MORAY & AGNEW - Key Persons


Ben Mason

Job Titles:
  • Team Member Position / Partner
Ben specialises in Government and Administrative Law / Public Law. He advises government clients in relation to a range of policy, regulatory, legislation and litigation matters.

Beth Russell

Job Titles:
  • Team Member Position / Partner
Beth is a member of our Melbourne life and general insurance team.

Bill Fragos

Job Titles:
  • Team Member Position

Caroline Dew

Job Titles:
  • Team Member Position / Partner

Christine Houston

Job Titles:
  • Team Member Position / Partner
Christine has practised continuously in professional indemnity since 2001. She has extensive experience managing claims against doctors, health professionals and healthcare facilities, solicitors, eng ...

Daniel Coloe

Job Titles:
  • Team Member Position / Partner
Daniel has extensive experience acting in personal injury, property and marine insurance claims.

Daniel Coster

Job Titles:
  • Danielle Pastor

Danielle Pastor


Derek Collins

Job Titles:
  • Team Member Position / Partner
Derek is a senior lawyer practising across multiple areas for insurance organisations and state and local government agencies.

Emma Chapman

Job Titles:
  • Team Member Position / Partner
Emma provides advice and manages complex claims in relation to public liability, product liability and professional indemnity matters, as well as providing advice on indemnity and policy coverage.

Emma Reilly

Job Titles:
  • Team Member Position

Frances Allen

Job Titles:
  • Team Member Position / Partner

Geoffrey Connellan

Job Titles:
  • Team Member Position / National Managing Partner
Geoff is one of Australia's leading insurance litigators. He is also National Managing Partner of Moray & Agnew.

George Chadwick

Job Titles:
  • Team Member Position / Partner

Ian Denham

Job Titles:
  • Team Member Position / Partner

James Attenborough

Job Titles:
  • Team Member Position
James has broad-ranging experience within the insurance, health and aged care industries, having worked in these areas since 2006.

James Collier

Job Titles:
  • Team Member Position / Partner

Jeremy Peck

Job Titles:
  • Team Member Position / Partner
Jeremy is a highly skilled insurance law practitioner and has over 20 years' experience working in both in-house and private practice roles.

Joan Williams

Job Titles:
  • Team Member Position / Partner

John Cooper

Job Titles:
  • Team Member Position / Partner
John heads Moray & Agnew's Compulsory Third Party national practice group.

Jonathan Sumskas

Job Titles:
  • Team Member Position / Partner

Kara Yacoubian

Job Titles:
  • Team Member Position / Partner
Kara specialises in professional indemnity, Directors and Officers liability, crime and fidelity claims and has a strong and diverse background in litigation particularly class action proceedings.

Lara Mynott

Job Titles:
  • Team Member Position / Partner
Lara is an experienced insurance litigator and acts for all types of professionals, non-professionals and organisations.

Madelaine August

Job Titles:
  • Team Member Position / Partner

Mark Brothers

Job Titles:
  • Team Member Position / Partner

Maureen Carrigan

Job Titles:
  • Team Member Position / Partner
Maureen has over 15 years' experience in handling personal injuries and CTP claims, as well as conducting insurance litigation.

Michael Polorotoff

Job Titles:
  • Team Member Position / Partner
Michael is an experienced and accomplished insurance law practitioner. He specialises in defending professionals across a broad range of industry sectors.

Norman Abrams

Job Titles:
  • Team Member Position / Partner
Norman has more than 30 years of legal experience. He acts for all levels of government in Federal and State Tribunals where he also practices for corporate entities.

Phil Keays

Job Titles:
  • Team Member Position
Phil is the Managing Partner of the firm's Perth office. He has extensive experience in insurance litigation, especially in the areas of professional indemnity, product liability and public liability.

Richard Clayton

Job Titles:
  • Team Member Position / Partner
Richard is a CTP specialist who acts on behalf of major CTP insurers, defending a range of claims from catastrophic injury claims to more routine based claims.

Richard Midgley

Job Titles:
  • Team Member Position / Partner
Richard has a depth of expertise in handling commercial disputes with a focus on achieving commercial and cost-effective outcomes.

Stephanie Bainat

Job Titles:
  • Team Member Position / Partner
Stephanie is a highly experienced professional indemnity lawyer, widely recognised for her thorough approach, her intellectual process and her compassion in assisting professionals.

Suzanne Wallace

Job Titles:
  • Team Member Position / Partner
Suzanne is a highly experienced insurance litigator specialising in professional negligence claims and disciplinary matters. She is known for her strategic and sensitive handling of complex claims.

Tina van Epen

Job Titles:
  • Team Member Position / Partner

Tracy Bennett

Job Titles:
  • Team Member Position / Partner

Zeng He

Job Titles:
  • Team Member Position
Zeng specialises in administrative/public law, litigation and privacy law.