Experienced NSW Legal Advocacy
Accredited Criminal Defence Lawyer
Michael Bowe is a preeminent criminal defence lawyer who graduated from the University of Sydney Law School with L.L.B. and he was admitted as a solicitor to the rolls of the Supreme Court of New South Wales and subsequently admitted to practice in the Federal and High Court of Australia.
Michael specialises in criminal law and in 1980 he commenced his long-term relationship with Marsdens Law Group. He became a Partner of that firm in 1988 heading the Marsdens Law Group’s second largest office at Liverpool.
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Michael has 30 years of practice and experience, initially commencing as a general practitioner operating in a wide area of law and legal issues. Ultimately he developed his specialties as a court defence lawyer advocate with experience in all courts, tribunals and commissions. He has represented clients in many landmark decisions and in the process has established legal principles and precedents. Michael has been a guest lecturer in criminal law at the University of Technology Sydney. Michael specialises in criminal law and has been appointed by Legal Aid NSW to it's Serious Criminal Law and General Criminal Law Panels.
Appearing daily in the court system at all levels provides an innate understanding of what is required for the preparation and presentation of each and every case.
Michael's cases amongst other things include offences such as murder, robbery, drugs, various aspects of sexual and actual assault, sexual assault without consent, weapons offences ,affray, wounding, tax fraud , proceeds of crime, conspiracy the multitude of driving offences, and appearing in all our Criminal and Appeal Courts ,High Court of Australia ,NSW Crime Commission and ICAC.
These appearances require a detailed forensic analysis of each and every crime and an insight into the court system, a complex understanding of the rules of evidence, the crimes act, the relevant court legislation and case precedents. The Specialist Accreditation Board of the Law Society of New South Wales has accredited Michael as an accredited specialist in (trial and court) Advocacy. In its legal context, such advocacy is the art of conducting cases in court, both in argument and presentation with the skill to present the evidence in the best way to convince the court to your favour. The Law Society of New South Wales and his peers accredit Michael with this skill.
Matthew Edwards
Matthew has been with our firm from 2020, since that period he has absorbed legal experiences which has crafted him into being an astute and skilful lawyer.
Matthew has instructed Australia’s leading Barristers as well as running his own cases in the Local Court and District Court appeals.
During this time and after graduating in Law from Notre Dame University he has successfully completed a Masters of Laws in Criminal Law from the University of Sydney.
Matthew brings a wealth of experience with technical and case based arguments and will be willing to fight in your corner. He is well recognised by the NSW judiciary .