Patricia McMullan

Patricia holds Honours in Laws and Bachelor of Arts, and is driven to use the law to improve the lives of injured people.

Patricia has a strong history of successfully advocating statutory and common law matters relating to WorkCover claims in Victoria.

"One of the big challenges in personal injury is distilling a complex insurance scheme into everyday concepts and empowering people with this knowledge," says Patricia.

"I feel privileged that I can ease some of the harm done to injured plaintiffs – I went into law to help people and that is what I can do in this role."

Patricia is honoured to represent her clients and help provide some financial security for the future. In September 2021, her client was awarded over $1.5 million from the Supreme Court of Victoria. 

Patricia is also an experienced class actions lawyer having worked on the following settlement distributions of class actions across Federal and State jurisdictions:

• DePuy ASR hip implants class action, which settled for $250 million in 2016 - largest class action settlement in the Federal Court of Australia and overall the third largest class action settlement in Australian legal history
• Kilmore East-Kinglake Bushfire class action, which settled for a record $494 million in 2014 — the highest class action settlement in Australian legal history.

Beyond her work at Maurice Blackburn, Patricia has a strong interest and commitment to social justice, including her volunteer work with the Asylum Seeker Resource Centre and Fitzroy Legal Service.

Patricia has also been a past Co-Chair of the Justice Committee and Secretary of the Victorian Women Lawyers.

Accreditations & memberships

• Law Institute of Victoria Accredited Specialist
• Law Institute of Victoria member
• Victorian Women Lawyers member
• Australian Lawyers Alliance member