Before starting Anderson Legal in 2019, Andrew Anderson worked as a barrister both as a Principal Crown Prosecutor and in private practice with 8 Petrie Terrace Chambers in Brisbane. He was first appointed a Crown Prosecutor at age 22. Following that, he was appointed a Senior Crown Prosecutor aged 24. After being appointed a Principal Crown Prosecutor aged 26, he moved into private practice as a barrister with 8 Petrie Terrace Chambers in Brisbane. He left practice as a barrister to become a partner in an innovative and successful law firm. When he left that firm to start Anderson Legal, it had grown from a single office in Brisbane to six office locations across Queensland.

Andrew Anderson has previously been independently recommended as among the leading criminal lawyers in Australia and leading white-collar crime, corporate crime, and regulatory investigations lawyers in Australia.

Andrew Anderson has degrees in Economics and Law (Hons). His Honours’ thesis was co-supervised by Aboriginal leader Noel Pearson. He has undertaken post-graduate studies in cyber security management.

Anderson Legal is a boutique law firm that is designed to be accessible to businesses of all kinds and individuals from all walks of life. Andrew is committed to reducing the risks, costs, and complexity associated with regulatory compliance for business. Believing access to justice ought to be a professional concern for all lawyers, Andrew is also committed to providing affordable services to individuals.

Andrew Anderson has likely helped people just like you, and probably others who are nothing like you. He has a history of representing people seen as privileged and connected and also those who are marginalised or maligned. Most often, however, he assists people who fall somewhere in the middle – be they small business operators, executives, or employees who simply want help to solve a problem so they can ‘carry on with business’ or ‘get on with life’.

In being called to represent businesses of different sizes and individuals from all walks of life, Andrew has a proven record that shows he is prepared to take on challenging issues. He has represented survivors of abuse, victims of crime, and people who have faced discrimination, bullying, and harassment. Sometimes, he is called to represent people unfairly accused of wrongdoing, wrongly accused of a crime, or wrongly convicted of a serious offence.

What links all the businesses and individuals Andrew has represented over time is the desire to see their interests safeguarded and rights protected. Every business, person, and situation is different. In operating a boutique legal practice, Andrew Anderson provides premium legal services that are tailored to the unique needs of every client.

• Fennell [2019] HCA 37 (instructing solicitor to Holt QC and Gover)
• BBH [2012] HCA 9 (junior counsel to Moynihan SC)
• Handlen; Paddison [2011] HCA 51 (junior counsel to Sofronoff SG QC)
• Hargraves; Stoten [2011] HCA 44 (junior counsel to Sofronoff SG QC)
• Roach [2011] HCA 12 (junior counsel to Moynihan SC)

• Young [2021] QCA 131 (instructing solicitor to Holt QC)
• Young [2020] QCA 3 (instructing solicitor to Holt QC)
• Succarieh; ex-parte CDPP [2017] QCA 85 (instructing solicitor to Ryan QC and Ivessa)
• Houkamau [2016] QCA 328
• Dunn [2014] QCA 254 (instructing solicitor to Holt SC)
• Dunrobin [2013] QCA 175 (junior counsel to Callaghan SC)
• Suarez [2012] QCA 190 (sentencing principles)
• Perini; ex parte A-G (Qld) (No. 2) [2011] QCA 384 (junior counsel to Moynihan SC)
• Derks [2011] QCA 295
• You [2011] QCA 279
• Weekes [2011] QCA 262
• Price; ex parte A-G (Qld) [2011] QCA 87 (junior counsel to Sofronoff SG QC)
• Perini; ex parte A-G (Qld) [2011] QCA 30 (junior counsel to Moynihan SC)
• Stone [2010] QCA 157
• AAL [2010] QCA 146
• Gabbert [2010] QCA 133

In addition to his appellate work before the High Court of Australia and Queensland Court ofAppeal, Andrew Anderson has experience before many other courts, commissions and tribunals across Australia, including:

• Federal Court of Australia
• Fair Work Commission
• Queensland Industrial Relations Commission
• Administrative Appeals Tribunal
• Queensland Civil and Administrative Tribunal
• Australian Human Rights Commission
• Crime and Corruption Commission (Queensland)
• Australian Criminal and Intelligence Commission
• Coroners Court (New South Wales / Queensland)

Andrew Anderson represented numerous clients (many survivors of child sexual abuse) before the Royal Commission into Institutional Responses to Child Sexual Abuse in Case Studies 4, 12, 15, 34, and 38.

Unlike many solicitors, Andrew Anderson has conducted numerous jury trials as a barrister and advocate. The experience of actually cross-examining witnesses on multiple occasions, or delivering a closing address to a jury in a complex trial, represents an additional layer of knowledge and experience few solicitors possess.

With a background as a Principal Crown Prosecutor and barrister in private practice at 8 PetrieTerrace Chambers, Andrew has undertaken numerous jury trials before the Supreme and District Courts in Queensland:

• Homicide offences: murder, attempted murder, manslaughter, dangerous operation of a vehicle causing death;
• Drug offences: trafficking in dangerous drugs, supplying dangerous drugs;
• Sexual offences: maintaining a sexual relationship with a child, rape, assault with intent to rape, indecent treatment of a child under 16, possessing child exploitation material, sexual assault;
• Violent offences: robbery, grievous bodily harm, torture, assault occasioning bodily harm, wounding, deprivation of liberty, common assault, going armed so as to cause fear;
• Dishonesty offences: burglary, fraud, stealing; and,
• Driving offences: dangerous operation of a vehicle.