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Present partners of Lavan who have been partners for more than three years:

  • 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:

  • 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:

  • 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
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