Our Team

Jim Marsden Jim is the Senior Partner of the firm and has been in that position in an acting capacity since 2003 and in full time capacity since the death of the founder of the firm (Jim’s brother, John) in 2006. MORE..

John Adam John Adam is the firm's Managing Partner. He has been a lawyer since admission in 1979 and shortly thereafter in 1980 he commenced working at Marsdens. MORE..

Ken Searle Ken is the Partner in Charge of our Camden office and a member of our Wills and Estates Department. He has been a lawyer for in excess of 29 years. MORE..

Drew Percival Drew is the Partner in Charge of our Liverpool office. He has been practising law with the Firm since 1983 and has been a Partner with the firm for over 20 years. MORE..

Adam Seton Adam is the Partner in Charge of our Environmental Planning & Local Government Department. He has been with Marsdens since 1986 and, in addition to legal qualifications, Adam holds the degree of Bachelor of Economics. MORE..

Elyse White Elyse is a Partner in our Commercial Litigation and Dispute Resolution Department and our Insurance Law Department. MORE..

David Baird David is a Partner in our Environmental Planning & Local Government Department. David has been with Marsdens since 1986 and has a broad range of experience in a number of areas of litigation. MORE..

Peter Crittenden Peter is a Partner in our Commercial Property and Business and Corporate Departments. MORE..

Tom Reeve Tom is the Partner in Charge of our Family Law and Immigration Departments. Tom started with Marsdens in 1995 and has an Honours Degree in English Literature as well as a Masters Degree in Law. MORE..

Grant Butterfield Grant is the Partner in Charge of our Commercial Litigation and Dispute Resolution, and Insolvency Departments and has been with Marsdens since 1996. MORE..

Joe Bonura Joe is the Partner in Charge of our Insurance Law Department and has been with Marsdens since 1995. MORE..

John Henshaw John Henshaw became a partner following the merger of “Henshaws Late Night Lawyers” team with Marsdens in 2007. MORE..

Jeff Tunks Jeff is the Partner in Charge of our Criminal Law Department and brings to this role over 20 years experience in the criminal justice system. He is a Criminal Law Accredited Specialist. MORE..

Nevine Youssef Nevine is a Partner in our Family Law team and has been a member of the Marsden's team since 1996. MORE..

Justin Thornton Justin is a Partner in our Commercial team and has been with Marsdens for over 10 years. MORE..

Michael Bowe Michael Bowe has been with the firm since 1970. MORE..

Russell Norwood Russell is our Sydney office Property and Commercial lawyer. MORE..

Peta Hudson Peta joined Marsdens after graduating with Honours in Law and a Bachelor of Environmental Science from Wollongong University in 2001. MORE..

Deborah Vardy Deborah has been with Marsdens since 1990 and has practiced in most areas of law. She has been a Solicitor for 13 years and became an Associate Partner in 1999. MORE..

Tess Danjoux Tess has been an integral part of our Personal Injury Team since starting at Marsdens in 2002. MORE..

Angela Hayward Angela has been a member of the Marsdens team since 1998 when she was given a clerkship in our Property department. MORE..

Nick Kallipolitis Nick began at Marsdens at our Campbelltown office in 2005. MORE..

David Stott David began working at Marsdens Law Group early in 2008. He is part of our Property team and is in charge of our Commercial Leasing and Domestic Conveyancing. MORE..

Emma Macfarlane Emma joined the firm in January 2004 as a law clerk in our Commercial Litigation department whilst she completed her Bachelor of Laws and Bachelor of Business (Management) degrees. MORE..