Sophie has a broad practice in public and commercial law. She has a particular interest in regulatory, judicial review, quasi-criminal, tax and general commercial matters.

Before coming to the Bar, Sophie was Senior Associate to the Honourable Chief Justice Marilyn Warren AC of the Supreme Court of Victoria. She also worked at Gilbert + Tobin, where she practised in commercial litigation. In that capacity, she instructed in commercial trials in the Supreme Court. Sophie was also a senior lawyer at the Independent Broad-based Anti-corruption Commission.

Sophie has a Master of Laws from Columbia University, where she focussed on constitutional and administrative law, and a Juris Doctor, a Bachelor of Arts and a Bachelor of Commerce from the University of Melbourne.

Sophie read with Zoe Maud and her senior mentor is Peter Gray KC.

*Liability limited by a scheme approved under Professional Standards legislation

Areas of Practice

Cases

• Trimuryani v Retail Food Group Ltd & Ors (Federal Court of Australia, ongoing) — class action — led by Caryn Van Proctor and Simon Frauenfelder
• Minnie McDonald v Commonwealth (Federal Court of Australia, ongoing) — class action — led by Fiona McLeod SC, Zoe Maud and Josh Ingrames
• Tarkine National Coalition Inc v Venture Minerals Ltd (Supreme Court of Tasmania, ongoing) — environmental law — led by Peter Gray QC
• Havenport Fixed Maturity Fund SPC v Huynh (Supreme Court of Victoria, resolved) — contract — led by Mark Costello KC
• MLK Group Pty Ltd v CommsChoice Group Ltd (Magistrates’ Court of Victoria, resolved) — contractual dispute — unled
• Various NDIA matters in the AAT, led and unled
• Various migration law judicial review applications, led and unled
• Discrimination matters for the North Australian Aboriginal Justice Agency and for the Victorian Aboriginal Legal Service