Solicitor
AIrways Aviation
Total years of experience :11 years, 4 Months
-Brief senior council on taxation matter
-Prepare matter for litigation
-Set up legal repository for large scale litigation.
-Assess briefs to determine reasonable prospects and public interest considerations.
-Draft advice to the Director of Public Prosecutions
-Respond to written representations made by defence
-Appear in Local Court hearings, sentences and applications such as bail, annulment and section 20BQ applications.
- Instruct counsel in District Court and Supreme Court trials
- Appear in short matters in the District Court
- Liaise with investigative agencies and defence representatives.
-Supporting and training junior staff
-Legal Research using legal and practice management systems and databases.
Office of the Director of Public Prosecutions
- Screen, analyse and assess briefs
- Appear in the Local and District Court in hearings, sentences and severity appeals.
- Efficiently and timely prepare matters for trial
-Instruct in District and Supreme court trials
-Conference with victims and witnesses.
-Liaise with police, gathering evidence, preparing schedule of documents
- Ensure overall ensure smooth running of trial
-Proficient in use of CASES (internal ODPP system) to update and maintain results.
Action Plan Advisory Body
Appointed as a Community
of NSW Youth Advisory Council
Appointed by Minister Linda Burney to advise the minister and relevant departments on policy, planning and decision making issues that affect young people.
Criminal, Immigration, Family matters)
-Attend mediation conferences.
-Draft case summaries/chronology
-Preparation of files pre- trial
-Court mentions and appearances in Local Court, Family Court, Federal Magistrate Court and District Court.
-Draft letters to clients and solicitors
-Interview clients, witnesses
-Draft Affidavits, subpoenas and submissions
-Assisted in bail application preparation for Supreme Court
-Assisted in case preparation for Court of Criminal Appeal matters, Family Court matters and Federal Magistrate Court matters.
-Draft cross examination questions for trial
-Write up review applications to the MRT and FRT
Seasonal work) Community Relations Commission (CRC)
of Youth Justice Advisory Committee
Responsible for providing advise to the
Mentor/Mentee relationship with Intellectual Property partner from Clayton Utz
April 2005 Children’s Drug Court (Campbelltown).
COMMITTEE, COUNCILS & PANELS
Dec 2010 Interviewee on
Marsdens Law Group/ Personal Injury
- Assessing the Merits of a Case
(Understand the elements of case and the evidence to support the claim made
- Initiating and Responding to Claims (Draft statement of claim including particulars)
-Gathering and Presenting Evidence
-Taking and Responding to Interlocutory and Default Proceedings
-Draft notice of motion, subpoenas and letters of advice
-Draft settlement agreements
-Interview clients, liaise with opponents, witnesses
-Legal research using various legal databases.
-Formal training in lexis Nexis
Involvement in mediation of commercial disputes
-Assisted senior partner in commercial litigation
-Discovery of documents in defamation case
-Preparation of contracts in conveyance matters
-Draft statements of claim
-Subpoena writing
-Write up of draft interrogatories
-Prepare documents for probate and wills
-Bills and invoicing
-Court appearances and mentions
-Letters to advice to clients and Solicitors
-Interviews with witnesses
International Taxation law
-Responsible for setting up legal repository and document management system for large litigation matter.
-Analyse and prepare evidence in preparation for tax litigation.
-Brief senior lawyers in large scale litigation.
Commonwealth DPP
9321- 1100 (Australian)
courses: Regular advocacy and litigation/in-house training 2005 Computer Applications for the office (TAFE accredited) 2005 Young Women’s Leadership Course (TAFE accredited) Women in Decision Making Leadership and Communication skills 2004 Youth Leadership Training (NSW Parliament House)
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