Meet the Team
Meet the Team
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Brian Austin QC
Barrister
Brian is a highly experienced barrister with 45 years in practice, including 20 years as an independent barrister. He is recognised for his strong advocacy…
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Sean Richter
Barrister
Sean is a barrister with 25 years of experience as a barrister, solicitor, and former Police prosecutor. He has prosecuted and defended a broad range of…
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Matoula Makris
Barrister
Matoula is a barrister specialising in civil litigation, with expertise in employment, industrial, workers compensation, disciplinary, and work health…
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Kate Sheridan
Barister
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Meet the Team
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Brian Austin QC
Barrister
Brian is a highly experienced barrister with 45 years in practice, including 20 years as an independent barrister. He is recognised for his strong advocacy…
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Sean Richter
Barrister
Sean is a barrister with 25 years of experience as a barrister, solicitor, and former Police prosecutor. He has prosecuted and defended a broad range of…
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Matoula Makris
Barrister
Matoula is a barrister specialising in civil litigation, with expertise in employment, industrial, workers compensation, disciplinary, and work health…
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Kate Sheridan
Barister
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Our Team
Brian Austin QC
Brian is a highly experienced barrister with 45 years in practice, including 20 years as an independent barrister. He is recognised for his strong advocacy, negotiation, and communication skills, and regularly appears before a wide range of courts, tribunals, and commissions. A qualified mediator, he has also provided strategic advice to hospital boards, public companies, and statutory authorities. Brian is frequently briefed on complex, high-stakes matters involving reputational or scheme-critical issues, bringing to each a high level of judgment and a pragmatic, commercial approach.
Matoula Makris
Matoula is a barrister specialising in civil litigation, with expertise in employment, industrial, workers compensation, disciplinary, and work health and safety matters. Before joining the bar, she held senior roles in both government and private practice, including serving as a Workplace Relations and Safety partner at HWL Ebsworth Lawyers. Her experience also includes prosecuting for the Office of the Fair Work Ombudsman and working as an industrial officer for the Police Association of South Australia and a legal officer for the Police Complaints Authority.
Adam James Hay
Adam is a South Australian barrister practising in administrative law, workers compensation, family law, wills and estates, disciplinary matters, commercial disputes, and general law. He has a deep knowledge of government legal practice in three large Commonwealth agencies, significant advocacy experience in merits review, and a strategic understanding of health, social security and disability programs. Adam has a commercial focus and is well versed in risk management across program and project management, operations and logistics, and legal and reputational domains.
Sean Richter
Sean is a barrister with 25 years of experience as a barrister, solicitor, and former Police prosecutor. He has prosecuted and defended a broad range of criminal matters in the Magistrates and Supreme Courts and has extensive experience in civil disputes involving contracts, motor vehicle accidents, personal injury, and property. Sean also specialises in family violence matters, frequently appearing in Family Court proceedings involving concurrent intervention order applications. In 2023, he was appointed a Special Magistrate for the ACT. He serves on the Law Society of South Australia Council and its Ethics and Professional Standards Committee.
Kate Sheridan
Kate has more than 25 years of experience in private practice and corporate roles. Prior to joining the independent bar, Kate ran her own boutique legal practice Sheridan Legal (VIC) Pty Ltd for 5 years. Prior to that she was Special Counsel at Macpherson Kelley and Australian Industry (AI) Group providing employers with representation and advice on industrial and employee relations matters, including enterprise bargaining, industrial relations strategy, termination of employment, compliance issues in respect of minimum obligations, rights of entry, transfer of business, dispute and grievance management and industrial action. Prior to this Kate was an in-house Legal Adviser at Oz Minerals and Lawyer at Minter Ellison.
Adam James Hay
Adam is a South Australian barrister practising in administrative law, workers compensation, family law, wills and estates, disciplinary matters, commercial disputes, and general law. He has a deep knowledge of government legal practice in three large Commonwealth agencies, significant advocacy experience in merits review, and a strategic understanding of health, social security and disability programs. Adam has a commercial focus and is well versed in risk management across program and project management, operations and logistics, and legal and reputational domains.