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Why ‘sticking to her guns’ on common fund orders paid off for Allens’ Kirsty Prinsloo
According to close family and friends, Allens managing associate Kirsty Prinsloo’s argumentative nature destined her for a career in the law.
Marque Lawyers partner Kiera Peacock on using the law as a force for good
Combining extensive experience in commercial law with a keen pursuit of public interest cases, Marque Lawyers partner Kiera Peacock has her sights set on using the law for good.
How a sliding doors moment led Slater and Gordon’s Andrew Paull into class actions
If not for a “sliding doors moment” experienced soon after graduating university, Slater and Gordon class action practice group leader Andrew Paul could have ended up on a very different career path.
How Adero Law’s Rory Markham revived IR class actions
With roots in middle-class Canberra, Adero Law’s managing director Rory Markham takes pride in his role reinvigorating the industrial relations class action and putting pressure on companies to pay their staff on time and in full.
Phi Finney McDonald director Odette McDonald harnesses the power of law
A part-time gig while at university provided the inspiration for Phi Finney McDonald director Odette McDonald’s impressive career, marked by groundbreaking cases and big wins for mum and dad investors in class actions. 
Intellectual property barrister David Larish on building a practice ‘from nothing’
For intellectual property barrister David Larish, one of the most pivotal moments in his career had nothing to do with working on a case.
Defending a trial in lockdown all in a day’s work for CBP’s Adrian Konstantinidis
The “hustle and bustle” of defending companies in complex litigation does not faze Colin Biggers & Paisley’s Adrian Konstantinidis, so when the COVID-19 pandemic struck on the eve of one of the most complicated series of cases in Australia, he and his firm were ready.
Johnson Winter & Slattery’s Felicity Karageorge on why she’s always learning
Johnson Winter & Slattery senior associate Felicity Karageorge first discovered she wanted a career in the law from an unlikely source: daytime television.
KWM’s Kione Johnson could ‘build a dam’ after leading role in floods class action
Juggling a promising legal career and being the mother of two small children, King & Wood Mallesons' Kione Johnson, who was the lead senior associate for dam operator Seqwater in the complex Queensland floods class action, revels in the “constant state of chaos” of her daily routine.
How Arnold Bloch Leibler’s Elyse Hilton survived the Hayne commission and made partner
Unlike many successful litigation partners, Arnold Bloch Leibler partner Elyse Hilton wanted to be “anything but a lawyer” when she was in high school.