After-hours assistance

in criminal law

Below is a list of private solicitors in NSW who may provide legal assistance outside normal business hours.

For a referral to a firm during business hours, call the Society's Solicitor Referral Service on (02) 9926 0300 or 1800 422 713 (outside Sydney).

This list has been provided by the Law Society for your convenience. It is by no means a recommendation to use, or an endorsement of any of the solicitors listed. You are not obliged to use any person on this list. The provision of legal assistance is not a free service, and you should discuss any cost you may be liable for with the solicitor you choose.

Firm name

Firm address details

After-hours number

After-hours contact

Abbas & Co Lawyers  Suite 9, Level 3, 402-410 Chapel Road, Bankstown, NSW, 2200 (02) 8764 4753  Fadi Abbas 

Aurum Legal Solutions

1/299 Elizabeth Street, Sydney, NSW, 2000

0400 484 118

Joy Quinones

Australian Criminal Law Group 

1/299 Elizabeth Street, Sydney, NSW, 2000

(02) 8815 8167 

Joseph Correy 

ADL Solicitors

PO BOX 1013, Campbelltown, NSW, 2560

(02) 4626 5335 

Annette Charlton 

Advocate Criminal Lawyers Pty Ltd 

1/301 Castlereagh Street, Sydney, NSW, 2000 

(02) 8251 0048

Eiad Diyab 

Aquila Lawyers 

1/299 Elizabeth Street, Sydney, NSW, 2000

(02) 8251 0013 

Omar Juweinat ; Daniel Kradolfer 

Archbold Gittani

Tower One Barangaroo, International Towers Sydney, Level 35, 100 Barangaroo Avenue, Sydney, NSW, 2000 

0460 400 060 ; 0423 200 022 

Benjamin Archbold ; Rhian Bartley 

Armstrong Legal 

St Martins Tower, Suite 35.02, Level 35, 31 Market Street, Sydney, NSW, 2000

1300 038 223

Hotline 

Astor Legal 

Suite 5, Level 3, 1 Horwood Place, Parramatta, NSW, 2150 

(02) 7804 2823

Avinash Singh 

Astoria Lawyers

Level 2, 22 Belgrave Street, Kogarah, NSW, 2217

0405 724 878

Stephanie Angelovski 

Astute Legal Solicitors & Barristers 

Level 8, 65 York Street, Sydney, NSW, 2000 

1300 669 478 ; (02) 9871 0166 ; 0418 633 153 

Darren Emery 

Australian Criminal and Family Lawyers 

Suite 1003, Level 10, 265 Castlereagh Street, Sydney, NSW, 2000

0448 142 113 ; 

Osman Samin

Australian Lawyers and Advocates 

Level 1, 299 Elizabeth Street, Sydney, NSW, 2000

(02) 9159 9833; 0474 483 212; 0411 188 252

Daniel Shestowsky; Jack Leitner 

Bannisters Lawyers 

Suite 203, Level 2, 250 Pitt Street, Sydney, NSW, 2000 

0448 880 060; 0433 338 922

Ms. Abigail Bannister ; Ms. Sarae Kopra 

Bilias & Associates, Solicitors & Barristers  

Level 1, 181 Enmore Road, Enmore, NSW, 2042

0413 094 833 ; 0419 904 455

Angelo Billias ; Justin Lewis 

Jackson John Pty Ltd

Level 10, 60 Castlereagh Street, Sydney, NSW, 2000 

(02) 9267 6225; 0488 440 809 

James Clements 

Blomfield Legal 

1/340 Banna Avenue, Griffith, NSW, 2680 

(02) 6964 3794

Unknown ; ; 

Cambridge Law & Advisory 

Suite D6, 101 Rockwood Road, Yagoona, NSW, 2199

(02) 8833 8833 

Raed Rahal; ; 

