Jacqualyn is available for appearances in Mildura and throughout the Lodden Mallee Region and Melbourne.
Jacqualyn has extensive experience practising across multiple areas in Commercial litigation. Jacqualyn also practises across all areas of Criminal Law, including in the Appellate jurisdiction, Koori Courts and the Children's Court. Additionally, Jaqualyn practises Family Law in the Children's Court.
Jacqualyn brings extensive experience from State Governement where she was a Director at the Department of Justice and Regulation and the financial services sector, where she was variously in-house counsel, Head of Governance and Risk Integration, a Company Secretary and Director with one of Australia's leading banks.
As a barrister, she brings unique experience and understanding of the requirements of goverment operations & policy as they impact on the law, solicitor in private practise, in-house counsel in the corporate sector and has significant commercial experience.
As a solicitor, Jacqualyn practised in insolvency, bankruptcy and financial services litigation where she first began appearing in the Magistrates, County, Supreme, and Federal and Appeal Court matters.
Between 2007 and 2010 Jacqualyn applied her significant expertise to negotiate on behalf of the Yawuru native title holders in settlement negotiations with the WA State Government and establish company structures, frameworks and operations of the entities associated with the Yawuru Corporate Group.
Before signing the Bar Roll, Jacqualyn worked in the mining and resources sector in Perth on matters related to mining explorations, tax reform and joint operating agreements.
Overview of legal expertise
- Criminal Law, including in Appellate Jurisdictions and federal child pornography matters
- Family Law (Children's Court)
- Insolvency & debt recovery
- Banking & finance
- Contracts
- Commercial Litigation
- Company Secretariat
- Corporate governance
- Native Title Negotiations
- Regulatory & Statutory compliance
- Tax
- Tendering & procurement
- Equity
Professional associations and appointments Professional memberships
- Indigenous Law Students and Lawyers Association (Tarwirri)
- Law Institute of Victoria
- Law Society of Western Australia
- Australian Institute of Company Directors
Awards & directorships
- 2006 - Victoria Police commendation for Operation LUNAS (major fraud squad criminal investigation)
- Independent Non Executive Director – Catchment Management Authority (Mallee)