MBA, BBus (Marketing)
Executive Director
List A Barristers is Australia’s leading list of
commercial and public law barristers.
commercial and public law barristers.
Our barristers share a commitment to the values of independence, professional excellence, responsiveness, commerciality and intellectual rigour.
Formed in 1990 by several leading commercial barristers, List A has amongst its members the most distinguished leaders of the commercial and public law Bar.
Services
Our barristers share a commitment to the values of independence, professional excellence, responsiveness, commerciality and intellectual rigour.
Corporate Counsel and International Law Firms
List A barristers can be briefed directly by in-house counsel and by international law firms without restriction and without the need for an interposing solicitor. When in-house counsel require urgent strategic and tactical advice, briefing members of List A directly provides immediate access to Australia’s most highly-regarded barristers.
Direct Access
In certain circumstances our barristers will accept instructions from the broader community, subject to the provisions of the Legal Profession Uniform Conduct (Barristers) Rules 2015, which determine when and how this can occur.
Advocacy
Members of List A are available to appear in all Australian and international courts, tribunals, arbitrations, Royal Commissions, parliamentary inquiries and settlement negotiations, and can also provide procedural and evidentiary advice, pleadings, witness statements and written submissions.
Opinions
and Advices
Our members are available to provide opinions and advices on complex issues of law in a litigious or transactional context, and advice and assistance in drafting, negotiation, interpretation and enforceability of complex commercial agreements.
Arbitration
and mediation
Our members are experienced in Australian and international disputes : many have extensive experience as arbitrators, mediators and as counsel acting in those matters.
Alternate dispute
resolution
Our members are experienced in all facets of dispute resolution, including the use of novel methods of achieving cost-effective settlements.
Corporate governance
The List is managed by committed and highly professional staff who report to a Committee of 7 elected List members, who also serve as directors of the company which manages the clerking business and employs its staff.
List A was Australia’s first barrister-owned clerking business. It was formed in 1990 as a specialist commercial and public law group of barristers and is now renowned nationally and internationally for the skills and expertise of its members. Many of its members have subsequently been appointed to judicial and other prominent public offices.
Mark Costello KC
Chair
Frances Gordon KC
Deputy Chair
Anna Lord
Geoff Kozminsky
Stephanie Hooper
Alexandra Guild
Alexander Di Stefano
The List A Committee has the following aims for the operation of the clerking business:
- to be the first clerk instructors call, especially Melbourne-based solicitors and instructors, but also interstate solicitors looking for top commercial barristers;
- to provide an efficient, cost-effective & courteous service to members of the List;
- to provide and be known throughout the legal profession for providing prompt, responsive, courteous & knowledgeable assistance to instructors;
- to enhance & improve the services provided to members;
- to enhance & build upon the reputation of members of the List for the benefit of the List membership as a whole;
- to attract applicants of the highest calibre to apply to join the List; and
- to engage staff in the List office capable of achieving these aims.
JUDICIAL APPOINTMENTS
The legal profession’s high regard for members of List A is reflected in the appointments of many former members to judicial office.
Current Appointees
High Court of Australia
The Honourable Judge:
- Simon Steward
Federal Court of Australia
The Honourable Justices:
- Mordecai Bromberg
- David O’Callaghan
- Michael O’Bryan
- Helen Rofe
- Catherine Button
- Penny Neskovcin
Supreme Court of Victoria
The Honourable Justices:
- Robert Osborn
- Karin Emerton
- Michael Sifris
- John Dixon
- Cameron Macaulay
- James Elliott
- Matthew Connock
- Lisa Nichols
- Jim Delany
- Katie Stynes
- Clyde Croft
- Claire Harris
- Adrian Finanzio
County Court of Victoria
The Honourable Justices:
- Ted Woodward
- David Bennett
Join List A
List A encourages applications from people who are proposing to undertake the Victorian Bar Readers’ course.
The List also considers applications from barristers on other lists, from interstate or overseas, as well as from barristers returning to practice at the Victorian Bar. Please send all applications through via the portal below.
The Rules of List A Barristers impose a cap on the total number of Members on the List at any one time. We encourage you to contact our Executive Director, Darren Milo or our Deputy Clerk, Caroline Kaskani on +61 3 9225 8444 to discuss your application.
List A Staff
LLB, BComm
Deputy Clerk
LLB (Hons), BA
Assistant Clerk
Financial Controller
Accounts Manager
Accounts Recovery Clerk
Reception