Maurice Blackburn announces legal promotions for 2025

15 January 2025

The new Principal Lawyers are Gabrielle Feery (medical negligence), Patricia McMullan (road and work injuries), Samuel Taylor (class actions), Timothy McGinley (asbestos) and Trang van Heugten (public liability).

The promotions also include seven Special Counsels, nine Senior Associates and 28 Associates.

Overall, 49 lawyers across the firm have been promoted, including 26 in Victoria, 15 in Queensland, seven in NSW and one in Western Australia.

Women account for 39 (or nearly 80 per cent) of the promotions, including three of the five new principals, and five of the seven new special counsels.

The promotions represent many of the firm’s practice areas including road and work injuries, public liability, superannuation and insurance, medical negligence, class actions, dust diseases, abuse and employment and industrial.

Chief Executive Officer Jacob Varghese congratulated all the lawyers recognised in the promotions.

“Every promotion is an individual milestone and due recognition of improving performance, developing technical expertise and growing team responsibilities.

“Each promotion is also a collective achievement and a marker of our continuing progress as a firm toward an even better employee and client experience.

“These and other promoted employees embody our shared commitment to increasing access to justice for everyday Australians.

“The high number of women in this round of promotions - especially in the most senior roles - reflects our firm’s ongoing commitment to be an employer of choice for gender equality.”