LawRight Staff

Operations

CEO: Karen Dyhrberg
Director of Governance & Operations: Linda Macpherson
Operations Manager: Nikki Gatbonton
Bookkeeper: Rebecca Slade
Data Management & Projects: Zoe Rienecker
Projects & Operations: Bronte Coates
Events & Operations: Tracey Press
Intake Officer: Georgia Temple
Intake Officer: Christie Abraham

Pro Bono Connect

Director: Rose Mackay
Senior Lawyer: Jessica Massa
Lawyer: Stephen McClure
Paralegal: Lauren Petrohilos

Community & Health Justice Partnerships

Director: Stephen Grace
Senior Lawyer: Kate Adnams
Senior Lawyer: Josephine Allan (parental leave)
Senior Lawyer: Aaron Harris (parental leave replacement from June 2025)
Lawyer: Bonnie Djordjevic (parental leave)
Lawyer: Ayla Fetahagic
Lawyer: Natasha Bopaiah
Paralegal: Laura Peters
Paralegal: Alice Robinson

Cairns office

Senior Lawyer: Tracey White
Paralegal: Constance Whiteside

Court and Tribunal Services

Director: Ben Tuckett
Assistant Director: Nikki Hancock

State Courts office

Senior Lawyer: Natalie Morris
Senior Lawyer: Melinda Willis
Paralegal: Abby Ndayishimiye
Paralegal: Edward Griffin

Enforcement Hearing Duty Lawyer Service

Senior Lawyer: Melinda Willis
Paralegal: Abigail Pirie

QCAT office

Senior Lawyer: Clare Carter
Senior Lawyer: Lexie Graham
Lawyer: Caitlin Josey
Paralegal: Talia Jeuda

Federal Courts office

Senior Lawyer: Madeleine O’Sullivan
Paralegal: Caitlyn Larkin

President
Jacqueline Wootton, Partner of Herbert Smith Freehills Kramer

Secretary
Tania Boal, Partner of MurphySchmidt

Treasurer
Tony Denholder, Partner of Ashurst

Queensland Law Society Nominee
Binari De Saram, Legal Policy Manager and Solicitor of
Queensland Law Society

Legal Practice Members
Stephen Knight, Partner of MinterEllison
Tim Longwill, Partner of McCullough Robertson

Barrister Members
Hamish Clift
Salwa Marsh

Bar Association of Queensland Nominee
Andrew Crowe KC