Practice Management & Business Skills
Client Management: A Scenario Focused Analysis of the Challenges Faced by Criminal Lawyers and How to Tackle Them
- Changing instructions
- Inappropriate behaviour
- Co-accused
- Witnesses
- Family members
Presented by Emily O’Hagan, Partner, Wallace O’Hagan Lawyers; Recommended Leading Criminal Defence Lawyer, Doyle’s Guide 2024
Description
Attend and earn 1 CPD hour in Practice Management & Business Skills
This program is applicable to practitioners from all States & Territories
Chair
Tom Gardiner, Principal, Fisher Dore; Leading Criminal Defence Lawyer, Doyle’s Guide 2024
Presenters
Emily O’Hagan, Partner, Wallace O’Hagan Lawyers
Emily O'Hagan graduated with Honours in a Bachelor of Laws and a Bachelor of Psychology, from Griffith University, completing elective study in Criminal Law and Forensic Mental Health at Utrecht University in the Netherlands. Following her admission Emily commenced working at Russo Lawyers and specialised in the practice of criminal defence. Emily was recognised as a Senior Associate at Russo Lawyers in 2014 and became a founding partner of Wallace O'Hagan Lawyers in 2015. Emily appears in all criminal law jurisdictions. Emily has extensive trial experience in the full range of traffic and criminal offence, and has represented clients at every level of the criminal justice system, from pleas of guilty before the Magistrates Court to Supreme Court Appeals.
Tom Gardiner, Principal, Fisher Dore
Tom is a Principal of Fisher Dore Lawyers and an Accredited Criminal Law Specialist (QLS). Tom has over a decade of experience in criminal law and is leading criminal lawyer in the Doyles Guide. Tom has appeared in all Courts throughout Queensland and instructed counsel in the High Court of Australia. Tom’s practice includes a wide range of criminal law matters, domestic violence applications and advice work.
