: Fotini Panagiotidis

Areas of Practice

  • Administrative Law (Judicial Review)
  • Administrative Law (Merits Review)
  • Alternative Dispute Resolution/Mediation
  • Children's Court
  • Criminal Law/Intervention/Compensation
  • Discrimination
  • Equal Opportunity
  • Guardianship and Administration
  • Mental Health
  • Personal Injuries
  • Residential/Retail Tenancies
  • Traffic Law
  • Criminal Law (Appellate)
  • Social Security/Welfare

Languages Spoken

  • Greek

Clerk

  • +61 3 9225 7444
Fotini Panagiotidis

Fotini Panagiotidis

Telephone: +61 3 9225 7444
Fax: +61 3 9225 8686
Email: fotini@vicbar.com.au

Admitted to the Legal Profession: 

02 Aug 2004

Signed Victorian Bar Roll:

09 Nov 2006

Nationally accredited mediator:

21 Jul 2011

Qualifications:

BA (Social Sciences); LLB (Honours); Master of Laws (Legal Practice).

Previous occupation:

Senior Community Corrections Officer; Complaints Officer - Equal Opportunity Commission; Solicitor with the Transport Accident Commission

Profile

Before joining the Bar, Fotini worked with Community Correctional Services.  Over a 10 year period, she worked in various portfolios and with a wide range of clients.

Fotini also worked with the Equal Opportunity Commission - investigating and conciliating complaints lodged pursuant to the Equal Opportunity Act and the federal anti-discrimination laws.

After being admitted as a Solicitor in 2004, Fotini worked with the Transport Accident Commission.  In this capacity, she was principally involved in the resolution of disputes at VCAT.

Fotini holds degrees in Bachelor of Arts (Social Sciences), Bachelor of Laws with Honours and Master of Laws (Legal Practice). 

Fotini is fluent in written and spoken Greek.

Fotini has a wealth of experience in criminal law and a particular interest in representing high and special needs clients.

The information referred to above has been supplied by the barrister concerned. Neither Victorian Bar Inc nor the barrister's clerk have independently verified the accuracy or completeness of the information and neither accepts any responsibility in that regard.