The Lavan Honour Wall
As at 1 January 2023
Present partners of Lavan who have been partners for more than three years:
Peter Beekink
Appointed 1991
Ian Curlewis
Appointed 1991
Iain Freeman
Appointed 1994
Robert Shaw
Appointed 1997
Paul McQueen
Appointed 1997
Sol Majteles
Appointed 1998
Derek La Ferla
Appointed 1998
Dean Hely
Appointed 1999
Shane Pentony
Appointed 2010
Craig Wallace
Appointed 2012
Joseph Abberton
Appointed 2013
Benjamin Fong
Appointed 2014
Tamara Heng
Appointed 2015
Gregory Nairn
Appointed 2015
Framy Anne Browne
Appointed 2015
Timothy Morgan
Appointed 2017
Cinzia Donald
Appointed 2017
Luke O'Callaghan
Appointed 2018
Lawrence Lee
Appointed 2019
Tamica D'Uva
Appointed 2019
Those who were partners of Lavan or its predecessor firms for more than five years:
Michael Lavan
1898 to 1937
John Walsh
1920 to 1949
Leonard Seaton
1930 to 1937
John Lavan
1934 to 1969
Alan Smith
1947 to 1955
Jonathon Ilbery
1949 to 1955
Colin Pollett
1955 to 1960
James Lalor
1960 to 1972
Barry Rowland
1960 to 1972
Raymond Lynch
1962 to 1978
Gerrard King
1966 to 1995
Keith Macfarlane
1967 to 1989
Kerry McAuliffe
1969 to 1997
Dan Mossenson
1973 to 2020
Peter Fogarty
1977 to 1985
Peter McGowan
1977 to 1997
Diana Bryant
1979 to 1990
Arthur Metaxas
1980 to 1997
Brian Conway
1982 to 1994
Geoffrey Hancy
1985 to 1993
Alan Green
1985 to 1996
Greg Gaunt
1985 to 2017
Allan Pocock
1986 to 1996
Lee Christensen
1986 to 1997
Michael Mills
1986 to 1998
Robert Sceales
1987 to 1994
Geoff Bourhill
1987 to 2010
Shayne Leslie
1988 to 1997
Michael Sonnenberg
1988 to 1998
David Goodman
1988 to 1999
Bettina Mangan
1988 to 2009
John Farquharson
1989 to 2006
Michael Schwikkard
1991 to 1998
David Burton
1991 to 1999
Michael Dulaney
1993 to 1998
Felicity Davis
1995 to 2004
Geoff Stevens
1997 to 2014
Mike Salmon
1998 to 2003
Suzanne Hay
1999 to 2006
Michael Bruce
1999 to 2011
Cameron McLean
2000 to 2006
Mark Williams
2001 to 2006
Alison Robertson
2003 to 2018
Caroline Brown
2005 to 2014
Mark MacLennan
2006 to 2013
Tony Chong
2010 to 2018
Daniel Kirk
2014 to 2019
Charmaine Tsang
2014 to 2020
Nick Stagg
2008 to 2021
James Steedman
2014 to 2021
Jessica Patterson
2015 to 2021
Former partners and staff of Lavan or its predecessor firms who have achieved prominence in their professions:
The Hon. Sir John Martin Lavan Kt
Justice of the Supreme Court of Western Australia
1969 to 1981
The Hon. John Lesley Toohey
AC QC
Justice of the High Court of Australia
1987 to 1988
Member of the Constitutional Commission
1985 to 1986
Northern Territory Aboriginal Land Commissioner
1977 to 1982
Justice of the Supreme Court of the Northern Territory
1977 to 1987
and Judge of the Federal Court of Australia
1977 to 1986
His Honour Kevin James Hammond AO
Inaugural Commissioner of the Corruption and Crime Commission of Western Australia
2004 to 2007
Chief Judge of the District Court of Western Australia
1995 to 2004
and Judge of the District Court of Western Australia
1982 to 1995
The Hon. Barry Rowland QC
Justice of the Supreme Court of Western Australia
1983 to 1996
His Honour Paul James Healy
Judge of the District Court of Western Australia
1985 to 2008
The Hon. Peter Donald Blaxell
Justice of the Supreme Court of Western Australia
2005 to 2011
and Judge of the District Court of Western Australia
1991 to 2005
The Hon. Diana Bryant AO QC
Chief Justice of the Family Court of Australia
2004 to 2017
His Honour Philip Pierre McCann
Judge of the District Court of Western Australia
2005 to 2018
The Hon. Wayne Martin AC QC
Chief Justice of the Supreme Court of Western Australia
2006 to 2018
The Hon. Stephen Thackray
Chief Justice of the Family Court of Western Australia
2007 to 2018
His Honour Michael John Bowden
Judge of the District Court of Western Australia
2007 to present
The Hon. Stephen Smith
Minister for Trade and Minister for Defence
2010 to 2013
and Minister for Foreign Affairs
2007 to 2010
The Hon. Ben Wyatt MLA
Treasurer and Minister for Finance, Energy, Aboriginal Affairs
2017 to 2021
and Shadow Treasurer
2008 to 2017
Her Honour Felicity Clare Earls Davis
Judge of the District Court of Western Australia
2009 to 2020
His Honour David Ronald Parry
Judge of the District Court of Western Australia
2011 to 2018
and Deputy President of the State Administrative Tribunal of Western Australia
2011 to present
The Hon. Michael Mischin MLC
Shadow Attorney General of Western Australia
2017 to present
Minister for Commerce
2013 to 2017
and Attorney General
2012 to 2017
The Hon. John Walters QC
Justice of the Family Court of Western Australia
2012 to 2018
The Hon. John Cameron Vaughan
Justice of the Supreme Court of Western Australia
2018 to present
