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Maxine Malaney
Bachelor of Laws, University of Sydney
Bachelor of Arts (Government & International Relations), University of Sydney
Maxine accepts briefs in all areas of law. Her principal practice areas are criminal law (including white collar and corporate crime), administrative and public law, disciplinary matters, inquests/inquiries and tort law.
Prior to joining Wardell Chambers, Maxine was a senior prosecutor in the Organised Crime and National Security branch of the Commonwealth Director of Public Prosecutions, where she prosecuted serious federal crimes such as drug importation, terrorism, money laundering and war crimes.
Before that, Maxine was a Senior Associate at Streeton Lawyers, where her primary areas of practice were state and federal crime, coronial inquests and commissions of inquiry. She also practised in professional disciplinary, discrimination and tort matters, and has taught criminal and civil procedure at the University of Sydney Law School.
Maxine appears in all State and Federal courts and tribunals in New South Wales, including regional areas, and accepts some interstate briefs.
2023-2025, Acting Principal Federal Prosecutor & Senior Federal Prosecutor, Commonwealth Director of Public Prosecutions
2017-2022, Senior Associate, Streeton Lawyers
Presentation on ‘Division 400 of the Criminal Code: Money Laundering’ at the Australian Federal Police Money Laundering Workshop, 2024
Continuing Legal Education seminar on ‘Particularising the Cause in Terrorism Indictments’, Commonwealth Director of Public Prosecutions, 2023
Presentation on ‘Terrorism Offences’ at the Australia-New Zealand Counter-Terrorism Committee Tier 2 New South Wales Police Force Terrorism Investigations Course, 2023
Presentation on ‘Commonwealth Counter-Terrorism Offences and Contemporary Issues’ at the Australian Federal Police Counter Terrorism Investigators Program, 2023
Paper and presentation on ‘Sentencing Practice in the Local Court of New South Wales’, Legal Wise Criminal Law Conference, 2021
Presentation on ‘Police Powers’, Legal Wise Criminal Law Colloquium, 2019
2018, Admitted as a solicitor of the Supreme Court of New South Wales
2020, Admitted as a solicitor of the High Court of Australia
2025, Called to the bar in New South Wales