Law Advisory Board

The Honourable Barry O’Keefe AM, QC (Chair, Law Advisory Board)
The Hon. Barry O’Keefe graduated with Honours in Law from the University of Sydney. He was admitted to the NSW Bar in 1957 and appointed a Queen's Counsel in 1974. He was appointed Chief Judge of the Commercial Division of the Supreme Court of NSW in 1993. Mr O’Keefe was President of the National Trust from 1991 until 2006 and Chairman of Interpol’s International Group of Experts on Corruption from 2000. He was the ICAC Commissioner from 1994 until 1999, President of the NSW Bar Association in 1990 and 1991 and Mosman's longest serving Mayor. Mr O’Keefe retired from the Supreme Court in March 2004 and joined Clayton Utz as a Consultant, where he specialises in commercial, construction and probity matters. He was appointed a Member of the Order of Australia in 1989, a Freeman of the City of London in 1991 and awarded a Centenary Medal in 2001.

Ms Lucy McCallum SC
Lucy McCallum completed her BA and LLB at the University of New South Wales and was admitted as a solicitor in 1986. She was employed at Mallesons Stephen Jaques, the Commonwealth Office of the Director of Public Prosecutions and the Queensland Office of the Director of Public Prosecutions. Called to the NSW Bar in 1991, Ms McCallum was appointed a Senior Counsel in September 2005.

Mr Greg Smith SC
Greg Smith has been the Member for Epping in the NSW Parliament since March 2007. He is the Shadow Attorney General, Shadow Minister for Justice, Shadow Minister for Juvenile Justice. He was formerly the Deputy Director of Public Prosecutions (NSW) since 2002.  He appeared regularly in the High Court of Australia.  His career in the criminal justice system started with the Commonwealth Crown in Sydney, which was followed by a secondment to the Stewart Royal Commission into Drug Trafficking.  Later the Commonwealth DPP sent him to Ireland with the extradition request for mafia leader Robert Trimbole.  Mr Smith worked for 2 years at the National Crime Authority before his appointment as a NSW Crown Prosecutor in 1987.  Since then, he has prosecuted many major trials, and also completed a stint at ICAC as Counsel Assisting. 

The Honourable John Dunford, QC
The Honourable John Dunford QC completed his law degree at the University of Sydney in 1959 and practised as a barrister in NSW and the ACT from 1960 to 1986.  He was appointed a Queen's Counsel in 1980, and was a Judge of the District Court of NSW from 1986 to 1992, and of the Supreme Court from 1993 until his retirement in early 2005.  He was President of the St Thomas More Society for Catholic Lawyers from 1990 to 1992.  He is currently Deputy Chairperson of the New South Wales Sentencing Council and is currently (2007) an Acting Commissioner of the Corruption and Crime Commission of Western Australia.
He is also a member of the Board of Governors of the University of Notre Dame Australia.

Mr Adrian Diethelm
Adrian Diethelm is a barrister practicing in Sydney in taxation law, equity and commercial law.  He graduated BA (1st class Hons in Philosophy) and LLB (1st class Hons) from the University of Sydney and was Associate to Sir Nigel Bowen, Chief Justice of the Federal Court.  He read for the BCL at Oxford and lectured in law at Sydney University.  He was subsequently a senior associate at Allen Allen & Hemsley and lecturer in law at the University of Queensland.  He has been at the New South Wales Bar since 1997 and completed the MTax at Sydney.  He is a Fellow of the Taxation Institute of Australia.

Mr Richard Shankland
Richard Shankland is a Senior Associate in the Litigation Department of Clayton Utz in Sydney.   His experience lies in commercial litigation and disputes, insurance coverage disputes and commercial advice work, and extends to corporate insurance, insurance and legal risk management, directors’ and officers’ insurance, and professional indemnity.