Leadership Team

Kristine Olaris (she/her)

CEO

Hamish McLachlan (he/him)

Legal Director, Day Services

Lauren Gordon (she/her)

Managing Lawyer, Criminal, Outreach and Generalist Services

Meghan Fitzgerald (they/them)

Managing Lawyer, Strategic Litigation

Brendan Kelly (he/him)

Finance and Operations Manager

Madeleine Lynch (she/her)

Managing Lawyer, Family Law and Family Violence

Ryan Hsu (he/they)

Service Director, Q+Law

Kelly Cassidy (she/they/he)

Principal Lawyer, Q+ Law

Adam Willson

Acting Manager, Criminal Law Team

Verena Tan

Manager, Policy Advocacy & Projects


Administration Team

Jo Ferrari (she/her)

Executive Assistant to CEO

Tuvan Vuong (she/her)

Finance Assistant

Candace Johnson (she/her)

Finance Officer

Em Collard (they/them)

Night Service Admin Officer

Laura Gartland (she/her)

Legal Practice Manager

Charlie Brennan (he/him)

Client Services and Administration Officer

Deb Brown (she/her)

Front Office Coordinator, Reservoir

Raf Lawrie (she/her)

Specialist Family Violence Administration Officer

Jess Ness (she/her)

Volunteer Coordinator

Erin O'Dwyer

Law Handbook Editor


Criminal, Outreach and Generalist Services

Tristan Brumby-Rendell (he/him)

Drug Outreach Lawyer

Kevin Nguyen (he/him)

Community Lawyer, Neighbourhood Justice Centre

Beth King (she/her)

Senior Community Lawyer, Neighbourhood Justice Centre

Rebecca Leighton (she/her)

Outreach Lawyer

Bess Smallwood (she/her)

Senior Community Lawyer, Neighbourhood Justice Centre

Dee Bennett-Spark (they/them)

Trainee Lawyer

Michelle Goldberg (she/her)

Senior Women's Criminal Lawyer

Peter Sublet (he/him)

Senior Generalist Lawyer


Social Action and Public Interest Law

Kelly Whitworth (she/her)

Membership and Outreach Coordinator, Voices for Change

Sophie L'Estrange (she/her)

Lawyer, Strategic Litigation and Social Action

Caroline Strum (she/her)

Admin Officer, Women Without Barriers

Cass Martin (they/she)

Project Officer, Prison Program


Q+Law

Tara Suamba (they/them)

Community Lawyer, Q+Law

Joseph Ishow

Senior Community Lawyer, Q+Law

Elizabeth Griggs (they/them)

Client Intake and Administration Officer, Q+Law

Khoi Nguyen (he/them)

Community Engagement and Legal Education Officer, Q+Law


Family Law and Family Violence

Sally Krutsch (she/her)

Senior Lawyer, Family Law and Family Violence

Linda Waters (she/her)

Senior Family Violence Lawyer, Family Law and Family Violence

Gatwech Wal (he/him)

Community Lawyer, Family Law and Family Violence

Christina Potts (she/her)

Paralegal, Family Law and Family Violence


Family Law - Private Practice

Amre Levy (he/him)

Family Lawyer


Night Service

Morgan Nyland (he/him)

Acting Principal Lawyer, Night Service

Glen Ludbrook

Night Service Coordinator, Reservoir

Yu Wang (he/him)

Paralegal, Migrant Employment Law Clinic

Mark Rawlings (he/him)

Night Service Coordinator, Fitzroy