David accepts briefs in all areas of family law and related matters such as intervention order disputes, as well as in civil and commercial litigation.
Before being called to the Bar, David was a senior solicitor at a firm specialising in family law and appeared frequently as a solicitor-advocate in interim and final hearings in the Federal Circuit and Family Court of Australia (and its predecessors).
David was previously been a generalist practitioner and has conducted litigation across a wide range of practice areas, including but not limited to contractual, real property and leasing disputes, guardianship and unfair dismissal applications, and corporations and bankruptcy matters.
David holds a Master’s degree in Applied Law (majoring in family law and commercial litigation) and a Bachelor’s degree in Commerce.
David was formerly a member of the LIV Family Law Section’s Property and Maintenance Committee and an editor of the ‘Computers and the Law’ journal of the Victorian Society of Computers and the Law. He volunteered as a solicitor at West Justice’s night service for a period of approximately three years. Presently, he is a tutor at the Bar Readers Academy assisting prospective readers to pass the Bar Exam.
David read with Dr Robin Colesmith (formerly Smith). His senior mentor is Michael Stanton SC.