Michelle is a partner of national law firm Maddocks.  She was the firm’s CEO between 2014 and September 2020.

Michelle is a highly regarded litigation lawyer. Her experience spans litigation, inquiries, and investigations for both private and public sector clients. Her status as a leading litigation lawyer has been recognised in legal directories such as the Legal 500 and Best Lawyers.

Michelle was named one of the AFR’s 100 Women of Influence in 2015.  She was the 2016 recipient of the Victorian Award for Excellence in Women’s Leadership and received the award for Executive of the Year in the 2016 Lawyer’s Weekly Women in Law Awards.  In 2019 she was named as NSW Women Lawyers’ Change Champion of the Year.

Michelle is a non-executive director of several boards including the Chair of the Legal Practitioner’s Liability Committee, which provides professional indemnity insurance to Victorian lawyers and many of Australia’s national law firms.