Simon Molesworth AO KC (born 2 April 1954[citation needed]) is an Australian barrister and environmentalist.
[1] After initially practicing as a solicitor (from 1978), Molesworth became a barrister in Victoria in 1984 and was appointed a Queen's Counsel in 1995, specialising in environmental, planning, heritage and natural resource law.
Molesworth was a Founder and Inaugural Chairman of the board of the Environment Defenders Office (Victoria) Limited, an independent public interest legal centre providing environmental law services to the Victoria community (1990–97) and helped lead the move to establish EDOs in every Australian State and Territory.
[citation needed] In 2013, Molesworth was appointed a Vice Chancellor's Professorial Fellow[8] at Monash University.
[citation needed] In June 2012, Molesworth was elevated within the Order of Australia by being appointed an Officer of the Order of Australia for "distinguished service to conservation and the environment, to heritage preservation at national and international levels, to the professions and natural resource sectors, and to community health organisations".