Our team

The people who'll answer the phone, and the people who'll stand beside you in court.

Every person here does one thing: Queensland traffic and criminal law. When you call, you’re not routed through a call centre — you speak with someone on this page.

Steven Brough

Founder · Traffic & Criminal Lawyer

Steven founded the firm in 2010 with one goal: honest advice, a fixed price, and the best service you’ve ever had from a law firm. Admitted as a solicitor in Queensland in 2001, he has spent 25+ years in Queensland Magistrates Courts and personally run thousands of traffic matters. He reviews every guide published on this site — when you see “Written and reviewed by Steven Brough”, this is who that means.

Belinda Smyth

Director · Client Services Manager

Often the first voice you’ll hear. Belinda has spent 24 years in the legal industry and manages every client’s journey from the first call to the morning of court — booking your lawyer, chasing the paperwork, and keeping you informed at every step. Calls are answered by Belinda or Sara, 7am–7pm, 7 days.

Russell Tannock

Senior Traffic Lawyer

A senior traffic lawyer who appears every week across the Brisbane network — Brisbane, Richlands, Cleveland and Wynnum Magistrates Courts — plus Beenleigh and the Toowoomba circuit. Russell handles everything from first-offence drink driving pleas to contested dangerous driving matters.

Jacob Pruden

Senior Traffic Lawyer

Years of dedicated criminal and traffic practice, from drink driving pleas to hard-fought dangerous driving matters. Jacob is a regular at the northern courts — Pine Rivers, Redcliffe, Sandgate, Caboolture and Maroochydore — and travels to Hervey Bay, Maryborough and Bundaberg.

Sarah Churches-Kennedy

Traffic Lawyer

Known for calm, meticulous preparation — and for making clients feel like the only matter on the list. Sarah appears regularly at Southport and Coolangatta on the Gold Coast, and on the Toowoomba and Gatton circuit.

Will Kennedy

Traffic Lawyer

Appears across the Brisbane, Ipswich and Gold Coast court networks in traffic and licence matters — a regular at Brisbane, Ipswich, Wynnum, Beenleigh and Southport Magistrates Courts.

Ryan Bentley

Traffic Lawyer

Gold Coast based — a regular in the Southport and Coolangatta Magistrates Courts, running drink and drug driving pleas, work licence applications and disqualified driving matters

Braden Milburn

Traffic Lawyer

Sunshine Coast based — appears weekly at Maroochydore, Caloundra, Noosa, Nambour and Gympie Magistrates Courts, and travels north to Caboolture and the Fraser Coast when clients need him there.

Sara Smyth

Client Services

Sara is dedicated to helping everyone who calls learn more about their charge and what it would cost if we’re engaged.

One of these people will run your matter — start to finish.

No handballing between juniors. The lawyer you speak to is the lawyer who appears with you.