Dan Johnson is an experienced trial advocate, having worked for over 9 years as a State Prosecutor at the Office of the Director of Public Prosecutions (WA).  In 2019, Dan joined Murray Chambers as a barrister specialising predominantly in criminal defence law.  He has appeared as lead trial counsel in the Supreme, District, Children’s and Magistrates Court where he has successfully defended and prosecuted a wide range of criminal matters including sexual offences, drug trafficking offences, armed robberies, home invasions, serious violent assaults and fraud.  Dan has also appeared as lead counsel in the Court of Appeal and Coroner’s Court.

After graduating from the University of Western Australia, Dan worked at Freehills in Perth (now Herbert Smith Freehills) in the litigation team where he worked on the Bell trial.  Dan also gained further experience as a litigator working overseas in London, when he worked at Herbert Smith Freehills in the litigation team, acting for the EMEA joint administrators, Ernst & Young in the cross-jurisdictional global insolvency of Nortel Networks.

Dan has been a coach for newly admitted barristers participating in the Essential Trial Advocacy Course.  He is an active member of the Criminal Lawyers Association and the Western Australian Bar Association.