Warren Lance ROSEN

Findings — machine-extracted (anthropic-batch:claude-opus-4-8); verify against the decision

Warren Lance Rosen, a solicitor and Accredited Family Law Specialist, appeared for an applicant mother in an ex parte Magistrates Court application and failed to disclose numerous material facts within his knowledge, including that the father was legally represented, denied the allegations, had made proposals for supervised contact, and that prior allegations had resulted in no adverse findings. QCAT found this breached Rule 19.4 of the Australian Solicitors Conduct Rules and constituted professional misconduct, noting his conduct verged on misleading the Court. No express finding of dishonesty was made. He was publicly reprimanded, fined $5,500, ordered to complete a remedial ethics course, and to pay the Commissioner's costs on the Supreme Court Scale.

Duties found breached:

• Full disclosure on ex parte applications
• No baseless or threatened misconduct report

Aggravating factors:

• Fundamental nature of the duty owed to the Court in ex parte matters
• Conduct verged on misleading the Court rather than merely failing to disclose
• Respondent was an Accredited Family Law Specialist yet showed lack of comprehension of his duties
• Failure to answer the Magistrate's question fulsomely

Mitigating factors:

• Agreed statement of facts filed; respondent admitted the underlying facts
• Not found to be unfit to practise