Stephanie has over 20 years' experience in representing employers, insurers and self-insured corporations in the management and defence of personal injury matters.
She is an experienced advocate and appears in the Conciliation and Arbitration Services of WorkCover WA, the District and Supreme Courts of Western Australia, and the Administrative Appeals Tribunal. Stephanie is a strong proponent of early intervention and alternative dispute resolution and is experienced in managing and defending complex claims including complex psychological injury claims.
Stephanie has performed a wide range of insurance work and supervises the firm’s WA Seafarers’ practice. She is valued by her clients for her pragmatic and direct approach to litigation and her down to earth nature.
Stephanise is recognised in Best Lawyers in Australia 2021-2025, Recognised in Insurance Law and Personal Injury Litigation (Lawyer of the year 2023) and Doyle’s Guide to the Australian Legal Profession 2021-2023 Leading WA Workers Compensation Lawyer (Defendant)
Experience
- Acting for and advising both insurers and self-insurers in the management and resolution of workers’ compensation and seafers claims.
- Successfully defending and pursuing a range of applications in the Workers’ Compensation Conciliation and Arbitration Services of Western Australia, District Court of Western Australia and Administrative Appeals Tribunal.
- Stephanie was involved in:
- Ethnic Interpreters and Translators Pty Ltd v Sabri-Matanagh [2015] WASCA 186
- The Cerebral Palsy Association of Western Australia t/as Ability Centre v Papalia [2019] WADC 180
- Kremer v Sandfire Resources NL [2020] WADC 130
- Yang v The St Brigids Convent of Mercy Perth [2021] WADC 132
Awards and Recognition
Best Lawyers in Australia
2024-2025 | Insurance Law
2021-2023 | Insurance Law, Personal Injury Litigation ('Lawyer of the Year 2023')
Doyle’s Guide to the Australian Legal Profession 2021-2024
WA Workers Compensation Lawyer (Defendant)