Catron Simmons Lawyers 

Suite 3.13, 33 Lexington Drive, Bella Vista, NSW, 2153 

0407 171 626; 0407 534 594

Alicia Catron; Michelle Simmons

Clover Legal 

Level 1, 299 Elizabeth Street, Sydney, NSW, 2000

0423 147 071

Seth Gibbard

Coastal Lawyers 

2/172- 176 The Entrance Road, Erina, NSW, 2250

1300 271 289 

Kristal Naividi 

Condon Legal 

54 Union Street, Kogarah, NSW, 2217 

0439 302 203

Wayne Condon 

Criminal Defence Group 

Suite 3, Level 1, 370-376 Church Street, Parramatta, NSW, 2150

0415 408 939; 0451 484 010

Sam Chamas; Johnson Jiang

Criminal Defence Lawyers Australia 

Suite 279, Level 3, 398 Pitt Street, Haymarket, NSW, 2000

(02) 8606 2218

Jimmy Singh 

Criminal Law Group 

Suite 5, 153 George Street, Liverpool, NSW, 2170

1300 274 652

Elie Srour ; Mohammed Suliman

Criminal Lawyers Sydney 

Level 17, 9 Castlereagh Street, Sydney, NSW, 2000

0452 062 603; 

Sherleen Chand

Derbas Lawyers 

Suite 1, Level 2, 58 Kitchener Parade, Bankstown, NSW, 2200

0415 833 380

Memtaz Derbas

Dib & Associates 

Suite 302, Level 3, 276 Pitt Street, Sydney, NSW, 2000

0450 040 072

Ahmed Dib

District Legal 

First Floor, Unit 4, 8 Avenue of the Americas, Newington, NSW, 2127

0420 394 216; 0408 712 992

Wael Skaf ; Abdul Lazki

El Baba Lawyers

Unit 4, Level 1, 402-410 Chapel Road, Bankstown NSW 2200

0450 822 165

Mona El Baba

ETB Legal

PO BOX 564, Hurstville, NSW, 1481 

0412 915 247

Uzma Abbas

Fay Rose Legal

Suite 1, Level 4, 17-21 Hunter Street, Parramatta, NSW, 2150; 

0414 832 856; (02) 9633 4433

Fay Khalil 

Fleur Bitcon Legal

Westfield Tower 1, Level 23, 520 Oxford Street, Bondi Junction, NSW, 2022

0412 211 152

Fleur Bitcon

Ford Criminal Lawyers

Level 1, 299 Elizabeth Street, Sydney, NSW, 2000

(02) 8251 0008

Daniel Wakim

Fourtree Lawyers

Platinum Building, Suite 304, 4 Ilya Avenue, Erina, NSW, 2250

1300 529 444

Jane Hogan

G & D Lawyers Pty Ltd

366 Cleveland Street, Surry Hills, NSW, 2010

0412 194 456; (02) 8014 7020

Graeme Ulbrick

George Sten & Co

Suite C4, Ground Floor, 185 Elizabeth Street, Sydney, NSW, 2000

(02) 9261 8640

Maggie Sten 

Good Legal Pty Ltd 

1/299 Elizabeth Street, Sydney, NSW, 2000 

0421 717 019

Aaron Kernaghan

Greenfield Lawyers

Flinders Centre, Level 8, 25 Restwell Street, Bankstown, NSW, 2200

0422 372 695; 0413 753 193; 0451 529 770; 0426 891 227

Monique Tran; Vangu Kitoko; Ziyi Wang ; Xing Hu

Greenwich Criminal Lawyers 

45/680 George Street, Sydney, NSW, 2000

0414 133 944

Zynal Khan

Herald Legal

Suite 706, 368 Sussex Street, Sydney, NSW, 2000

0420 735 899; (02) 9283 8098

William Gang Wang

Hugo Law Group

Level 12, 179 Elizabeth Street, Sydney, NSW, 2000

0404 056 777

Carol Younes 

Hunter Shafiz Lawyers

PO BOX 2827, Sydney, NSW, 2001

(02) 9682 5433

Hoda Shafizadeh

Inner West Solicitors

Level 1, 5 George Street, North Strathfield, NSW, 2137

0433 637 672

Louise Coorey

Inner West Criminal Lawyers

PO BOX 344, Newtown, NSW, 2042

0493 836 349

William Martyr

Jack Rigg Solicitors 

Suite 34, 301 Castlereagh Street, Sydney, NSW, 2000

(02) 9281 8111; 0412 340 549

Michael Bellingham

Jameson Law 

Suite 301, Level 3, 69 Phillip Street, Parramatta, NSW, 2124

(02) 8806 0866; 

