Caitlin McConnel | Farmer
Cressbrook McConnel Farm

Caitlin is a Senior Associate at Clayton Utz, working across practice groups nationally as a strategic legal advisor on ESG & sustainability reporting, environment & sustainable development, and climate litigation / greenwashing. She also specialises in agriculture, food & water legislation and policy, biosecurity, water, import/export, and human rights law.

In conjunction with her role at Clayton Utz, Caitlin is a sixth-generation farmer who oversees the day-to-day management of her family’s beef cattle & agrivoltaics operation in SEQ, and is also the Sub-Region 15 Representative of the Cattle Australia Regional Consultative Committee, and a Member of the Cattle Australia Sustainable, Resilient Beef Systems Working Group, the Queensland Law Society Water & Agribusiness Law Committee, and the Agribusiness Australia Queensland State Council. Caitlin is recognised as a young leader and top agribusiness professional in Australia, recently receiving the following accolades:

• selected as a Zanda McDonald Award 2024 Australian Finalist,
• awarded the 2024 St Margaret's Anglican Girls School Young Past Student of Distinction Award in recognition of her professional achievements in law and agriculture; and
• recognised as one of the most influential lawyers aged under 40 or under who have had an extraordinary impact on the profession or society, as an Australasian Lawyers 2024 Most Influential Lawyer.