Law Essentials Team

Michael commenced legal practice in 1988, focusing on commercial, litigation and fisheries areas. He is routinely contracted by commercial fishing interest groups to lobby Government in relation to Fishing Legislation, and actively involved with the Great Barrier Reef Marine Park Restructure Package, representing more than 100 commercial fishing clients. A measure of his expertise is his successful defence of many of the significant commercial fishing prosecution cases in
Queensland in the last decade.

Michael’s focus remains caring for our customers, however his time is largely spent managing the business and searching for business improvement and growth opportunities. In an effort to develop his business leadership skills, Michael has participated in business leadership executive training courses at Stanford Business School in California in 2008 and Harvard Business School in 2009.

As active outside the practice, as he is at the office, Michael thrives on high energy pursuits such as basketball, surfing, touch football, running and team triathlon.