Chair: Craig Lynch, Practice Group Leader, Slater and Gordon Lawyers
Craig Lynch is a Practice Group Leader at Slater and Gordon, having been admitted to practice in 1995. In addition to managing a personal injury law practice from the Sunshine office, Craig is also responsible for the firm’s worker’s compensation and transport accident practices across Regional Victoria. In 2001, Craig was accredited by the Law Institute of Victoria (LIV) as a personal injury law specialist and has since been actively involved with the program by being on the Personal Injury Law Advisory Committee from 2003 to 2011, and being a member of the Specialisation Board since 2007. As well as his membership of the LIV, Craig is also a member of the Australian Lawyers Alliance (ALA).
Presenter: Thracy Vinga, Barrister, Victorian Bar
Thracy Vinga was admitted to practice in 1983 and signed the bar roll in 1987. For the last 20 years he has specialised in appearances before the Victim of Crime Assistance Tribunal and appearing in Sentencing Act Applications in the Magistrates', County and Supreme Courts including against John Xydias dubbed the “Hot Chocolate Rapist” before the then Chief Justice Marilyn Warren. For over a decade he has edited the chapter on assistance for Victims of Crime in Fitzroy Legal Service's The Law Handbook.