Luke Vozella
Principal

Luke has a proven track record of outstanding results in criminal law matters in the ACT and New South Wales over several years. He has acted in many high-profile cases in the ACT and in New South Wales at jury trials, appeals, sentence proceedings and bail hearings. In 2024, Luke’s reputation was confirmed by his inclusion as a recommended criminal lawyer in the pre-eminent Doyle’s Guide for the region.

Before practice, Luke attended Marist College Canberra, graduating as Dux in 2007. He completed a Bachelor of Laws and Bachelor of Arts at the Australian National University, and prior to his admission took a Graduate Diploma in Legal Practice with Merit in 2014. Luke is admitted to the register of practitioners of the High Court of Australia and is a practitioner member of the Law Society of NSW. He is admitted to the panel of Criminal Law and Family Law Practitioners of Legal Aid NSW and ACT Legal Aid and represents the firm on the legal aid roster as duty solicitor one week per month at the Queanbeyan Local Court.  

Luke has broad experience as a family and criminal law advocate, having appeared before the Federal Circuit Court and Family Court of Australia and the Magistrates and Local Courts, District Court and Supreme Courts of the ACT and NSW, where he has variously instructed in jury trials and conducted matters as counsel at final hearings, defended hearings, committal hearing and sentence and bail proceedings in all of the above jurisdictions. Beyond his court work, Luke is a shrewd negotiator with a high success rate in managing the withdrawal and reduction of criminal charges and has participated in many successful mediation conferences in disputes about custody of children and property. 

Luke is committed to the integrity of our legal systems and the high standards required in the practice of law to ensure those systems operate as designed. Luke’s clients appreciate his big-picture pragmatism and dedication to their matters, delivered with a no-nonsense and straightforward style. Luke can provide you with comprehensive and strategic legal advice, with a view to your broader life circumstances, and passionately yet carefully advocate for your interests both inside and outside the court room.

Grace Vozella
Senior Associate 

Grace graduated from the University of Canberra in November 2018, as a Bachelor of Commerce majoring in Economics and a Bachelor of Laws. She then completed her Graduate Diploma in Legal Practice at the Australian National University. Before private legal practice, Grace graduated top of her class in Administrative Law, which advantage she brought to her work as in-house lawyer in the Commonwealth Government. Grace was also top of her class in Equity Law, which advantage she now brings to her practice of succession law within the firm (the area dealing with wills and estates). Today, as a senior member of the firm, Grace brings experience, dedication and empathy to her matters and is well regarded by the wider profession for the integrity with which she carries out her main practice areas of family and property law, succession and commercial law.

Grace is admitted to the register of practitioners of the High Court of Australia and is a practitioner member of the Law Society of New South Wales.

Grace is a committed solicitor, whose calling to the profession stems from an early ambition to assist people in times of need and to put her skills to the service of the community.  Grace is an excellent listener, and with this foundation goes about providing targeted and compassionate legal advice. Grace is dedicated to her clients whom appreciate her transparent and cost-effective strategies in the conduct of their matters.