Sophie has extensive experience advising and representing Commonwealth government agencies in judicial and merits review proceedings involving challenges to government decisions in a range of statutory schemes. She is committed to delivering high quality, cost effective legal services to government clients in line with relevant policy objectives.

Sophie regularly appears as a solicitor advocate in the Administrative Appeals Tribunal (AAT), the Federal Circuit and Family Court of Australia and the Federal Court, has instructed Counsel in complex judicial review proceedings in the Full Court of the Federal Court and the High Court of Australia. Sophie is experienced in the carriage of high-volume litigation and consistently achieves excellent results while working collaboratively with her clients to manage risk.

Sophie has undertaken multiple secondments to Commonwealth clients, working within in-house legal teams, delivering advice on legislative reform and defending administrative decisions and merits review matters.

Prior to joining private practice in 2018, Sophie worked as a senior lawyer at the AAT where she provided legal advice on statutory interpretation, migration and refugee law, privacy and Freedom of Information.

Experience

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