Professional Qualifications

  • Solicitor of the Supreme Court of Queensland, 1993
  • Solicitor of the Supreme Court of New South Wales, 1999

Recognitions

  • Samantha is listed as one of Australia's leading insurance lawyers in the 'Best Lawyers' 2010 to 2021, and a leading financial institutions lawyer in the 2012 to 2021 reports
  • Samantha is recognised as a 'leading' individual for the area of Insurance by Chambers Asia Pacific 2014 to 2021, where clients consider her to be "flexible and creative", and is also recognised as a 'leading' individual for the area of Insurance where clients praise her for "pure insurance work" and…"good relationships with clients"
  • Legal500 Asia-Pacific recognises Samantha as a Recommended Practitioner for Financial Services Regulatory, 2021
  • Chambers Asia Pacific 2020 notes that clients praise her for combining "an extraordinary level of technical ability and knowledge of her subject area" with "a high level of commercial acumen," and for the ease with which she can "translate regulations into plain English”
  • Samantha was a finalist in the Lawyers Weekly 'Partner of the Year' Award, 2017 and has been recognised as an 'Acritas Star' 2018-2020

Memberships

  • Australian Institute of Company Directors