After graduating with a Bachelor of Laws in 2005, Joel completed one year of legal training before being admitted to practice law in 2007.

Joel has spent his legal career almost exclusively in criminal law as a trial advocate having practised as both a Federal and State Prosecutor for 16 years. He joined the Commonwealth DPP in 2008, and then joined the West Australian DPP in 2012 where rose to the level of a Senior State Prosecutor and Practice Manager for one of the three trial divisions. In his capacity as a Practice Manager for the West Australian DPP, Joel supervised a team that consisted of approximately 35 State Prosecutors and 20 Paralegals. His team managed one-third of all the District Court and Supreme Court prosecutions within Western Australia.

Since 2008 Joel estimates that he has either directly managed or been involved in thousands of criminal prosecutions and has appeared as trial counsel in matters of all levels of complexity in the Children’s Court, Magistrates Court, District Court, and Supreme Court for a wide variety of charges, including homicides, sexual offences, drug trafficking, armed robberies, people smuggling, violent assaults, extortion, stealing, burglary, and white-collar crimes.

Joel has also appeared as counsel in the Court of Appeal.

Having had the advantage of working as a Federal and State Prosecutor for 16 years, Joel now brings his wealth of experience to assist and defend people who have been charged with criminal offences.

Joel is thorough, hardworking, and dedicated to achieving the best outcome.

Joel accepts briefs in the following matters:

• Trials in all criminal courts

• Appeals against conviction and sentence in the Court of Appeal

• Sentencing in all criminal courts

• Bail applications

• Professional disciplinary matters

• Inquiries, Commissions, Tribunals and Inquests

• High Risk Serious Offender matters