With 15 years of experience at the New South Wales Bar, Ross has significant experience in conducting complex inquiries.
Between 2023 and 2025, he served as Counsel Assisting the Special Commission of Inquiry into Healthcare Funding, a comprehensive review of the public health system in NSW, which resulted in 41 recommendations directed to enhancing the delivery of public healthcare across the state. He was Counsel Assisting the Public Inquiry into Blue Mountains City Council, and assisted the NSW Advocate for Children and Young People in the Special Inquiry into Children and Young People in Alternative Care Arrangements, the first inquiry to be held under the Advocate for Children and Young People Act 2014 (NSW).
Ross' expertise in conducting inquiries has been recognised through appointments as Commissioner of the Public Inquiry into Wingecarribee Shire Council in 2022 and as Commissioner of the Public Inquiry into Liverpool City Council in 2024.
Ross also has extensive experience in insurance disputes. He is regularly retained on behalf of both insurers and insureds to provide advice in wide range of issues affecting insurers and policyholders. His expertise in that area has been recognisned by his peers through his inclusion in multiple editions of Best Lawyers in Australia in the fields of Insurance Law (2019-2026), Litigation (2022-2026) and Product Liability Litigation (2022-2026).
Ross is also a member of the Commonwealth DPP external counsel panel.
Complementing his private practice, Ross is a member of the Commonwealth Veterans Review Board and the NSW Civil and Administrative Tribunal. In 2023 he was appointed Chair of the Cricket New South Wales Appeal Panel and Standing Chair of the Cricket New South Wales Judiciary Committee.
Since 2008, Ross has been a Reserve Legal Officer in the Royal Australian Navy. In that role, he has provided advice on a range of issues affecting Australian Defence Force members, including administrative law, military disciplinary law, and the conduct of inquiries within the defence context.
Ross has been a member of the NSW Bar Association Examination Working Group, and between 2013 and 2017 marked the NSW Bar Examination. In 2009, he was awarded the Con Varnavas Prize for the highest aggregate mark in the NSW Bar Examinations.
Prior to commencing practice at the Bar, Ross was a Senior Associate in the Insurance and Dispute Resolution practice groups of a national firm.