The charges against Tricarico, while not linked to Mokbel, could also potentially cause a disruption to his ongoing appeal against his convictions.
Tricarico has represented Mokbel since at least 2017 and has been an integral part of mounting the case to have his convictions overturned by the Victorian Court of Appeal, which is due to hear the matter by the end of this year.
Operation Ironside involved the use of an encrypted app that was actually run by police.Credit: Alamy
Tricarico, who established her firm, Sarah Tricarico Lawyers, in 2016, has represented a host of serious underworld figures including convicted murderer George Marrogi and members of the Haddara, Barbaro and Tiba crime families.
On her company website, Tricarico describes herself as “your trusted lawyer in criminal law”.
“As a passionate and committed criminal defence lawyer, I pride myself on my youthful energy and determination to fight for my clients’ rights,” she writes.
Tricarico is one of a string of legal industry professionals recently charged with alleged offences or to lose their practising licence for serious misconduct.
This group includes Tricarico’s former law partner, Nick Marcevski, whose practising certificate was cancelled in 2023 after an investigation found he had “either intentionally, recklessly, or with a wilful blindness” breached rules around the use of a trust fund.
In July, lawyers Zoe Davis, 34, and Rachelle Badour-Taha, 25, were charged with perverting the course of justice and attempting to pervert the course of justice over allegations they altered a medical certificate for a client facing court on traffic charges.
Lawyers Zoe Davis (left) and Rachelle Badour-Taha in July 2024.Credit: Chris Hopkins
In September, barrister and former Office of Public Prosecutions solicitor Anthony Grant was charged over a series of alleged drug offences, including trafficking five times the commercial quantity of GHB.
The drug and others – including MDMA, ritalin, magic mushrooms, cocaine, ecstasy and hundreds of prescription pills – were found in his apartment.
He was also later charged with trafficking drugs at Crown casino in the days before his arrest.
Solicitor Glenn Thexton is due to face court next month on allegations he sexually assaulted a woman outside a kebab shop following an evening at a CBD strip club.
He denies the allegations against him.
