Legal Leaders Series: Luke Geary, Salvos Legal Managing Partner

The managing partner of Salvos Legal talks to Stephanie Quine about founding the world’s first self-sustaining humanitarian law firm.

Stephanie Quine • 20 March 2013 • Video

Legal Leaders Series: Luke Geary, Salvos Legal Managing Partner

In this special video interview, the founder and managing partner of Salvos Legal, Luke Geary, talks about founding the world’s first self-sustaining humanitarian law firm.

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Geary is a solicitor and barrister of the Supreme Court of NSW and of the High Court of Australia and a registered migration agent. Until recently, he was the youngest partner in more than 120 years at a national law firm in Australia, but it's not something he cares to talk about.

Geary comes across much like the organisation he leads: humble, straight shooting, practical and endlessly passionate about using the law to help the disenfranchised.

Read the full profile peice on Luke Geary here.

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Cynic Saturday, 25 May 2013

What hasn't been made clear about Salvo's legal is that when they accept a commercial brief from a client, that creates a conflict of interest in relation to their humanitarian arm. A family came to me recently after being refused assistance by Salvos Legal because "we do work for" the large bank in questions, which was pursuing them for a very questionable debt. Therefore, all a commercial firm has to do if they which don't want Salvos Legal coming after them on behalf of a probono client, is give Salvos Legal some commercial work., The difference between Salvos Legal and most small suburban practices which do pro bono, like mine, is that we do pro bono AND we pay tax and Salvos legal does probono and does not pay tax. Unfortunately, the small law firms which have been doing probono for years and have been the main private providers of services to Legal Aid just don't get the hyped up media attention that firms like Salvos Legal and now the large commercial firms get for their recent presence in the probono field. But then again, we don't and have never have done this type of work for the publicity it may bring us - rather we do it to help people!

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Luke Geary Thursday, 09 May 2013

Fashion comes and goes - perhaps I'm ahead of the times!Great outcome in that Cth matter Mr Gleeson, thank you :)

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Michale Gleeson Tuesday, 02 April 2013

I have been accepting pro bono briefs from Luke and his team for two years now. Always well prepared and available. A good bloke (but needs some fashion tips :))

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Ted Dwyer, Dwyer Consulting Thursday, 21 March 2013

Luke is a genuine business innovator and man who is committed to using law as an instrument of social justice. Salvos Legal continues to attract blue chip clients while never losing sight of its founding values. Astonishing.

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