Barrister, Forbes Chambers, Sydney

Riyad El-Choufani was admitted as a legal practitioner in 2009 and admitted as a barrister in 2019, his principal areas of practice being criminal law, administrative and public law.
Before coming to the bar, Riyad appeared as the Solicitor-Advocate in District Court jury and judge-alone trials, sentences, fitness hearings and appeals. He also appeared in complex Local Court summary and committal hearings, sentences, bail and section 32 applications.