EDUCATION

J. Reuben Clark Law School – Provo, Utah - April 2005

Masters of Law Candidate

§ University scholarship

Flinders University of South Australia – Adelaide, South Australia 1996 – 2000

Bachelor of Laws and Legal Practice

LEGAL QUALIFICATIONS

Supreme Court of Queensland

§ Admitted as a barrister on 16 November 2001

Supreme Court of South Australia

§ Admitted as a barrister and solicitor on 2 April 2001

LEGAL EXPERIENCE

Department of Justice and Attorney General

Office of the Director of Public Prosecutions – Brisbane, Queensland

March 2001 – July 2004

§ Held positions as a senior legal officer, legal officer, and instructing clerk during this time;

§ Appear on behalf of the Director of Prosecutions to prosecute at sentences in the District as well as appear in the Magistrates Court at committals or summary prosecutions;

§ Provision of legal advice (including advising police officers on suitable charges and sufficiency of evidence);

§ Preparation of more difficult criminal files for sentence and trials (including charges such as murder, manslaughter, trafficking drugs and historical sex offences);

§ Legal drafting (indictments, summary of case, memorandums, subpoenas, etc.);

§ Liaising with legal and non-legal persons (including considering submissions not to proceed with prosecution);

§ Contact complainants and relatives in prosecutions for sexual and other violent offences in order to consult, inform and where necessary interview;

§ Supervise work of, motivate and provide leadership to the Legal Officers and Paralegal in a section within a Legal Practice Group; and

§ Instructed and assisted Crown Prosecutors at trial.

Lynch and Meyer - Adelaide, South Australia

October – November 2000

§ As part of the practical legal training course I completed as a part of my degree, I completed two months of full-time work experience at the law firm of Lynch and Meyer.

§ Researched cases and legislation, drafted pleadings, wills, and correspondence, and attended court proceedings and client conferences.

SKILLS AND INTERESTS

§ Spent a year in Japan as an exchange student in 1994 and have good conversational Japanese ability.

§ I enjoy playing basketball, swimming, reading, traveling, music, and playing clarinet.