President of the Law Council of Australia in 2011, Alexander Ward has over 40 years' experience as a solicitor and 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 member of several Law Society Committees including those mentoring indigenous law students, and those addressing community relations and professional standards. He was a long-time member of the Law Society's Ethics and Practice Committee. He regularly provides CPD training to legal practitioners and law students.
He is a legal officer in the Royal Australian Navy (Commander rank) and practices in Military and Discipline law, and is on the national Ethics Committee of the ADF Military Legal Service. He is currently an Assistant Inspector General of the ADF (IGADF) undertaking serious and sensitive inquiries.
Mr Ward is a Senior Member of the Administrative Review Tribunal on a sessional basis.
Mr Ward was inducted as a Member of the Order of Australia (AM) in the 2024 King’s Birthday Honours for service to the Legal Profession and the Arts.
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