Experience & Expertise

Alex commenced her legal career as a law clerk with a firm specialising in criminal law while also carrying out volunteer work at Queensland’s Prisoners’ Legal Service Inc.

Following her admission to practice, Alex took up the position of Associate to his Honour, Judge Paul Smith of the District Court of Queensland. This experience allowed her to gain invaluable exposure to the workings of the justice system.

Her credentials include practising in the fields of administrative law, occupational discipline and criminal law, which also involved appearing and/or instructing Counsel in criminal and disciplinary proceedings as well as Commissions of Inquiry and coronial inquests. She has also acted on behalf of government agencies by assisting with regulatory prosecutions against both individuals and companies.

Alex provides advice and assistance to health practitioners in relation to review and appeals of the decisions of medical associations, and specifically in relation to decisions made relating to practitioners’ medical training programs.