Angela Sharpley comes to the bar with extensive experience in the criminal law.
Prior to coming to the bar, Angela was employed as an associate at one of Melbourne’s leading criminal defence firms, Leanne Warren and Associates. Whilst working in this role, Angela had carriage of a wide range of serious indictable criminal matters, including trials in the County and Supreme Courts and applications under the Serious Sex Offenders (Detention and Supervision) Act.
She has extensive experience appearing in the Children’s, Magistrates’, and County Courts. She appears in committals, contested hearings, pleas, appeals, breach proceedings and bail applications. Angela has also appeared as Junior Counsel in Trials in the County Court of Victoria.
In 2019, Angela was selected to participate in the Trial Counsel Development Program, run by Victoria Legal Aid.
Angela has also lectured in Criminal Law for a number of semesters in the Juris Doctor program at the Royal Melbourne Institute of Technology.
Angela holds bachelor degrees in Arts (English Literary Studies) and Law from the University of Melbourne.
She accepts briefs to appear in all criminal and quasi-criminal matters.