Cynthia Bachour- Choucair

Jenman and McMahon Turner Solicitors and Conveyancers 

Shop 2, 9 Oaks Avenue, Dee Why, NSW, 2099 

0439 792 481

Patricia Jenman

John B Hajje & Associates

Suite 649, 311-315 Castlereagh Street, Sydney, NSW, 2000 

0424 720 615 

Koo Abuali

Just Defence Lawyers

St James Trust Building, Suite 220, Level 2, 185 Elizabeth Street, Sydney, NSW, 2000

0416 540 000

Jeannette Fahd

Kalpage & Co Solicitors

26 Thyra Road, Palm Beach, NSW, 2108 

0418 211 074

Christopher Kalpage

Karnib Law Group

Suite 2/G2, 101 Rookwood Road, Yagoona, NSW, 2199

0415 444 318

Samir Karnib

Katsoolis & Co

Suite 17, Level 6, 85-91 Goulburn Street, Haymarket, NSW, 2000 

0438 665 578

Peter Katsoolis 

Kells Lawyers

Suite 4, Level 9, 66 Hunter Street, Sydney, NSW, 2000; 14-18 Auburn Street, Wollongong, NSW, 2500

0410 593 059; 0452 502 041

Patrick Schmidt; Teagan McConchie 

KF Lawyers Australia 

1/299 Elizabeth Street, Sydney, NSW, 2000

0434 255 922

Katrina Favre 

Kiki Kyriacou Lawyers

Suite 1101, Level 11, 265 Castlereagh Street, Sydney, NSW, 2000

0416 159 971; (02) 9190 6550

Kiki Kyriacou

KK Law Firm 

PO BOX 2025, North Parramatta, NSW, 1750

0419 755 529

Cheryl Khurana

Lawbank Australia Pty Ltd 

Suite 4, 159 Queen Street, Campbelltown, NSW, 2560

0402 932 554

Vaikom Sundar Rajeev

Legal One Services Pty LTD

4/190 George Street, Parramatta, NSW, 2150

0416 277 400

Alison Michael Eid

Liberato Defence Lawyers

Level 1, 299 Elizabeth Street, Sydney, NSW, 2000; Level 1, 180 King Street, Newcastle, NSW, 2300

0448 527 728

Damien Mahon ; Lindsay Stankovic

LDS Law Practice

PO BOX 373, Five Dock, NSW, 2064 

0400 411 928  

Lisa Swadling  

Ly Lawyers Pty Ltd

Level 1209, 87-89 Liverpool Street, Sydney, NSW, 2000; Suite 1206, 370 Pitt Street, Sydney, NSW, 2000 

1300 595 299

Thanh (Adam) Ly

Marsdens Law Group

Hibernian Building, Suite 1, Floor 1, 154 Elizabeth Street, Sydney, NSW, 2000; Suite 13, 130 George Street, Liverpool, NSW, 2170; 47/49 Dumaresq Street, Campbelltown, NSW, 2560

