Ross Ray

{{Short description|Australian lawyer}} {{Use dmy dates|date=July 2019}} '''Ross Ray''' QC was an Australian barrister and the President of the Law Council of Australia.<ref>{{Cite web |url=http://www.lawcouncil.asn.au/RayBio.pdf |title=Archived copy |access-date=3 August 2008 |archive-date=19 July 2008 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20080719004343/http://www.lawcouncil.asn.au/RayBio.pdf |url-status=dead }}</ref>

Ross Ray studied at Monash University, where he obtained a Bachelor of Jurisprudence and a Bachelor of Laws, graduating in 1975.<ref>{{Cite web |url=http://www.monash.edu.au/pubs/monmag/issue21-2008/alumni/classnotes-seventies.html |title=Classnotes, 1970s, Monash Magazine 2008 |access-date=3 August 2008 |archive-date=21 August 2008 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20080821170307/http://www.monash.edu.au/pubs/monmag/issue21-2008/alumni/classnotes-seventies.html |url-status=dead }}</ref>

He practised in a range of areas and participated in some of Australia's most well known cases.<ref>{{Cite web |url=http://www.vicbar.com.au/bp.aspx?RollNumber=1215 |title=Barrister Details - Ross Ray QC |access-date=3 August 2008 |archive-date=31 July 2008 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20080731150557/http://www.vicbar.com.au/bp.aspx?RollNumber=1215 |url-status=dead }}</ref> Ray was Chair of the Victorian Bar in 2004 and 2005.

He appeared in many major coronial investigations and Royal Commissions, including the Grand Prix death at Albert Park.

His wife, Mara, is also a Victorian barrister.

Ross Ray died on 22 May 2016 in a quad bike accident at his hobby farm near Mansfield, Victoria.<ref>{{Cite news|url=http://www.theage.com.au/victoria/prominent-barrister-ross-ray-qc-killed-in-quad-bike-accident-20160523-gp1fl7.html|title=Prominent barrister Ross Ray, QC, killed in quad bike accident|last=Vedelago|first=Cameron Houston and Chris|newspaper=The Age|access-date=2016-05-23}}</ref>

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