Rebekah Majdis

CRIMLAW OFFICE MANAGER - PARRAMATTA

Rebekah has been with us since the inception of CRIMLAW and Rebekah is a committed and efficient office manager. She is also a Student at Law. She works hard serving the interests of our clients on a daily basis and is a dedicated and intelligent young lady, and has appeared in Court on numerous occasions with leave of the Court. Rebekah has been involved in this area of law for the past 6 years and knows exactly what needs to be done, both in and out of Court. An indispensible member of the CRIMLAW family, Rebekah ensures the smooth running of all aspects of the Firm, making sure that our client’s know what is going on every step of the way.

Hassan Hallak

CRIMINAL DEFENCE LAWYER

A natural lawyer with the gift of the gab, Hassan "Huss" has appeared in all range of criminal matters including traffic matters, local court hearings, bail applications up to appearing in murder, kidnapping, and large drug importation trials instructing and learning from senior barristers and Public Defenders. Hassan has a well earned reputation with both his colleagues and his clients. He tells it like it is and is constantly searching for ways in which he can advance his clients best interests in court. Fluent in Arabic and English, Hassan can converse with our Arabic speaking clients with ease. Hassan's passion and enthusiasm is only surpassed by his need to ensure that justice is done and has been a committed member of the Crimlaw family since 2008.

Fiona Aroney

PRINCIPAL SOLICITOR - CRIMINAL DEFENCE LAWYER

Fiona Aroney was admitted as a solicitor to the Supreme Court in 2006. Upon being admitted Fiona obtained a graduate position with a large and prestigious commercial law firm. She also volunteered as a solicitor with the Redfern Legal Centre. During her time as a corporate lawyer there she realised that her true strengths lay in interacting with people and fighting for social justice. She took that passion into a position with the Commonwealth Director of Public Prosecutions. As a prosecutor, Fiona gained considerable advocacy experience in the Local and District Courts, in matters relating to both Centrelink and large scale fraud, Customs affairs, Aviation offences, a variety of large drug matters, sexual servitude, child sex tourism offences, and matters relating to child pornography. She also learnt the tricks of the trade of the prosecution, skills she has brought with her to private practice.

Fiona's recently took the reins on the Crimlaw firm and with strong work ethic and passion to fight for justice is guiding it to be a firm you can rely on when you need a criminal lawyer.

She is also fluent in Greek

Wayne Russell

CRIMINAL DEFENCE LAWYER

Wayne comes to the CRIMLAW family with a wealth of experience under his belt. Starting his legal career as a solicitor practising in criminal law, he then spent 12 years practising as a Criminal Law Barrister before leaving the Bar to dedicate himself to representing the clients at CRIMLAW. Over the years Wayne has been briefed in some of the most complex and high profile criminal matters in NSW. Wayne is also well renowned for being a Lawyer that can get the job done. His tenacious approach in Court has seen him excel in his career and has clients returning over and over again. Wayne's reputation in the Legal Community precedes him and he is an indispensible member of the CRIMLAW family.

Robert Kaufmann

Accredited Specialist in Criminal Law

Robert began his career in law working for some of Sydney's top Commercial law firms. He finished his studies in Law working for a Judge where he was fortunate to see many court cases and obtained an understanding of the many complexities that affect a party in their court proceedings. From there, he realised that the defenceless needed protecting and consequently began working as a defence lawyer at the Legal Aid Commission of NSW. A natural born leader and contrarian he moved on from Legal Aid to be a Criminal Defence consultant and a few years later he set up his own law firm. Appearing in all types of complex criminal matters, his persistence, tenacity and passion for Criminal Law and the defence of his clients has seen him excel to the top of his field. His vision combined with his hunger to have justice done makes him the advocate that you want fighting for your rights. His belief that everyone is entitled to respect and a strong and vigorous defence is an ethos that he has shares in the CRIMLAW firm. His willingness to help any person under any circumstances is a driving force of CRIMLAW and helps it grow from strength to strength.

Metin Ozmen

Criminal Law Clerk

Called to the Bar of England and Wales in 2004 Metin has worked exclusively and consistently in defending those facing charges of a criminal nature.Metin possesses a wealth of experience having assisted clients facing charges ranging from PCA and driving matters through to complex fraud and murder including offences of dishonesty, violent offences against the person, offences involving drugs and firearms and offences of a sexual nature including those where allegations have been made by minors or other vulnerable individuals.Metin respects and values, the needs, rights and liberty of our clients, and strives to provide representation of the very highest standards in order to secure the best possible outcome in every case. Whilst awaiting his legal qualifications to be endorsed in NSW Metin assists CRIMLAW staff and clients by offering his skills as our senior law clerk.Once admitted to practice in NSW he will continue to be part of the CRIMLAW family as a criminal lawyer.

Jason Rafeeq

Criminal Solicitor

Jason is a recently admitted lawyer. He commenced with Crimlaw as a law clerk and stayed on once he was admitted as a solicitor in NSW. He has a growing knowledge of Criminal Law and a real hunger to fight for our clients rights in court