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Before being called to the Victorian Bar, Andrea was a partner at Hall & Wilcox Lawyers, acting for WorkSafe Victoria and its agent insurers and employers. Prior to that she was the Senior Legal Manager, Common Law at the Transport Accident Commission. She has also worked in the UK and commenced her career in Tasmania, where she had an extensive plaintiff based personal injury practice.
Andrea practised for over 20 years as a solicitor before coming to the Bar, primarily in the areas of common law and personal injury. She acted as a solicitor in the VCAT, the Magistrates Court, the County Court, the Supreme Court, the Court of Appeal and the High Court of Australia and obtained extensive experience in serious injury applications and common law damages matters, particularly those involving mutliple defendants.
She became a LIV accredited specialist in personal injury law in 2011 and currently serves on the committee accrediting personal injury specialists in Victoria.
She read with Dugald McWilliams and her senior mentor is Roisin Annesley QC.
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