Dan O’Gorman SC
Roma Mitchell Chambers
193/18 Tank Street
Brisbane QLD 4000
Ph: 07 3236 1431
Mobile: 0418 769 653
Email: dogorman@qldbar.asn.au
Areas of Practice
- Native Title and Cultural Heritage
- Public / Administrative
- Human Rights / Discrimination / Equal Opportunity
- Employment / Industrial
- Defamation
- Inquests / Inquiries
- Professional Discipline
Selby Street Chambers
28 Selby Street
Adelaide SA 5000
Mobile: 0418 769 653
Email: ogorman@selbystreet.com.au
Education
1976
Bachelor of Arts, University of Queensland
1984
Bachelor of Laws, University of Queensland
Admissions
1984
Admitted to legal profession (QLD)
1985
Admitted as a barrister (NSW)
2006
Appointed as Senior Counsel
Professional Experience
1988 to present
Barrister-at-Law, private bar
2012 – 2018
Honorary Consul-General of the People’s Republic of Bangladesh, Queensland
1985 to 1988
Barrister and Solicitor with the Australian Government Solicitor’s Office
1977 to 1985
Legal adviser to Federal Ministers/Shadow Ministers, Department of Employment, Industrial Relations and Department of Prime Minister and Cabinet
Advocacy and Other Experience
2017
Rated as “Leading” Barrister in native title and cultural heritage in Doyle’s Guide
1996 to 2014
Faculty member, Intenstive Advocacy Workshops, Australian Bar Association and Bangladesh Bar Council
1996 to 2011
Lecturer and Facilitator, Bar Practice Course, Queensland Bar Association and Queensland University of Technology
1997 to 2003
Instructor, Australian Advocacy Institute
Various
Conducted advocacy training in Bangladesh, Cambodia, Nepal, Solomon Islands and Vanuatu
Professional Memberships
2017
Member of Steering Committee of The Justice Project: A National Blueprint for Justice for All being conducted by Law Council of Australia
2013 to present
National Human Rights Committee of Law Council of Australia
2008 to present
Indigenous Legal Issues Committee of Law Council of Australia
1996 to 2010
Equalising Opportunities in the Law Council of Australia
2005 to 2006
Security Legislation Review Committee (review of Australian terrorism laws as one of two nominees of Law Council of Australia)
Current
Member of Queensland Bar Association, Northern Territory Bar Association and South Australian Bar Association.