Peter is the Principal Lawyer and founder of O’Brien Solicitors. Peter is a highly experienced criminal defence lawyer with more than ten years' experience in NSW and interstate. Peter co-founded the UTS Community Law and Legal Research Centre in 1996, before moving on to work as a solicitor for the Children’s Legal Service of NSW. From 2001 to 2005 Peter worked for the Aboriginal Legal Aid Service in the Northern Territory, before returning to NSW in a senior role at the Legal Aid Commission. In 2002 Peter gained an Award for Outstanding Representation of Children and Young People from the National Children’s and Youth Law Centre. Peter is also an academic within the Law Faculty at the University of Technology. |