Present partners of Lavan who have been partners for more than three years:
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Peter Beekink
Appointed 1991 -
Iain Freeman
Appointed 1994 -
Robert Shaw
Appointed 1997 -
Derek La Ferla
Appointed 1998 -
Dean Hely
Appointed 1999 -
Shane Pentony
Appointed 2010 -
Craig Wallace
Appointed 2012 -
Joseph Abberton
Appointed 2013 -
Benjamin Fong
Appointed 2014 -
Framy Anne Browne
Appointed 2015 -
Timothy Morgan
Appointed 2017 -
Cinzia Donald
Appointed 2017 -
Lawrence Lee
Appointed 2019 -
Tamica D'Uva
Appointed 2019 -
Amber Crosthwaite
Appointed 2021 -
Anka Burns
Appointed 2022 -
Bruno DI Girolami
Appointed 2022
Those who were partners of Lavan or its predecessor firms for more than five years:
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Michael Lavan
1898 to 1937 -
John Walsh
1920 to 1949 -
Leonard Seaton
1930 to 1937 -
John Lavan Kt
1934 to 1969 -
Alan Smith
1947 to 1955 -
Jonathon Ilbery
1949 to 1955 -
Colin Pollett
1955 to 1960 -
James Lalor
1960 to 1972 -
Barry Rowland
1960 to 1972 -
Raymond Lynch
1962 to 1978 -
Gerard King AM
1966 to 1995 -
Keith Macfarlane
1967 to 1989 -
Kerry McAuliffe
1969 to 1997 -
Dan Mossenson
1973 to 2020 -
Peter Fogarty
1977 to 1985 -
Peter McGowan
1977 to 1997 -
Diana Bryant AO KC
1979 to 1990 -
Arthur Metaxas
1980 to 1997 -
Brian Conway
1982 to 1994 -
Geoffrey Hancy
1985 to 1993 -
Alan Green
1985 to 1996 -
Greg Gaunt
1985 to 2017 -
Allan Pocock
1986 to 1996 -
Lee Christensen
1986 to 1997 -
Michael Mills
1986 to 1998 -
Robert Sceales
1987 to 2010 -
Geoff Bourhill SC
1987 to 2010 -
Shayne Leslie
1988 to 1997 -
Michael Sonnenberg
1988 to 1998 -
David Goodman
1988 to 1999 -
Bettina Mangan SC
1988 to 2009 -
John Farquharson
1989 to 2006 -
Michael Schwikkard
1991 to 1998 -
David Burton
1991 to 1999 -
Ian Curlewis
1991 to 2024 -
Michael Dulaney
1993 to 1998 -
Felicity Davis
1995 to 2004 -
Paul McQueen
1997 to 2025 -
Geoff Stevens
1997 to 2014 -
Mike Salmon
1998 to 2003 -
Suzanne Hay
1999 to 2006 -
Michael Bruce
1999 to 2011 -
Cameron McLean
2000 to 2006 -
Mark Williams
2001 to 2006 -
Alison Robertson
2003 to 2018 -
Caroline Brown
2005 to 2014 -
Mark MacLennan
2006 to 2013 -
Nick Stagg
2008 to 2021 -
Tony Chong
2010 to 2018 -
Daniel Kirk
2014 to 2019 -
Charmaine Tsang
2014 to 2020 -
James Steedman
2014 to 2021 -
Jessica Patterson
2015 to 2021 -
Tamara Heng
2015 to 2024 -
Gregory Nairn
Appointed 2015 -
Luke O'Callaghan
2018 to 2024
Former partners and staff of Lavan or its predecessor firms who have achieved prominence in their professions:
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The Hon. Sir John Martin Lavan Kt
Justice of the Supreme Court of Western Australia 1969 to 1981 -
The Hon. John Lesley Toohey AC QC
Justice of the High Court of Australia 1987 to 1988, Member of the Constitutional Commission 1985 to 1986, Northern Territory Aboriginal Land Commissioner 1977 to 1982, Justice of the Supreme Court of the Northern Territory 1977 to 1987, and Judge of the Federal Court of Australia 1977 to 1986 -
His Honour Kevin James Hammond AO
Inaugural Commissioner of the Corruption and Crime Commission of Western Australia 2004 to 2007, Chief Judge of the District Court of Western Australia 1995 to 2004, and Judge of the District Court of Western Australia 1982 to 1995 -
The Hon. Barry Rowland KC
Justice of the Supreme Court of Western Australia 1983 to 1996 -
The Hon. Barry Rowland KC
Justice of the Supreme Court of Western Australia 1983 to 1996 -
His Honour Paul James Healy
Judge of the District Court of Western Australia 1985 to 2008 -
The Hon. Peter Donald Blaxell
Justice of the Supreme Court of Western Australia 2005 to 2011, and Judge of the District Court of Western Australia 1991 to 2005 -
The Hon. Diana Bryant AO KC
Chief Justice of the Family Court of Australia 2004 to 2017 -
His Honour Philip Pierre McCann
Judge of the District Court of Western Australia 2005 to 2018 -
The Hon. Wayne Martin AC KC
Chief Justice of the Supreme Court of Western Australia 2006 to 2018 -
The Hon. Stephen Thackray
Chief Justice of the Family Court of Western Australia 2007 to 2018 -
His Honour Michael John Bowden
Judge of the District Court of Western Australia 2007 to present -
The Hon. Stephen Smith
Minister for Trade and Minister for Defence 2010 to 2013, and Minister for Foreign Affairs 2007 to 2010 -
The Hon. Ben Wyatt
Treasurer and Minister for Finance, Energy, Aboriginal Affairs 2017 to 2021, and Shadow Treasurer 2008 to 2017 -
Her Honour Felicity Clare Earls Davis
Judge of the District Court of Western Australia 2009 to 2020 -
His Honour David Ronald Parry
Judge of the District Court of Western Australia 2011 to 2018, and Deputy President of the State Administrative Tribunal of Western Australia 2011 to present -
The Hon. Michael Mischin
Shadow Attorney General of Western Australia 2017 to 2017, Minister for Commerce 2013 to 2017, and Attorney General 2012 to 2017 -
The Hon. John Walters KC
Justice of the Family Court of Western Australia 2012 to 2018 -
The Hon. John Cameron Vaughan
Justice of the Supreme Court of Western Australia 2018 to present -
His Honour Judge Terence Palmer SC
Judge of the District Court of Western Australia 2023 to 2025, and Judge of the Supreme Court of Western Australia 2025 to present