David McCallum

Barrister 

dmccallum@counsel.net.au

Telephone: 02 8815 9330
Fax: 02 8815 9303

Admitted as Barrister: 2006
Admitted as Solicitor: 2000

Practice areas:

• Appellate
• Apprehended Violence Orders
• Civil Claims
• Criminal Law
• Driving & traffic matters
• Motor accidents

David’s background before coming to the law is an interesting and chequered one which has equipped him with the capacity to relate well to clients and juries, and to think laterally about the resolution of legal issues.  He has worked in the rural, manufacturing and transport industries and was the proprietor of a bus tour & charter business on Queensland’s Gold Coast between 1994 and 1998.  He was chairman of the working committee that ultimately established the first Community Bank in Queensland at Biggera Waters in 2000. Relevantly, his legal background includes:

• 2000 – 2002 Solicitor, private practice (regional NSW)
• 2002 – 2004 Solicitor, Kamilaroi Aboriginal Legal Service
• 2004 – 2006 Associate to his Honour Judge J B Phelan, District Court of NSW; Associate to his Honour Judge Conlon SC, District Court of NSW
• 2013 – 2014 State Prosecutor, Western Australia DPP