New team deepens Hall & Wilcox’s Commonwealth government expertise

Hall & Wilcox has significantly strengthened its growing Commonwealth Government practice, announcing the addition of a specialist Public Law team, including two partners, with significant Commonwealth experience.

Partners Nicola Johnson and Rohan White are joined by special counsel Sophie Roberts and Ada Wong, senior associate Arielle Zinn, and associates Alana Meaney and Michelle Harradine. 

The team are highly experienced government and administrative law specialists. They advise and represent government agencies on administrative law litigation and decision-making challenges, as well as privacy and public interest disclosure, FOI, debt recovery, and statutory interpretation. They advise clients including the Department of Home Affairs, Services Australia and the Office of the Australian Information Commissioner. The team regularly undertakes solicitor advocacy in the AAT, Federal Court, Federal Circuit Court and Family Court and have also represented the Commonwealth in high-profile Coronial Inquests and Royal Commissions.

Hall & Wilcox was appointed to the Whole of Australian Government Legal Services Panel on 1 July 2024 for each of the key areas of law: Public Law; Workplace, Industrial Relations and Compensation; Corporate and Commercial (General); Corporate and Commercial (Specialist) and
Property and Environment.

Announcing the addition of this specialised and highly regarded team to the firm, Hall & Wilcox ’s Chief Executive Partner Graydon Dowd remarked that the firm is ‘investing in growing our Commonwealth Government practice, as part of a thriving broader public sector and government practice that is committed to doing work that positively impacts our communities.

‘We are excited at the appointment of Nicola, Rohan and their team. We see great opportunities for them to help us grow and build on our Commonwealth Government expertise and relationships,’ he said.

‘We intend to engage additional Commonwealth government specialists in the coming months, to complement the outstanding government lawyers we already have at Hall & Wilcox.’ 

Nicola commented: ‘This is an exciting time for our team to join Hall & Wilcox. We are thrilled to be a part of the firm’s exceptional government practice, which continues to enhance and deepen its commitment to delivering high quality legal services to every level of government’.  

Hall & Wilcox is a leading independent law firm. We have more than 1,300+ people, including 145+ partners, working across eight offices. We build partnerships with and service corporate, public sector and private clients, both Australian-based and international.