Mr Ward has been recognised in the 2021 Doyles Guide as leading junior counsel in the insurance and personal injury jurisdiction in South Australia.
Mr Ward was named a Member of the Order of Australia (AM) in the 2024 King’s Birthday Honours for service to the Legal Profession and the Arts.
President of the Law Council of Australia in 2011, Alexander Ward has over 30 years' experience as a solicitor and now barrister. He has been the Australian representative on the Commonwealth Lawyers Association since 2008, and was its President in 2015-2017. He has practised as a barrister at Edmund Barton Chambers in Adelaide since 2002. He practises in civil litigation, with an emphasis on accident cases, fraud cases and cases involving complicated liability issues in addition to insurance law, Workers Compensation and military law.
Mr Ward commenced his career at Ward and Partners with his father Kevin Ward in 1985 prior to establishing his own firm Ward and Ward with his wife Amanda in 1993.
Mr Ward was President of the Law Society of South Australia in 2004-05 and during this time was a member of several Law Society Committees including those mentoring indigenous law students, and those addressing community relations and professional standards. He is currently a member of the Law Society's Ethics and Practice Committee.
He is a legal officer in the Royal Australian Navy Reserves and practices in Military and Discipline law, and is on the national Ethics Committee of the Australian Defence Force.
Mr Ward is a Part Time Member of the Administrative Appeals Tribunal.
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