Admission Date
- December 1998 – Appointed Queen’s Counsel
- December 1982 – Admitted as a Barrister and Solicitor in South Australia
- June 2005 - Admitted as Barrister in New South Wales
Qualifications
- Graduated 1982 – LLB (Hons) – University of Adelaide
Previous Occupations
- June 2005 – 2009 – Barrister on full time retainer with the Commonwealth Director of Public Prosecutions as national appellate counsel
- May 2004 – April 2005 – Acting Director of Public Prosecutions (South Australia)
- July 1995 – April 2004 – Associate Director of Public Prosecutions (South Australia)
- June 1983 – May 1995 – Prosecutor – Director of Public Prosecutions (South Australia)
Specific Areas of Practice
- Appellate (High Court, Federal Court, Court of Criminal Appeal, Court of Appeal, Supreme Court).
Additional Areas of Interest
- Advocacy teacher since 1994
Professional Memberships & Bar Association Committees
- Member - Law Society of South Australia (at various times a member of the advocacy committee/ and teacher of advocacy)
- Member - Australian Institute of Judicial Administration
- Member - International Association of Prosecutors (2002 – 2008 member of the executive committee of the International Association of Prosecutors)
- Member - New South Wales Bar Association
- Member - Women Lawyers Association