Defending the accused
across NSW since 2010Defending the
accused
across NSW
since 2010
Accredited Criminal Law SpecialistFirst consultation — free and confidential.
We act only for the accused.
You are presumed innocent until the prosecution proves its case
beyond reasonable doubt.
Our role is to test the evidence, protect your rights, and ensure the court sees the full picture.
Defence across the full criminal spectrum
Criminal Offences
Offences against the person, property, drug and public-order matters — from the Local Court to the most serious indictable charges.
Learn more →Assaults & Violence
Common assault through to wounding and grievous bodily harm, including serious and high-profile matters.
Learn more →Domestic & Family Violence
DV-related charges, coercive control and AVO breaches — defended with care and discretion.
Learn more →AVOs & Protection Orders
Apprehended violence orders, variations and breaches, in both personal and domestic contexts.
Learn more →Traffic & Drink-Driving
Drink and drug driving, licence appeals and major traffic offences. Your licence matters — and so does the result.
Learn more →Court Appeals
Severity and conviction appeals, annulments, and appeals to the District and higher courts.
Learn more →Dean Lenz
Dean Lenz is an Accredited Criminal Law Specialist, recognised by the Law Society of New South Wales — a distinction held by only a small number of solicitors in the state.
He has practised criminal law for more than twenty years. He began at Murphy's Lawyers, working directly with Chris Murphy on high-profile matters — learning the work where the stakes were highest — before founding Lenz Legal in 2010. In that time his work has spanned the full breadth of the criminal list: from murder and serious violence through to coercive control, drug and traffic matters.
Many matters Dean conducts and argues himself. Others call for a barrister — and over the years he has built lasting relationships with many of the state’s leading silks, the senior counsel engaged in its most serious and complex cases. He has instructed them in significant matters under Lenz Legal, and he knows who to brief, and when. He understands how each court runs, and what it expects. The result is representation matched to the matter: Dean’s own hand on every case, and the right advocate brought in when it calls for one.
He acts only for the accused, and appears in every court in New South Wales.
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Clear advice, from the first call
Speak with us
Call or send an enquiry. Your first consultation is free, confidential, and with a senior lawyer — not an intake clerk.
Understand your position
We explain the charge, what the prosecution must prove, where its evidence may fall short, and the realistic outcomes.
Build the defence
We prepare your matter thoroughly and represent you in court, with the same care whether the charge is minor or grave.
If you've been charged, or police have made contact — speak to us early.
Advice at the outset can shape everything that follows. The first consultation is free and entirely confidential.
(02) 9223 5530