Mario Cenacchi

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Since coming to the Bar Mario has appeared in criminal and civil matters in a range of jurisdictions, both state and federal, including interstate appearances in NSW and Queensland.

Mario has had sole conduct of Criminal jury trials in both the County and Supreme Courts leading to numerous findings of not guilty including a full acquittal in an Attempted Murder trial in the Supreme Court of Victoria in 2015.

During his first ten years at the bar Mario practiced predominantly in the area of criminal law. In 2015 Mario expanded his practice to include family law and has since commited a great deal of time energy into that area.

In 2017 Mario had sole conduct of a complex fraud matter which ran as four back to back jury trials spaning 17 weeks.

 He has had sole conduct of Family Law trials relating to both property and children. Mario has experience in property matters conserning descretionary trusts.

Mario's curent practice is approximatly 50% family law 30% criminal law and 20% appealate law.

Mario has extensive knowledge and experience in Intervention Order matters both for the applicant and the respondent including successful appeals to both the County and Supreme Courts. Most recently Mario was sole counsel for the plaintiff in AAA v County Court of Victoria & Ors [2023] VSC 13 (31 January 2023) (austlii.edu.au) which changed the law for intervention order appeals in Victoria, and sole counsel for the plaintiff in  DDD v Magistrates' Court of Victoria [2023] VSC 89 (28 February 2023) (austlii.edu.au) which settled an ambigiuty in the application of the law in relation to the courts power in certain Intervention Order applications. He is a proficient and energetic advocate prepared to take a stand when necessary. An extensive and varied collection of life experiences including 3 years in the Australian Regular Army where he served with 3RAR and 4 years as a secondary school teacher have imbued Mario with an appreciation of, and respect for, people from all walks of life.

Mario will consider requests for Pro Bono assistance.

Telephone
9225 7888
Fax
9600 0320
E-mail
Degrees
Bachelor of Arts (Melbourne University) Graduate Diploma of Education (Melbourne University) Bachelor of Laws (with Honours) (Victoria University)
Year Admitted
2006
Year Signed Bar Roll
2006