Presenters

Mitchell Devine, Principal, Devine Legal
Mitchell Devine is the Principal, Devine Legal and a dual Accredited Specialist in Personal Injury Law and Workplace Relations. He holds a Bachelor of Laws and Masters of Laws and is a member of the Industrial Relations Society of Queensland, Australian Lawyers Alliance and Australian Labour Law Association. Mitchell was previously a member and chair of the Queensland Law Society Workplace Relations Advisory Committee. Mitchell lectures in employment law at the University of the Sunshine Coast and practises exclusively in areas of personal injuries and workplace relations. He is a recommended employment lawyer in the Doyle’s Guide from 2017 to date for both employer and employee representation.


Pawel Zielinski, Barrister, Callinan Chambers
Pawel (Pav) Zielinski focuses on complex and contentious industrial and general employment disputes. He was called to the bar in 2021. Prior to that, he was a solicitor for a decade employed in a national law firm specialising in the same area. His main interests lie in statutory construction and appellate law but he routinely appears in general protections matters, wage claims and unfair dismissals across the Federal and State systems. He is recognised as a ‘leading’ junior counsel in Queensland (Doyle’s Guide, Leading Employment and WHS Barristers – Queensland 2025).

Presenters

Mitchell Devine, Principal, Devine Legal
Mitchell Devine is the Principal, Devine Legal and a dual Accredited Specialist in Personal Injury Law and Workplace Relations. He holds a Bachelor of Laws and Masters of Laws and is a member of the Industrial Relations Society of Queensland, Australian Lawyers Alliance and Australian Labour Law Association. Mitchell was previously a member and chair of the Queensland Law Society Workplace Relations Advisory Committee. Mitchell lectures in employment law at the University of the Sunshine Coast and practises exclusively in areas of personal injuries and workplace relations. He is a recommended employment lawyer in the Doyle’s Guide from 2017 to date for both employer and employee representation.


Pawel Zielinski, Barrister, Callinan Chambers
Pawel (Pav) Zielinski focuses on complex and contentious industrial and general employment disputes. He was called to the bar in 2021. Prior to that, he was a solicitor for a decade employed in a national law firm specialising in the same area. His main interests lie in statutory construction and appellate law but he routinely appears in general protections matters, wage claims and unfair dismissals across the Federal and State systems. He is recognised as a ‘leading’ junior counsel in Queensland (Doyle’s Guide, Leading Employment and WHS Barristers – Queensland 2025).