Description
Attend and earn 1 CPD hour in Practice Management & Business Skills
This program is applicable to practitioners from all States & Territories
* This interactive online recording includes questions and quizzes requiring critical thinking about the topics, so you have no annual limits to the number of points/hours you can claim with this format of learning. Please verify with your CPD rules
Chair
Simon Lewis, Barrister, Sunshine Coast Chambers; Leading Criminal Law Junior Counsel, Doyle’s Guide 2022
Practice Management & Business Skills
Representing Clients in Criminal Cases with Parallel Professional Misconduct Investigations
- Ethical dilemmas and compliance
- Navigating dual legal challenges: a risk to your practice
- Managing the interplay between criminal defense and professional conduct investigations
- Strategies for effective representation
- Case examples and practical tips for building strong defense strategies while addressing professional conduct inquiries and practice risks
Presented by Calvin Gnech, Legal Practice Director, Gnech and Associates; Recommended Leading Criminal Defence Lawyer, Doyle’s Guide, 2023
Presenters
Simon Lewis, Barrister, Sunshine Coast Chambers
Simon was admitted as a Solicitor in 1991 and called to the Bar in 1994. Since that time I have developed a solely Criminal Practice appearing in all Queensland jurisdictions. I have regularly prosecuted for both the State and Commonwealth and I am briefed in complex criminal matters particularly homicides and drug matters by both Legal Aid Queensland’s serious crime teams and private practitioners.
Calvin Gnech, Legal Practice Director, Gnech and Associates
Calvin is the Legal Practice Director of Gnech & Associates. He gained his early legal experience in the criminal justice system serving the community as a sworn Queensland police officer and police prosecutor before moving to private practice. Calvin has extensive experience in the area of criminal law and is regularly recognised as one of Queensland’s recommended leading Criminal Defence Lawyers in Doyle’s Guide. He is highly experienced in dealing with the internal disciplinary investigations across many professions including lawyers, the medical profession, corrective service officers, teachers and police officers. Calvin regularly represents clients in Crime and Corruption Commission investigations, Royal Commissions and Inquiries most recently appearing in the Inquiry into the Criminal Justice System in the Australian Capital Territory (R v Lehrmann). Calvin has in the past been an appointed committee member on the QLS Industrial Law Committee. Calvin currently sits on the QLS Ethics Committee and is the Chairperson of the QLS's Occupational Disciplinary Law Committee.
