IVAN VIZINTIN

Criminal Law (Summary, Indictable, Children’s, Regulatory, Corporate, Appellate)
Commissions of Inquiry and Inquests
Professional Discipline
Proceeds of Crime and Asset Confiscation
High Risk Offenders

Admitted as a solicitor in 2015 (NSW)
As a solicitor, appointed as an Accredited Specialist in Criminal Law in November 2021 (NSW)
Admitted as a barrister in 2025 (NSW)

2023 – 2025: Solicitor Advocate, Legal Aid NSW
2019 – 2023: Indictable Solicitor, Legal Aid NSW
2015 – 2019: Solicitor, Nyman Gibson Miralis

Prior to coming to the bar, Ivan was a Solicitor Advocate at Legal Aid NSW, appearing in jury trials, sentences, hearings and other applications across the Local, District and Supreme Courts.

As a solicitor in private practice, and as an indictable solicitor at Legal Aid NSW, he acted for and advised clients charged with serious offences including murder, commercial drug supply, drug importation, white collar crime and sexual assaults involving multiple complainants.

SELECT CASESHagerty v R [2025] NSWDC 67 – appeared as solicitor advocate – appeal against conviction – client with moderate intellectual disability – failure to comply with the provisions of s 13(5) of the Evidence Act 1995 ­– reliability of child complainant’s evidence – appeal allowed

R v Graham [2024] NSWDC 464 – appeared as solicitor advocate – sentence after disputed facts hearing – client retained 23% discount following disputed facts hearing – near identical past offending

R v Mohamad [2023] NSWDC – appeared as solicitor advocate – trial – domestic violence – causing bodily injury by use of destructive matter – defence adduced tendency evidence of complainant to threaten or engage in self-harm in the context of interpersonal conflicts – not guilty

R v Sazdanovski [2020] NSWDC 379 – instructed counsel as a solicitor – successful application for a permanent stay of proceedings – ex officio indictment filed by Director of Public Prosecutions part way through Local Court hearing