Current Committee

Natasha Stojanovich, President

Natasha is currently working as a solicitor at DLA Phillips Fox in litigation and dispute resolution. In 2002/03 she completed a three month internship at the Louisiana Crisis Assistance Centre (LCAC) in New Orleans, working on a variety of cases in Louisiana, Mississippi and Florida. Since returning to Australia, Natasha has remained actively involved in Reprieve Australia, and has previously served as Reprieve's Executive Officer, Secretary, Education Officer and Internship Coordinator. 

Matthew Goldberg, Vice-President

Matthew is a solicitor practising criminal law and works at Robert Stary and Associates. He has completed a volunteer internship at the Louisiana Capital Assistance Centre (LCAC), where he assisted in the legal defence of indigent people facing the death penalty. Matthew participated in the panel discussion Stories from the Frontline: The Legal Fight against the Death Penalty as part of the Victoria Law Foundation's Law Week. He was a speaker at the 2009 Western Region Constitutional Convention.  As well as being a member of Reprieve, Matthew is also a member of the Castan Centre for Human Rights and the Criminal Law Section of the Law Institute of Victoria.

Brigid Delaney, Media Officer

Brigid is a journalist, author and former lawyer.  She is the author of This Restless Life, published by Melbourne University Press in 2009.  She publishes a regular column in The Age.

Nick Harrington, Committee Member

Nick was the founding President of Reprieve and is a barrister at the Victorian Bar.  His principal areas of practice are industrial relations, employment law and discrimination law.

Paul Lamb, Committee Member

After hearing about Reprieve at a university talk, Paul signed up as a member and later volunteered to work as an intern.  In 2005, he worked at the Gulf Region Advocacy Center in Houston, Texas, assisting in investigations and legal work for a number of clients facing capital punishment.  Paul is a solicitor at DLA Phillips Fox, practising in the area of medical liability.  He is Reprieve's current volunteer coordinator and helped put together the Reprieve website.

Anna Martin, Committee Member

Anna recently completed studies in international law at the Centre for Transnational Legal Studies in London and worked for the International Criminal Tribunal for Rwanda. Anna completed a Reprieve internship in Houston, Texas in 2006.  While at University, Anna worked for a criminal solicitor.  She is also the Patron Coordinator of the Human Rights Arts and Film Festival. 

Lucy McKernan, Committee Member

Lucy is the Co-Manager of the Public Interest Scheme at the Public Interest Law Clearing House having previously spent 10 years as a commercial litigator in private practice.  In 2003 Lucy undertook a 5 month internship with the Louisiana Crisis Assistance Centre in New Orleans where she worked on numerous death penalty cases at both the trial and appeal stages.  Lucy maintains a keen interest in the abolition of the death penalty and her current public interest work at PILCH includes policy work on the death penalty.

Ben Kiely, Immediate Past President

Ben is a solicitor with Mallesons Stephen Jaques in Melbourne, specialising in general commercial litigation.  He studied Law and Arts at The University of Melbourne and graduated with honours in 2008, and was Editor of the Melbourne University Law Review in 2006.  In 2005/06 he completed a three month internship at the Gulf Region Advocacy Centre (GRACE) in Houston, Texas, working on several death penalty cases in Harris County and helping to draft the 8th edition of Losch's Texas Capital Defender Manual, a guide for court-appointed capital defence attorneys.  Ben returned to Houston for a second placement in 2008.  He regularly speaks at universities, and to school groups and professional bodies about his experiences as a Reprieve intern, and Reprieve's work.