0416 184 412

Rylie Hahn-Hamilton

Martin Bullock Lawyers

The Gateway, Level 36, 1 Macquarie Place, Sydney, NSW, 2000

0468 459 322; (02) 9687 9322

Greg Martin

Mate Lawyers 

Level 3, 255 Castlereagh Street, Sydney, NSW, 2000

0431 704 563

Mickaela Mate

Matouk Joyner Lawyers

24 Little Riley Street, Surry Hills, NSW, 2010

0421 490 488

Elias Matouk

Matthew Lorkin Solicitor

Level 1, 299 Elizabeth Street, Sydney, NSW, 2000

0407 226 228

Matthew Lorkin 

Matthew Williams & Associates

Level 21, 133 Castlereagh Street, Sydney, NSW, 2000

0414 851 585

Matthew Williams

McCristal & Co Lawyers

1/299 Elizabeth Street, Sydney, NSW, 2000

0420 371 314

Claudia McCristal

McGirr & Associates

Level 4, 135-137, Macquarie Street, Sydney, NSW, 2000

(02) 8039 7497

Paul McGirr; Robert Candelori

McGowan Lawyers

6/339 Condamine Street, Manly Vale, NSW, 2093

0414 280 984

Ms Frances McGowan

MGL Lawyers

Suite 501, 12 O'Connell Street, Sydney, NSW, 2000; PO BOX 193, Sydney, NSW, 2001

0416 889 669; 0449 050 119

Lawrence Liew; Tracy Liu

Mitchell & Co Lawyers

Suite 801, 24 Montgomery Street, Kogarah, NSW, 2217

(02) 8507 2091

Mr. Gerard Mitchell

NC Defence Lawyers

Suite 1, 299 Elizabeth Street, Sydney, NSW, 2000

0404 768 983

Mr. Neil Chow

North Shore Criminal Law

Level 3, 66 Berry Street, North Sydney, NSW, 2060

(02) 9955 2298; 0400 446 424

William Vahl

NSW Lawyers

Suite 23, 33 MacMahon Street, Hurstville, NSW, 2220

0426 200 200

Julian Balloot

Nyman Gibson Miralis

Level 9, 299 Elizabeth Street, Sydney, NSW, 2000

1300 668 484

Phillip Gibson

O'Brien Criminal & Civil Solicitors 

Level 4, 219-223 Castlereagh Street, Sydney, NSW, 2000

0421 373 961 

Peter O'Brien

O'Brien Winter Partners Pty Ltd

Ground Floor, 360 Hunter Street, Newcastle, NSW, 2300

0431 600 666

Chris O’Brien ; Kristy Winter; Gillian Jewison

Olympus Law Partners

Suite G.02, 2-4 Holden Street, Ashfield, NSW, 2131

0488 000 014; 0433 707 130

Upol Amin ; Mohammed Mahoud 

Opal Legal

Level 2, 215-219 George Street, Liverpool, NSW, 2170

0433 847 892

Namrata Singh

Oxford Lawyers

7/21 George Street, Parramatta, NSW, 2150

0478 821 383

Zemarai Khatiz 

Paramount Law Group

PO BOX 280, Casula, NSW, 2170

0405 912 362

Heidi Haddad

PW & Associates Solicitors

Ground Floor, Suite 4, 29-31 Campbell Street, Ramsgate, NSW, 2217 

0431 768 900

Jason Hanna

PJM Lawyers

Level 1, 331 High Street, Penrith, NSW, 2750 

0420 308 996; 1300 363 197 

Paul Mazurkiewicz

Powerhouse Law Australia

Suite 8, Level 4, 20-22 Macquarie Street, Parramatta, 2150 

0413 254 529

Chadi Irani 

Proctor & Associates

Level 3, 22 Hunter Street, Parramatta, NSW, 2150 ; PO BOX 1286, Parramatta, NSW, 2124

0438 618 934

Peter Proctor; Matthew Cwampbell 

Ralph Lawyers

Nexus Norwest, Level 5, 4 Columbia Court, Norwest, NSW, 2153; PO BOX 77, Hazelbrook, NSW, 2779

0416 347 067

Dale Ralph; 

