Russell Kennedy is proud to announce Michael Gorton AM, Rosemary Southgate and Amy Jenkins have been awarded ‘Lawyer of the Year’ in the 2024 edition of Best Lawyers in Australia.
Michael and Rosemary, recipients for a third time, have been recognised in Melbourne for Health and Aged Care and Retirement Villages and Senior Living Law respectively, while Amy has been acknowledged for her expertise in Family Law in Sydney.
In addition to ‘Lawyer of the Year’ accolades, 23 lawyers have been ranked in 20 areas of law – with nine listed across multiple specialities. Of particular note, seven are listed in Real Property Law, signalling the firm’s property and development practice as a genuine industry leader.
Managing Director Paul Gleeson said, “This is a tremendous achievement, particularly given the size of our firm. Best Lawyers is a longstanding, internationally renowned peer review publication. To see so many of our senior lawyers represented is a testament to the depth of our talent and breadth of our client service offering. Peer recognition is a compelling form of endorsement, and it is an honour to be acknowledged by our peers as some of Australia’s leading lawyers.”
Best Lawyers lists are compiled by conducting thorough peer-review surveys in which tens of thousands of top lawyers confidentiality evaluate their professional peers.
Russell Kennedy congratulates the following people:
LAWYER OF THE YEAR
Melbourne
Sydney
BEST LAWYERS
Melbourne
- Matthew Beazley – Planning and Environmental Law
- John Corcoran AM – Commercial Law, Real Property Law, Retirement Villages and Senior Living Law
- Anita Courtney – Health and Aged Care Law, Retirement Villages and Senior Living Law
- Michael Dowling – Real Property Law
- Kathryn Elleman – Real Property Law, Retirement Villages and Senior Living Law
- Stefan Fiedler – Land Use and Zoning Law
- Michael Gorton AM – Corporate / Governance Practice, Health and Aged Care, Non-Profit / Charities Law
- Victor Harcourt – Government Practice, Health and Aged Care Law, Retirement Villages and Senior Living Law
- Ben Lloyd – Government Practice
- Rory Maguire – Commercial Law, Mergers and Acquisitions Law
- Sarah Manly – Government Practice
- Mark McKinley – Real Property Law
- Jos Mulcahy – Alternative Dispute Resolution, Construction / Infrastructure Law, Energy Law, Government Practice, Litigation, Real Property Law
- Libby Pallot – Employee Benefits Law, Occupational Health and Safety Law
- Ian Pridgeon – Land Use and Zoning Law
- Donna Rayner – Retirement Villages and Senior Living Law
- Darren Seidl – Insurance Law
- Andrew Sherman – Land Use and Zoning Law, Planning and Environment Law, Water Law
- Rosemary Southgate – Retirement Villages and Senior Living Law
- Samantha Taylor – Real Property Law
Sydney
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