Roland Browne
Partner · Co-founder · Civil & Criminal
Admitted 1988. Civil and criminal practice covering administrative review, personal injury, anti-discrimination, environment and planning. Specialist in defending forest protesters and other civilly disobedient people. Vice Chair, Gun Control Australia. Spokesperson, Our Place / No New Stadium. Founded the Tasmanian Coalition for Gun Control in the late 1980s; a key architect of post-Port Arthur national gun reforms. NPR and Washington Post interviewee, December 2025.
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Anthony FitzGerald
Partner · Co-founder · Family Law
Over thirty years in family law. Co-founded the firm in 2001. Doyle's Guide Leading Family Lawyer — Tasmania, 2014 and 2017. Practice includes representation of both clients and children in the Family Court of Australia and the Federal Circuit Court — the separate representation of children being a distinct line of his practice.
Oona Fisher
Partner · Heads Family Law
Admitted to practice 17 December 2015. Heads the family-law team. Regularly appears in the Federal Circuit and Family Court of Australia, and the Magistrates Court. Practice spans property and parenting matters, divorce, Family Violence and Restraint Orders, and coercive control — an area where her work has been cited in published Australian research on family-violence reform.
Richard Griggs
Partner · Property, Estates & Civil Liberties
Joined the firm in 2020 after time as in-house lawyer at the University of Tasmania and principal adviser to a Speaker of an Australian parliament. Tasmanian Director of Civil Liberties Australia and a member of CLA's national Board. Lead petitioner for a Tasmanian Human Rights Act since 2016. Board member, Hobart Community Legal Service.
Rowan Silva
Senior Solicitor
Joined the firm in January 2026. Prior practice in Cape York and Townsville on behalf of First Nations legal services; principal of his own firms in Townsville and Cairns; head of the North Queensland offices of the Australian Human Rights Commission and the Environmental Defender's Office. Acting Magistrate (Brisbane) for several years. Finalist for the AHRC's Human Rights Law Award. Voluntary board member, Salamanca Arts Centre.
Tiarni Barr
Associate · Family Law
BA & LLB (Hons), University of Tasmania, 2018. Admitted to the Supreme Court of the Australian Capital Territory, 2020. Practised criminal law in Tasmania and the ACT, and worked for the Commonwealth across multiple federal agencies, before joining the firm in 2023. Family-law specialist — property, parenting, divorce.
Sarah Cullen
Associate · Family Law & Estates
Practises part-time in family law and estate planning, having returned to the profession after a period raising young children. Board member, Nipakawa Steiner School (southern beaches region of Tasmania).
Mel Karpinskyj
Conveyancing Assistant
Supports Richard Griggs and the firm's property and conveyancing practice. The first point of contact for many property clients moving through settlement.