Presenters

Anna Waite, Senior Associate and Practice Manager, Gnech and Associates
She is a leader of the firm’s practice in criminal defence, domestic violence, professional misconduct, human rights, and anti-discrimination law, with a particular emphasis on public service corruption and white-collar criminality. Her expertise encompasses representing clients accused of corruption-related offences, including bribery, abuse of office, and breaches of public trust, as well as defending professionals facing allegations of misconduct arising from corrupt practices. Anna regularly represents clients for serious white-collar crime and corruption matters, and appears as a solicitor advocate in sentences, inquests, section 222 appeals, and bail applications before the Magistrates, District, and Supreme Courts. She is highly experienced in navigating complex proceedings before regulatory bodies and commissions such as the Queensland and Australian Human Rights Commissions, Queensland Industrial Relations Commission, Administrative Appeals Tribunal, and Queensland Civil and Administrative Tribunal, where she advocates for clients in cases involving corruption investigations, disciplinary actions, and anti-discrimination claims.


Cameron Browne, Managing Director, Potts Lawyers
Cameron has practiced exclusively in criminal law since he was admitted in 2001. He is a director at Potts Lawyers, having commenced his articles of clerkship at the predecessor of the firm in 1999. He has appeared as an advocate in multiple jurisdictions and is passionate about educating graduates and junior practitioners. His practice has included undertaking cross-examination at committals for sexual offences, along with instructing counsel at numerous trials for offences of this type. An accredited specialist in Criminal Law, Cameron is a former president of the Gold Coast District Law Association and relocated to the firm's Brisbane office in 2019.

Calvin Gnech, Managing Director, Gnech and Associates
A leading Queensland law firm specialising in criminal corruption, public service criminal offending, white-collar crime, and professional misconduct defence. With over two decades of experience spanning legal practice and law enforcement, Calvin began his career as a sworn member of the Queensland Police Service in 2000 before moving into prosecution. He has since built a national practice, regularly appearing as a solicitor advocate before courts and tribunals across Australia, including high-profile coronial inquests and public inquiries such as the Northern Territory Coronial Inquest into the death of Kumanjai Walker, the Bondi Junction Inquest, Queensland Flood Inquiry, the Federal Royal Commission into Institutional Responses to Child Sexual Abuse and the Lehrmann Inquiry. Calvin is highly experienced in matters involving the Crime and Corruption Commission, having appeared in significant investigations like Operation Tesco and Operation Belcarra, and represents a broad range of professionals in corruption, misconduct, and licensing proceedings. In 2024, Calvin was appointed by the Queensland Law Society as one of only four senior ethics counsellors with specialist expertise in criminal law, and he continues to contribute to the profession through government consultation committees, legal writing, professional development presentations, and leadership roles including Chairperson of the Society’s Occupational Disciplinary Law Committee.