Doogue & O'Brien - Criminal Law Experts

If you have been charged with sex offences or you are wanting to appeal a conviction or sentence, Doogue & O'Brien can help you achieve your best result.

This website is designed to focus on alleged sexual offending and appeals as they are some of the more serious offences and procedures that come before the Courts.

If you are looking for information in relation to general criminal law issues please go to our main criminal website by clicking the following link - www.criminal-lawyers.com.au.

Unmatched Experience

Doogue & O'Brien is one of Melbourne's leading firms of criminal solicitors, with extensive experience in representing clients who have been charged with sex offences.

Sexual Offences Solicitors
Our sex offences solicitors run a lot of contested sexual offences trials (rape trials, indecent act trials, incest trials) in the County Court before Juries and we can help you to prepare fully for your trial.

We know the barristers who handle a lot of sexual offences charges and who would suit you and your matter. That is extremely important. You need a sexual offences barrister who you feel comfortable with and know has a huge amount of experience in this area

As sexual offending charges solicitors, we understand that allegations of sexual assault can be extremely confronting and upsetting. The starting point is to work out what the evidence is against you, assess what the likely penalty is, if convicted, and to understand the Court process. These are all factors that we have great experience in.

Having everything prepared properly for a trial is the crucial issue and we can ensure that there is no stone left unturned in defending your matter.

We pride ourselves on the fact that we take considerable steps to help our clients with their sex trials. We regularly employ experts such as private investigators and regularly subpoena documents that will  ensure that you get every bit of evidence together that will assist your case.

If you are contesting the matter and giving evidence it is very important that you are properly prepared for that process.

Appeals again sentence and Appeals against conviction

We are also involved, at any given time, in a considerable number of appeals against sentence or appeals against conviction from the Magistrates Court, from the County Court or Supreme Court to the Court of Appeal and Crown Appeals in the Court of Appeal.

For appeals we brief the leading appeals barristers.

Our appeals solicitors understand the process clearly and can explain it to you and what is involved in the process. We understand the timelines that the Court impose and what they are expecting us to file.

If you are appealing a decision of a Court it is important to have a full grasp of the relevant material and
be able to assess if other material is relevant to the appeal. Our appeal solicitors can make those assessments.

Our firm has defended over 10,000 criminal prosecutions and we have a huge amount of knowledge and experience that we can use to your advantage.

Call Us Today

Ring one of our solicitors now on 03 9670 5111 or select the "book your appointment" link in the top right of this page.