Mark McCarthy

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Areas of Practice

Criminal Law
Regulatory & Enforcement litigation
Proceeds of Crime matters
Appellate
Inquests
Commissions of Inquiry
Statutory Tribunals

Professional History

Mark is a specialist criminal barrister. He appears in summary matters, trials and appeals and is available to provide investigation-stage advice. Mark has extensive experience in federal criminal law, regulatory and enforcement matters, proceeds of crime litigation, and state crime.

Educated at QUT, Mark was admitted as a barrister in 2000 and spent 10 years in-house at the Commonwealth DPP. He was a Senior Assistant Director for three years before joining the private Bar in January 2011. Since 2012 Mark has also been a Reserve Legal Officer in the ADF, and is also part of the author team for Butler and Holt’s Indictable Offences Queensland.

Mark continues to accept prosecution briefs but has also established a reputation as a formidable and effective criminal defence barrister, especially in cross-border and transnational crime and regulatory matters.

Mark is based in Brisbane but accepts briefs from all states and territories, and the Asia-Pacific region.

Qualifications, Appointments and Admissions

2000 Bachelor of Laws, Queensland University of Technology
2000 Admitted as a Barrister of the Supreme Court of Queensland
2002 Admitted as a Barrister and Solicitor of the Supreme Court of Western Australia
2009 Admitted as a Legal Practitioner of the Supreme Court of the Northern Territory
2000 – 2007 Commonwealth Prosecutor
2008 – 2010 Senior Assistant Director, Commonwealth DPP
Since 2011, Barrister in private practice
2012 – 2023 Australian Defence Force Legal Officer (Royal Australian Navy, Reserve)