Sophie practices in family and de facto law and has an extensive experience in a broad range of associated commercial and corporate matters. She is also an accredited mediator.
Since coming to the Bar, she has appeared led and unled in trials in family law and de facto disputes including in numerous circuits throughout Victoria and New South Wales. She also appears regularly on behalf of Independent Children Lawyers.
Prior to signing the roll, she was an Assistant Registrar at the Commercial Court of the Supreme Court of Victoria. She also worked for four years as a solicitor at Robertson Hyetts in Bendigo. Her diverse practice was primarily commercial litigation which involved disputes relating to contractual matters, banking and finance, securities, bankruptcy, insolvency as well as employment law. Sophie was also an Associate to the Honourable Justices Nahum Mushin, her Excellency Governor of Victoria Linda Dessau AM and the Honourable Michael Watt at the Family Court of Australia.
She is the Secretary of the Family Law Bar Association, a member of the Family Law Section of the Family Law Council of Australia.
As a mediator, Sophie is available to conduct mediations at a reduced, fixed rate pursuant to the AIFLAM Fixed Fee Mediation Scheme as a member of the Australian Institute of Family Law Arbitrators and Mediators. She also appears as on the Magistrates' Court Single List External Mediators and speaks fluent French.
