Joseph Catanzariti AM

Joseph Catanzariti AM

Joseph Catanzariti AM

Vice President of the Fair Work Commission

Prior to his appointment to the Commission, Joseph was a senior Partner of Clayton Utz and Practice Leader of the Workplace Relations, Employment and Safety Practice Group, and a highly experienced commercial litigator.

Joseph is the Asia Pacific Regional Forum Liaison Officer of the Rule of Law Forum, IBA and also an Adjunct Associate Professor in Work and Organisational Studies, School of Business at Sydney University. Joseph is the Chair of the College of Law, as well as a Board Member of the College of Legal Practice in the UK.

He has previously held the positions of President of the Law Council of Australia, President of the NSW Law Society, Chair of the Workplace Committee of the Law Society of New South Wales, and Secretary of the Industrial Relations Society of Australia. He was also previously the Chair of the LGBTI Committee of the IBA.