence/sexual offences.
Brad also has experience in private practice in commercial, regulatory and civil matters. He has worked as in-house counsel at an education provider, with cross-jurisdictional responsibility for compliance and regulatory matters. He has also worked on commercial disputes involving defective building claims, insurance matters, and regulatory enforcement actions for large companies.
Immediately prior to coming to the Bar, Brad practised as a Senior Solicitor at Victoria Police, appearing daily in the Magistrates’ Courts, including therapeutic courts. He is accustomed to working closely with defence solicitors, police informants and prosecuting agencies, and is available to provide strategic advice at all stages of proceedings.
Brad was admitted to the profession in 2020 and holds a Juris Doctor from Monash University. He read with Daniel Sala. His senior mentor is the Honourable Judge Peter Matthews.
