Daniel Pace

About Daniel Pace

Daniel Pace is a Sydney criminal barrister who came to the Bar in 2021 after 12 years as a solicitor and trial advocate. For about four and a half years before the Bar he was a trial advocate, first with Legal Aid NSW and then with the Office of the Director of Public Prosecutions, personally conducting jury and judge-alone trials in the District Court of New South Wales. His chambers profile says that, as a solicitor, he was accredited as a specialist in criminal law by the Law Society of NSW.

His experience spans serious indictable crime. His chambers describe work on matters including murder, terrorism, Commonwealth drug importation, drug supply, robbery, kidnapping, firearms, fraud, sexual assault and domestic violence offences, as well as sentences, bail applications and appeals for State and Commonwealth offences. The published decisions his chambers list include appearances in the District Court, the Supreme Court and the Court of Criminal Appeal, and a special leave application in the High Court, variously as advocate, junior counsel or instructing solicitor.

Beyond criminal trials, his chambers list practice in commissions of inquiry and inquests, disciplinary proceedings, regulatory offences, and administrative and public law, and say he has a particular interest in coronial inquests, medical negligence, high-risk offender and extended supervision order applications, and police misconduct matters. He is involved in continuing legal education for lawyers.

• Called 2021 Member of the New South Wales Bar, practising from 7GBC in Martin Place.
• Trial advocate Jury and judge-alone trials in the District Court for Legal Aid NSW and the ODPP.
• 12 years before the Bar Solicitor and trial advocate from 2009 to 2021, in private practice, Legal Aid NSW and the ODPP.
• Accredited specialist Criminal law specialist accreditation from the Law Society of NSW, as a solicitor.
• Appellate work Appearances listed in the Court of Criminal Appeal and a High Court special leave application.
• Inquests and inquiries Also practises in coronial, disciplinary and administrative matters.

Career before the Bar

As listed on his chambers profile:

• Trial Advocate, Office of the Director of Public Prosecutions NSW2020–2021
• Trial Advocate, Legal Aid NSW2016–2020
• Committals Unit, Legal Aid NSW (Sydney office)2015–2016
• Criminal Indictable Unit, Legal Aid NSW (Sydney office)2015
• Solicitor, William O’Brien & Ross Hudson Solicitors2014–2015
• Solicitor, ODPP NSW (Sydney office)2010–2014
• Solicitor, Justin Lewis and Angelo Bilias Solicitors2009–2010

What Daniel Pace handles

• Criminal law: trials, sentences and bail, for State and Commonwealth offences
• Criminal appeals
• Commissions of inquiry and inquests
• Disciplinary proceedings and regulatory offences
• Administrative and public law, including high-risk offender and extended supervision order applications

How a barrister is engaged. Barristers in New South Wales are ordinarily briefed by a solicitor, and availability and fees are arranged through the clerk. Direct access by members of the public is possible in limited circumstances.

Source: his Seventh Floor Garfield Barwick Chambers profile, reviewed 17 September 2026. Practice information is published by the barrister’s chambers and is not independently verified by this site. We do not name individual cases or the people involved in them.

Rankings

Doyle’s Guide does not list him in its New South Wales criminal law junior counsel lists for 2017 to 2026, which we opened year by year on 17 September 2026. Doyle’s ranks a small share of the Bar, and barristers in their first years of call in particular, so absence from its lists is not a finding about a barrister’s work.

Register status

We have not checked the New South Wales Bar Association’s register for this barrister, so this page makes no claim about his current practising certificate. The Bar’s register does not publish a stable address for an individual listing; you can search it yourself using the link below.

Where he practises and how to engage him

He practises from Seventh Floor Garfield Barwick Chambers, Level 7, 53 Martin Place, Sydney. The chambers clerk is Mark Grace; the chambers number is +61 2 9224 5600. If you do not yet have a solicitor, our matching service can put your matter in front of a criminal lawyer who can then brief counsel if your matter needs it.

Frequently asked questions

Who is Daniel Pace, barrister?

Daniel Pace is a criminal law barrister in Sydney, practising from Seventh Floor Garfield Barwick Chambers in Martin Place. He was called to the New South Wales Bar in 2021 after 12 years as a solicitor and trial advocate, including with Legal Aid NSW and the Office of the Director of Public Prosecutions.

What does Daniel Pace specialise in?

Criminal law and criminal appeals, including trials, sentences and bail for State and Commonwealth offences, as well as inquests and commissions of inquiry, disciplinary proceedings, regulatory offences and administrative law.

Is Daniel Pace an accredited criminal law specialist?

His chambers profile says he was accredited as a specialist in criminal law by the Law Society of NSW while practising as a solicitor, before he came to the Bar.

How do I engage Daniel Pace?

Through the clerk at Seventh Floor Garfield Barwick Chambers, Mark Grace. Barristers are ordinarily briefed by a solicitor, so a person facing charges would usually engage a criminal lawyer first.