Georgina’s practice focuses on government litigation, mental health law, criminal law, employment law and administrative and public law. Georgina regularly appears for the Chief Psychiatrist in the Mental Health Court in contested hearings for serious offences, as well as in uncontested matters and appeals from the Mental Health Review Tribunal. She is also regularly briefed to prosecute a range of criminal and regulatory matters, including for the Commonwealth Director of Public Prosecutions and Government entities, such as the Department of Primary Industries and the Department of Environment, Tourism, Science and Innovation.Â
Before joining the private bar in 2023, Georgina practised as an employed barrister in the Prosecutions Team at Crown Law from 2021 to 2023. She appeared in sentences and trials for a range of different government and regulatory clients including the Workers’ Compensation Regulator, Queensland Health and the Australian Health Practitioner Regulation Agency. She also regularly appeared in the Mental Health Review Tribunal and prepared advices with respect to matters of statutory interpretation, regulatory prosecutions and appeals. As a solicitor at Crown Law, her role also involved the conduct of matters under the Dangerous Prisoners (Sexual Offenders) Act 2003. Prior to working at Crown Law, Georgina was an Associate to judges in both the District and Supreme Court.
Georgina is a member of Bar Council, a Deputy Chair of the New Bar Committee, the Chair of the Women Lawyers’ Association of Queensland (WLAQ) Criminal Lawyers Sub-Committee and committee member of the WLAQ. She is also a director of the University of Queensland Law Alumni Association.