CRAIG LAW
C O N S U L T A N C Y
Alex Young
CRAIG LAW
CONSULTANCY
DONAL CRAIG
Principal Lawyer
DONAL CRAIG is admitted in South Australia, Northern Territory, Tasmania, Western Australia, Queensland and the High Court.
BACKGROUND
DONAL CRAIG was the former Associate to the Chief Justice in the Northern Territory, his Honour Kevin F. O'leary. In that role Donal was fortunate to observe first hand the forensic skills of some of Australia's finest criminal counsel - Barker QC, Abbott QC, Adams QC, Richter QC Hughes QC, Castan QC, Temby QC and Merkel QC.
He holds a double degree (BA/LLB) from the University of Tasmania,
a Masters degree (LLM) from the University of Melbourne, as well as a Diploma of Commercial Mediation from the Australian Commercial Disputes Centre in Sydney.
Donal has operated his own boutique law firm for 25 years, over that time he has argued
over 300 trials.
Donal is a strong believer in the very real benefits of Alternate Dispute Resolution and been involved in about 100 mediations both as counsel and as mediator.
He has managed a criminal practice for Legal Aid in Tasmania - arguing their more complex Criminal matters in the Magistrates Court and Supreme Courts.
Donal Craig was recently contracted by the South Australian Police to conduct Prosecution work which has given him a unique and invaluable understanding of their systems and processes used by the police.
Donal Craig BA/LLB. LLM.
Donal Craig watches with NT Legal Aid barrister Carly Ingles as his daughter Alex takes her first step as a court room lawyer.
The Advocate 17/08/2019 by Leah McBey
NW Legal Aid criminal lawyer Donal Craig loves
having an endless supply of crime
You could say Legal Aid criminal lawyer Donal Craig has crime in the blood.
Family tradition paints his ancestors as Highland horse thieves, who spent their time 'test-driving' ponies around Scotland before the family moved to Ireland.
The great potato famine of the late 1840s found them risking the notorious 'coffin ships' which took huge numbers of the Irish across the Atlantic to the United States.
Clearly a hardy group, they finally settled in the small Illinois town of Mattoon.
There in the 1858, Mr Craig's great-grandfather opened Craig and Craig, which claims the distinction of being the oldest law firm in the United States practising in the same place.
It is still going strong, more than 160 years later.
