Amanda was the joint recipient of the Tasmanian Young Lawyer of the Year Award in 2017.  She is past Co-President of the Southern Young Lawyers Committee (2014-16) and former Tasmanian representative for the Australian Young Lawyers Committee (2014-16).

Julia is a Partner at Bishops Solicitors in Launceston. 

Julia graduated from the University of Tasmania with a Bachelor of Commerce and Laws in 2001 and was admitted to practice in 2002.

Julia practices in Family Law and Child Protection. Julia is regularly appointed by the Court as an Independent Children’s Lawyer in complex parenting
cases.

Julia is the current Treasurer of the Law Society of Tasmania Council.

Julia is the current Chair of the Family Law Practitioners Association Tas Inc and is a former Commissioner for the Legal Aid Commission of Tasmania. Julia is a
prior President of the Northern Young Lawyers Committee. Julia was recently appointed by Legal Aid Tasmania onto the Register of Legal Practitioners Tasmania – Family Violence ; Cross examination of Parties Scheme.

Alison is a partner at Butler McIntyre & Butler.  Alison moved to Tasmania in 2007 and became a Partner at Butler McIntyre & Butler in 2016.  Prior to that, Alison commenced her legal career in the litigation division of a large commercial law firm in Sydney before working in a boutique employment law firm. 

Alison has a strong practice in employment & industrial relations law and litigation & dispute resolution.

Alison is Law Council’s Treasurer and a current member and former chair of the Law Society’s Employment, Diversity and Inclusion Committee. 

Prior to studying law Alison trained as a theatre actor.  She maintains a strong interest in the Arts and in particular, the theatre.  She has a 10 year old son, a poodle, a cat and 5 alpacas.

Helen Bassett graduated from the University of Tasmania with a Bachelor of Social Work in 1998 and from Deakin University with a Bachelor of Laws in 2015. Helen was admitted to practice in 2016 and has been an Associate at Walsh Day James Mihal since 2017, primarily practicing in the areas of Family Law, Child Safety and Criminal Law.  Helen was appointed to the council in 2019 and is a member of the Continuing Professional Development (CPD) Committee. Helen is the current chairperson of the North West Community Legal Centre Management Committee and a current member of the North West Young Lawyers and Family Law Practitioners Association of Tasmania.

Amber became a member of the Law Society of Tasmania Council in 2019. Amber graduated from the University of Tasmania with a Bachelor of Arts and Laws degree in 2002 and was admitted to practice in 2003. She has extensive experience in civil litigation and has a special interest in mentoring young solicitors, employment law and industrial relations and estate litigation. Amber has worked in private practice in Launceston for most of her career and is currently a Principal at Rae & Partners, Lawyers. She also spent some time in London in 2008 and 2009 doing various legal roles. Amber has past experience in local committee of management roles and with the University of Tasmania Social Sciences and Human Research Ethics Committee and is a current member of the Tasmanian Civil and Administrative Tribunal and the Local Government Code of Conduct Panel. Amber also sits on the board of trustees of a Charitable Trust.

Imogen is a Director at Ogilvie Jennings in Hobart.

Imogen was admitted in 2017 having graduated from the University of Tasmania with a Bachelor of Business & Law (Hons).

Imogen practices in all aspects of commercial law including, commercial transactions, property transactions, insolvency matters, leasing, wills and estates.

Rohan graduated from the University of Tasmania in 2004 with a combined degree in Economics and Law with first-class honours in law.

In 2005, he completed a Graduate Certificate of Legal Practice and was admitted as a practitioner of the Supreme Court of Tasmania. Upon his admission, he spent a year as Associate to the Honourable Justice Crawford of the Supreme Court of Tasmania.

Rohan has been a practitioner at Douglas & Collins since August 2006 and became a principal of the firm in January 2013. He practices in civil and criminal litigation and advises in many areas of the law, including general commercial disputes and estates litigation. He has also been a member of the council of the Law Society of Tasmania since 2010.

In addition to practice, Rohan is currently:

• A Director of the Law Council of Australia;
• A member of the Disciplinary Tribunal for the Tasmanian Legal Profession;
• A Criminal Injuries Compensation Commissioner;
• A member of the Board of the Tasmanian Law Reform Institute;
• A member of the Finance and Risk Committee of Law Council of Australia
• Member of the Solicitors Accounts Rules Committee;
• Member of the Board of Encore Theatre Company; and
• Chairman of the Launceston Touch Football Association Tribunal

He is a former President, Vice President and Treasurer of the Law Society of Tasmania and was a member of the Executive Council of the Law Society of Tasmania from 2013 to 2019.

