1973 Admitted barrister and solicitor, Supreme Court
(since Admitted WA, NSW, VIC, NT, Tas)
  Employed Ward & Partners, barristers & solicitors
   
1975 - 1992 Partner, Ward & Partners, barristers & solicitors
   
1977 - 1987 Councillor, Kensington Park Ward - Burnside Council, 4 years
  Alderman - City of Burnside, 6 years
  Chaired Strategy Planning & Policy Committee
   
1988 - 1995 Elected to Council of Law Society of South Australia
   
1991 Appointed Queens Counsel
   
1992 Practising as independent barrister at Edmund Barton Chambers
   
1993 Qualified as a mediator
   
1993 - 1994 President, Law Society of South Australia
  Law Society Activity
- Past Chair, Civil Litigation Committee,
- Past Chair, Mock Trials Committee
- Past Chair, Law Week Committee
- Past Member, Executive Committee of Law Society
- Member, Alternative Dispute Resolution Committee
- Former Member, Professional Standards Committee
- Former member, Joint Rules Committee Supreme and District Courts to 2003
- Past Member, Supreme Court Case Flow Management Committee
- Former Member, Advocacy Committee
- Past Member, Litigation Assistance Fund Board
- Past Member, Supreme Court Board of Examiners
- Past Member, Administrative Law Association
- Member, LEADR
- Member, Law Council of Australia
- Member, Federal Litigation Section Law Council of Australia
- Former Member, Justice Administration Foundation
   
1994 - 2003 Chair: Environment Protection Authority by S.A. Government
   
2003 - 2004 Board member - EPA
   
1998 - 2001 Chair, Community Consultation Forum - Olympic Dam
(SA Govt and Federal Govt appointment)
   
1998 - 2007 President, Institute of Justice Studies, SA
   
1998 Completed - Advanced Course in Commercial Arbitration and
Alternative Dispute Resolution - University of Adelaide
   
2000 - 2001 Member Executive, Institute of Arbitrators and Mediators - SA Chapter
   
2003 Conferred Centenary Medal – for services to the community through
the law.
   
2003 Commenced practice - Garfield Barwick Chambers – Sydney and then Edmund Barton Chambers, Sydney from March 2008
   
2004 Appointed to list of mediators for referral of Supreme Court of New South Wales matters
   
2005 Appointed Presiding Member, Legal Practitioners Conduct Board

Current Areas of practice include:

Barrister practising in civil law particularly in the areas of Commercial, Insurance, Administrative, Local Government and Planning Law, Common Law and Equity, Professional Liability, Building Construction.

Practising also as a Mediator and Arbitrator (Grade 1 - Institute of Arbitrators and Mediators) in all areas of civil law.

Mediation experience includes in excess of 700 mediations since 1992 in disputes involving all levels of State and Federal Courts jurisdiction and non-court disputes in various States of Australia.