Lasry completed his ' articles ' at the law firm Slater & Gordon , and read for the Victorian Bar under David Bennett QC . He was permitted to practise law in Victoria in 1973 and was appointed Queen 's Counsel in 1990 . Lasry has acted as a junior counsel before the Costigan royal commission , counsel with the National Crime Authority , and was the Royal Commissioner for the Inquiry into the Victorian Metropolitan Ambulance Service . From 2003 and 2006 , Lasry acted as senior counsel assisting the Coronial inquiry into the 2003 Canberra bushfires . Prior to his 2007 appointment to the bench , Lasry was entitled to practise law in the Australian jurisdictions of Victoria , New South Wales , the Northern Territory , Queensland , South Australia , and Western Australia
2003 Canberra bushfires
2003 Canberra bushfires
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