PAUL BYRNE

Paul has been practicing law for nearly 20 years in the firm’s practice areas of Family Law, Criminal Law and Professional Misconduct.

During that entire period Paul has been a Courtroom advocate and this special skill is especially suited to the firm’s areas of legal practice.

After completing a law degree, Paul lectured and tutored at University in law subjects for a year while completing a Graduate Diploma in Bar Practice. Paul then gained admission as a Barrister of the Supreme Courts of Queensland, New South Wales and the ACT. In that year Paul also received a student body-nominated award as one of the 50 best lectures at QUT.

Paul divides his practice primarily between Family/De Facto Law and Criminal Law The latter includes Traffic Law,Domestic Violence Orders and Professional Misconduct.

Paul is a member of the Family Law Section of the Law Council of Australia, the Family Law Practitioners Association of Queensland, and is a qualified Independent Children’s Lawyer.

Paul has practiced widely and for his entire career in associated and specialised areas within the Criminal Law and Quasi-Criminal Law jurisdictions including:

• Domestic Violence
• Traffic Law
• Professional Misconduct matters in QCAT
• Crime and Misconduct Commission hearings
• Australian Crime Commission hearings
• Australian Securities and Investment Commission hearings

In 2001 Paul undertook the Queensland University/Queensland Law Society Legal Practice Management Course and graduated with Distinction. Workplace environment and work/life balance are Paul’s collateral areas of professional interest.

After practicing as a Solicitor, Associate, Senior Associate and Partner, Paul commenced the firm P J Byrne & Associates – now BYRNE LEGAL GROUP, in 2004.

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