Tankard's Law is a client-focused boutique criminal and family law firm located in Wagga Wagga, opposite the court complex. 

Tankard's Law focuses on top-level customer service for those who understand it takes more than generalist legal knowledge or a few years of experience to achieve the most successful outcome in criminal law and traffic matters.

“Results are everything. You often only get one chance to get it right. The Tankard’s Law motto of ‘putting everything into it’ will give you the best chance of success in your criminal law matter.”
— Zac Tankard
Zac Tankard

Zac Tankard

Zac Tankard, the Principal Solicitor at Tankard’s Law, specialised early in his career because he was passionate about protecting people’s rights. He knew that when someone is faced with hefty fines and/or imprisonment it can affect a person's life and their family's lives for years. He felt there was much at stake and that is worth fighting for.

Tankard's Law is headed by Zac Tankard, an extremely experienced and hardworking criminal law solicitor who has been practising criminal law in Local and District Courts throughout the Riverina since 1998.   

He has a passion for criminal law and understands the finer points of the law.

Zac knows how to listen and communicate in a straightforward manner with you personally, and how to communicate to your advantage when representing you. 

Zac puts himself on your side of the desk

“Zac is a highly skilled advocate who methodically prepares his matters. He puts 100% into defending his clients.”
— Christine Mendes, Barrister
“Zac has an exceptional level of professionalism and has an innate ability to inspire confidence and assuredness during an otherwise difficult experience.”
— Client - protected for confidentiality

ZAC's Proven track record 

  • Zac is an experienced criminal law solicitor who advocates in Local and District Courts throughout NSW on a daily basis. Zac has run thousands of hearings, sentence matters, bail applications, and challenged many domestic or personal violence orders.

  • Consistent with an attention to detail, Zac has a reputation for delivering great results.

  • Zac has a proven success and only retains the most experienced Counsel. Zac's overall success rate is well over 90%.

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Professional Registration

  • Solicitor of the Supreme Court of New South Wales

  • Current New South Wales Law Society Practicing Certificate

  • Admitted to Practice in the Federal Court of Australia

  • Admitted to Practice in the High Court of Australia

Education / Qualifications

  • Bachelor of Laws (Bond University)

  • Diploma of Legal Practice (NSW Law Society)

  • Certificate – Practice Management Course (NSW Law Society)

  • Certificate – Legal Trust Accounting (Legal Bookkeepers Institute)

Liability limited by a scheme approved under Professional Standards Legislation.