Rosemont Partners

Suite 1408, Level 14, 370 Pitt Street, Sydney, NSW, 2000

(02) 9000 9999

Hotline  

S.A.S Lawyers

Suite 10.09, Level 10, 2-14 Kings Cross Road, Potts Point, NSW, 2011

(02) 0960 9799; 0477 303 026

Samuel A. Shenouda 

SCB Legal Pty Ltd

Suite 3, 87-93 Henry Street, Penrith, NSW, 2750

1800 722 529

Ms. Sionea Breust 

Smythe Wozniak Legal

42 Gidley Street, St Marys, NSW, 2760

0498 458 000

Christopher Wozniak 

Stronghold Lawyers Pty Ltd

2/204 Merrylands Road, Merrylands, NSW, 2160

0411 212 312

Wissam Philopos

Sydney Criminal Defence Advocates 

Level 1, 299 Elizabeth Street, Sydney, NSW, 2000

0420 998 650

Robert Daoud 

Sydney Criminal Law Specialists

Suite 2, 247 Church Street, Parramatta, NSW, 2150

0434 856 436

Javid Faiz 

Sydney Criminal Lawyers

Suite 503, Level 5, 267 Castlereagh Street, Sydney, NSW, 2000

(02) 9261 8881

Mia Kowalski

John Stonham & Co. Lawyers

PO BOX 625, Campbelltown, NSW, 2560

0424 044 550

Daniel Mifsud 

Streeton Lawyers

Level 1, 167 Castlereagh Street, Sydney, NSW, 2000

(02) 9025 9888

Justin Wong

Bondi Junction Criminal & Family Lawyers 

81-83 Campbell Street, Surry Hills, NSW, 2010 

0424 349 347

David Roth

Sydney Criminal & Traffic Lawyers

Suite 1, 299 Elizabeth Street, Sydney, NSW, 2000

0438 818 887

Vanya Hampel

Sydney Legal Practice

133 Alexander Street, Crows Nest, NSW, 2065 ; Suite 15, 103 George Street, Parramatta, NSW, 2150; Suite 7, Level 12, 101 Bathurst Street, Sydney, NSW, 2000

0410 531 789

Michael Kiang

Tang Lawyers

4/201-207 George Street, Liverpool, NSW, 2170

0413 478 367

Ms. Anna Tang

Takchi & Associates

Suite 9C, Level 9, 33 Argyle Street, Parramatta, NSW, 2150

0411 111 005; (02) 9687 7933

Eddie Takchi 

The Law Practice Pty Ltd

Suite 2109, Level 21, 233 Castlereagh Street, Sydney, NSW, 2000

0416 161 624; (02) 9261 4088 

Martin Ricci 

The Law Shoppe

Level 1, 36-38 Canley Vale Road, Canley Vale, NSW, 2166

0422 388 555

Andrew Luong 

Toomey Lawyers

Level 4, 44 Pitt Street, Sydney, NSW, 2000

0417 669 703

Sophie Toomey 

Randall Legal Pty Ltd

1/40 Woodlark Street, Lismore, NSW, 2480

0410 277 880

Tracey Randall

Tully & Chiper Lawyers

PO BOX 1777, Ashfield, NSW, 1800 

0411 559 070 

Stephen Tully

Van Houten Law 

Alfred Park Chambers, Suite 9, Level 2, 370-376 Church Street, Parramatta, NSW, 2150

0412 200 175

Rodney Van Houten 

Velasquez Legal

1/299 Elizabeth Street, Sydney, NSW, 2000

0414 632 396

Carla Velasquez

Walter Marshall Lawyers Pty Limited

Suite 121, 30-40 Harcourt Parade, Rosebery, NSW, 2018 

0450 337 773

Ilvana Nanic 

Wentworth Lawyers & Partners

Level 10, 20 Martin Place, Sydney, NSW, 2000

1300 577 502 

Nazih Osta-Husseini 

William O’Brien & Ross Hudson Solicitor

Suite 102, Level 1, 281 Elizabeth Street, Sydney, NSW, 2000

0418 641 123

William O’Brien Christopher Cole 

Wollongong City Lawyers

Level 1, 133 Crown Street, Wollongong, NSW, 2500

1300 001 137

Racheal Garra

Younes and Espiner Lawyers

Level 12, 179 Elizabeth Street, Sydney, NSW, 2000

0404 056 777

Carol Younes 

Zanne Stratton Partners

Level 21, 233 Castlereagh Street, Sydney, NSW, 2000

0438 377 567;
(02) 8188 1801

Con Zanne