A Sydney law firm principal and convicted drink-driver has been charged with domestic violence offences and has vowed to fight them in court.
Ugur Nedim is the founder and principal of Sydney Criminal Lawyers, which claims on its website to be “Australia’s most awarded criminal defence lawyers”.
Ugur NedimCredit: Facebook
Court records confirm the 51-year-old faced Byron Bay Local Court on Monday over two counts of stalking or intimidating with intent to cause fear of physical or mental harm. It was his first appearance over the charges, to which he pleaded not guilty.
The court also heard an application by police for an apprehended domestic violence order to protect his alleged victim.
According to the Sydney Criminal Lawyers website, Nedim completed a Masters in law at Sydney University, began his career as a law clerk in 1992, and started practising in criminal defence six years later.
In 2001, he founded law firm Nedim Lawyers – Criminal Defence Specialists, which is now named Sydney Criminal Lawyers. The website claims he has acted for Olympians, CEOs and politicians, and that he is recognised by the NSW Law Society as an accredited criminal law specialist.
The domestic violence case is not the first time Nedim has been through the courts for a personal matter.
In 2022, he was sentenced to a community corrections order after his Porsche became airborne while he was drink-driving at high range.
Agreed facts stated he was pulled over by police after he turned his luxury car into oncoming traffic on Oxford Street, hit the concrete diving strip and caused the care to “become momentarily airborne”.
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