Rohan has also previously been President of Law Foundation, Deputy Chairman of the Tasmanian Racing Appeals Board (2013-2015), a member of the Northern Tasmania Football Association Tribunal (2006-2012), a board member of the Time Out House, on the Disciplinary Panel for Touch Football Australia, and a former committee member of the Tamar Churinga Hockey Club.

Robert graduated from the University of Tasmania in December 2007 with a combined degree in Commerce and Law. He obtained a Graduate Diploma of Legal Practice from the University of Tasmania in 2008.

In August 2008, Robert was admitted as a Practitioner of the Supreme Court of Tasmania and joined Douglas & Collins as a graduate in February 2009. Robert became a director of the firm in July 2017.

Robert generally practices in property law, commercial law and estate law areas.

Robert was a past member of the Northern Young Lawyers Committee (2011–2015) and was the committee’s Treasurer for 2011/2012. Robert became a member of the Law Society of Tasmania’s Council in May 2018 and is a past member of the Property and Commercial Law Committee.

Carey is a member of the Law Society of Tasmania Council and was first appointed to Council in 2014.

Carey graduated from the University of Tasmania with a Bachelor of Laws degree in 2000 and was admitted to practice in 2001. She has extensive experience in property and commercial law, wills and estate planning and mortgages and securities work.

Carey worked in private practice in Hobart for around 16 years and currently works for the Department of Primary Industries, Parks, Water and Environment as the solicitor for the Land Titles Office.  She also worked for 2 years as a Manager and senior lawyer at Glenorchy City Council responsible for several core areas of its business and managing various projects. This included leading the legal, property and procurement teams and expanding her local government, management, corporate governance and board experience.

Carey was a member of Committee of Management of the Hobart Community Legal Service Inc for almost 15 years including serving several terms as President. Carey was a member of the Law Society Property and Commercial Law between 2014 and 2019, a past Chair and current member of the Continuing Professional Development Committee and has been a member of the Law Society Pro-Bono Clearing House since 2010 including acting as Chair in 2017. Carey is a  past president and committee member of the Southern Young Lawyers Committee.

Amelia is a Senior Associate at Dobson Mitchell Allport and practises in family law. As well as being a Council member, Amelia is currently the Chair of Employment, Diversity and Inclusion Committee of the Law Society of Tasmania, the Chair of the Family Law Pathways Network Steering Committee,  and a board member of Women’s Legal Service Tasmania. She is also a member of the Family Law Section of the Law Council of Australia, and the Family Law Practitioners Association of Tasmania. She was a joint recipient of the Law Society’s 2017 award for Young Lawyer of the Year.

Will was admitted as a Barrister and Solicitor of the Supreme Court of Tasmania in 1995. He joined Wallace Wilkinson and Webster in 1997 and has been a Partner since 2002. Will practices in all aspects of commercial and contract law, residential and commercial conveyancing and property development, leasing, finance and wills and estates. His clients include many well-known Tasmanian businesses, associations, national financial institutions and individuals. Will is a past President of the Law Society of Tasmania and past Chair of the Law Foundation of Tasmania. He has also been the Vice President and Treasurer of the Law Society of Tasmania and the former Chair of the Law Society Property and Commercial Law Committee. He continues to be an active member of that Committee as well as still remaining an executive member of the Council of the Law Society of Tasmania. Will was one of the principal draftsman of the REIT/Law Society Standard Form of Contract for the sale of a property in Tasmania. Will is a former Officer in the Australian Army Legal Corp (Reserve). In his spare time Will likes nothing more than to spend time with his family and sailing on the River Derwent and surrounding areas. He is the Vice Commodore of the Derwent Sailing Squadron.

Dinesh is the Director of Logan & Partners.

Dinesh graduated from the University of Tasmania with a Bachelor of Business and Laws in 2016 and was admitted to practice in 2017. He started of his career at Crotty Legal and was made Partner in 2019. He then started his own firm in April 2021.

Dinesh practices predominantly in the area of Criminal Law but also practices in Property, Commercial, Wills and Estates. Dinesh is currently on the Criminal Law Committee and is also a member of the Australian Lawyers Alliance.

Luke is a Partner in HWL Ebsworth’s Hobart office, having joined the firm in March 2018. He works in the firm’s Insurance and Safety groups, and specialises in workers compensation, CTP, public liability and work health and safety matters.  Previously he has worked at two Tasmanian firms, as well as working in the then civil litigation section of the Office of the Director of Public Prosecutions.

Luke currently serves as Chair of the Law Society’s Litigation Committee.  He has also been a national board member of the Australian Insurance Law Association (AILA) and was the national lead of AILA’s Marketing & Promotion Portfolio in that time, and he remains a State Committee member for AILA.  Earlier in his career, Luke was a member of the Southern Young Lawyers Committee and was the Society’s nominee on the Australian Young Lawyers Committee.