Head of legal for EML’s life insurance and casualty business (life/disability insurance, CTP and Public Liability) Leading a high performing team of legal, technical, medical and underwriting specialists providing strategic and legal counsel to various national and international insurers and reinsurers including:- Various international life reinsurers (in relation to above CAL TPD and Income Protection claims); - A major Australian life insurer (in relation to sensitive and staff TPD and Income Protection claims);- The Trustee of a major Australian super fund (in relation to its TPD defined benefits scheme);- A major CTP insurer, in various national jurisdictions (in relation to litigious and common law claims); - A major public liability insurer (in relation to complex and distributed claims across various national jurisdictions).Additionally, providing sign off on behalf of various reinsurers on high-value claims above cedent insurers’ authority limits. Member of the FSC/CALI Life Code II Working Group.AFSL Responsible Manager

Leader of the New South Wales Disability Insurance and Superannuation practice.Specialising in the conduct of complex disputed/appellate and litigated matters in various national jurisdictions and in their superior Courts (NSW, VIC, QLD and WA).

- Team Leader - Disability Insurance and Superannuation claims.- Prosecuting complex life insurance claims (including Total and Permanent Disability, Trauma, Income Protection and Death claims).- Conduct of appeals in relation to disputed claims by way of Informal Dispute Resolution. - Mediation of disputed life insurance claims.- Litigation of disputed life insurance claims in the Supreme and District Courts of various jurisdictions (NSW, VIC, QLD & WA)

- Leader of the New South Wales and Victorian Disability Insurance and Superannuation teams.- Prosecuting complex life insurance claims (including TPD, Income Protection and Death claims).- Conduct of appeals in relation to disputed claims by way of Informal Dispute Resolution. - Mediation of disputed life insurance claims.- Litigation of disputed life insurance claims in the Supreme and District Courts of various jurisdictions (NSW, VIC, QLD & WA)

Plaintiff life insurance solicitor prosecuting:- Total and Permanent Disability claims;- Income Protection claims; - Trauma claims; and- Death claims.

Plaintiff personal injuries solicitor practicing in:- Motor vehicle accident claims;- Workplace injuries (including Work Injury Damages);- Public and Occupier's liability claims;- Medical negligence;- Professional negligence;- Product liability;- Dust Disease claims; and- Superannuation claims (life insurance).

Providing legal advice and consultancy services to corporate, government and individual clients in the practice areas of: - Local Government and Planning Law;- Building and Development Law;- Wills and Estates (including Family Provisions);- Criminal Law;- Family Law; - Property Law (including Compulsory Acquisition); and - Civil Litigation

Articled Clerk to prominent Sydney lawyer, Richard Shakenovsky, under whose tutelage, acting for a diverse range of clients (including international and local corporations and individuals) in the following areas of practice: - Civil Litigation;- Alternative Dispute Resolution;- Employment Law;- Business Law; - Commercial Law;- Property Law;- Migration Law; - Family Law;- Wills and Estates; and - Criminal Law.