A special counsel in the insurance team since 2023, Alicia's practice focuses on litigation, dispute resolution, conduct and compliance matters. 

Alicia has experience in managing end-to-end claims on a range of legal issues, including personal injury, regulatory investigations, professional indemnity, child safety, litigated and unlitigated child abuse matters across a range of courts, civil wrongs, privacy and matters affecting non-profits, aged care, schools and religious institutions. 

Alicia has in-depth knowledge of governance and compliance issues arising from the Royal Commission into Institutional Responses to Child Sexual Abuse and practices at non-government organisations. She assists her religious, education and community services clients with issues and responses to requests from authorities and courts, to develop governance and compliance frameworks, and with reviewing and implementing child abuse and safety policies compliant with regulatory requirements.
 
Alicia also has a practice in responding to regulatory notices and requests including the Australian Health Practitioner Regulation Agency, Aged Care Quality and Safety Commission and the Commission for Children and Young People.

In addition to her Juris Doctor from the University of Melbourne, Alicia holds a Master of Laws(Legal Practice) from Australia National University and a Bachelor of Arts majoring in Joint English and American Literature and Sociology with a minor in Economics from Middlebury College, USA. Alicia was admitted to practice in the Supreme Court of Victoria on 9 December 2014. 

Alicia has been a Nationally Accredited Mediator through the Resolution Institute and holds a certificate for Conflict Resolution and Dispute Avoidance from the Australian Commercial Disputes Centre. She is on the Committee for Women in Insurance (Vic) and provides pro bono legal assistance through CBP with Youthlaw and Justice Connect. She has written a number of articles and presented seminars on current legal frameworks affecting her clients.

Outside of work, Alicia is an amateur artist and career coach, and loves quizzes and comedy.

 

Memberships
  • Victorian Women Lawyers
  • Women in Insurance (VIC)
  • Law Institute Victoria
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