Three make partner in the massive promotions round
Wotton + Kearney (W+K) has elevated a whopping 34 lawyers across its Australian offices.
In the massive promotions round, three lawyers from the firm's general liability practice joined the partnership.
Canberra-based Cindy Lim is a seasoned insurance lawyer focusing on common law litigation. In particular, she has concentrated on matters involving public liability, professional indemnity, and institutional abuse. She works with commercial and government insurers, as well as self-insured organisations.
Gemma Burke also operates from Canberra. She has defended statutory classes of insurance claims, public liability, medical negligence, and historical abuse claims across the ACT, NSW, and Victoria. In addition, she spent nearly four years handling contamination class actions filed in Federal Court.
Sydney-based Maryan Lee has over 17 years of experience in insurance litigation. She specialises in issues involving complex personal injury, property damage, and pollution claims. She guides large commercial insurers on policy coverage, dual insurance, liability, quantum, and contribution in claims that cover domestic and commercial fires, product liability, catastrophic injuries, and pollution.
The firm also promoted 10 to special counsel, 9 to senior associate, and 12 to associate as follows:
Special counsel
- Brendan Kennedy (financial lines, Sydney)
- Emmeline Granger (financial lines, Melbourne)
- Eveline Rygorowicz (general liability, Adelaide)
- Jesse Pereira (general liability, Sydney)
- Jessica Smith (general liability, Melbourne)
- Matt O’Donnell (financial lines, Brisbane)
- Rachel Walls (general liability, Canberra)
- Samantha Younane (financial lines, Melbourne)
- William Yeo (general liability, Sydney)
- Yen Tan (financial lines, Sydney)
Senior associate
- Alexandra Robinson (general liability, Sydney)
- Anna Zeltzer (general liability, Melbourne)
- Bailey Neate (property, Sydney)
- James Gornall (general liability, Sydney)
- James Kefford (financial lines, Melbourne)
- Miranda Lakiss (general liability, Sydney)
- Nick Darwen (financial lines, Sydney)
- Simon Nickolas (financial lines, Sydney)
- Subashini Sinnan (financial lines, Melbourne)
Associate
- Caley McDonald (general liability, Brisbane)
- Declan See (property, Brisbane)
- Georgina Irving (general liability, Adelaide)
- Ioanne Gianniotis (property, Sydney)
- Josh Mills (general liability, Melbourne)
- Kapil Bazil (general liability, Sydney)
- Keely Gage (health, Melbourne)
- Liam Hanley (property, Brisbane)
- Michaela Manila (general liability, Sydney)
- Olivia Tan (pro bono, Sydney)
- Richard Marshall (financial lines, Sydney)
- Tamaki Brinkworth (general liability, Perth)
