Summary

A graduate lawyer with 2+ years of legal operations experience. Proven experience in leading-edge technologies for the future of legal practices. I like to run, cook and code in my free time.

This resume is a complete record of my professional history. Some content may not be relevant to you (the prospective, extremely high-paying, employer), however, I detail it for my own benefit.

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Professional experience

Maddocks

Graduate Lawyer | March 2024 – Present

  • TO COMPLETE

Summer Law Clerk | November 2022 – February 2023

  • Clerked through Construction and Public law practice groups.
  • Conducted legal research and drafted advice/briefs on a range of issues including security of payments, expert evidence requirements, residential tenancies, disability discrimination, planning and development, foreign investments, etc. Co-authored a case note published on Maddocks’ NSW Local Government Court Reporter 2023 1st Edition. Produced other internal case notes regularly.
  • Assisted frontend matters including contract review for subcontractors, gap risk review for novation of consultancy agreements against head contract, drafting statement of claims, and preparing internal file notes.
  • Assisted backend matters including attending the Land and Environment Court, attending conciliation, filing documents at the Registry, preparing for directions hearings, drafting and witnessing affidavits, reviewing expert witness reports, converting securities, and general file management.
  • Attended summer clerk training, including sessions on legal writing, research bootcamps, and practice area overviews.
Marrickville Legal Centre

Intern | August 2023 – November 2023

  • Rotated through Family law (divorce, parenting, property) and Duty Lawyer (local court crime/AVO) services providing research, drafting and admin assistance.
  • Triaged new client inquiries at the front desk.
Lendlease

Automation Paralegal | September 2021 – February 2024

  • Collaboratively drove the establishment of the Automation, Precedents & Processes (APP) team at Lendlease Australia in September 2021, later evolving into a global role in July 2023 despite group-wide capital contraction.
  • Scaled Lendlease's Self Service Contracting platform, Contract Express, to 500 users with over 200 templates, producing ~5000 contracts annually.
  • Contributed to the strategic development of the Lendlease Legal Ops strategy, focusing on supporting, enabling, and optimising workflow processes, knowledge management, external lawyer management, self-service capabilities, and staff development.
  • Project managed the automation of precedent contracts and legal team processes by planning, consulting, drafting, coding and training to drive efficiency, compliance and data capture. This included automating:
    • 40+ Professional Service Agreements, resulting in ~150 PSAs generated per month and an estimated annual cost saving of $740,000;
    • 70+ Works Contracts, including Works Orders, providing both legal and technical oversight;
    • Construction Subcontracts, requiring bespoke project suites and provision for special conditions, warranty deeds, and other unique contract elements, resulting in ~100 subcontracts generated per month across 50+ projects; and
    • many others (Legal invoicing, Confidentiality Agreements, Power of Attorneys, MASC for Defence, Execution Requests, etc.)
  • Co-led the technical development of legal technology at Lendlease. This includes web-dev programming (JS, HTML, CSS), developing within Microsoft's Power Suite (Power Automate, Power Apps, PowerBI), creating SharePoint architecture, interacting with APIs, onboarding and integrating applications (SharePoint, DocuSign) using Azure, enabling SSO, handling authentication, creating database schemas, engaging with vendors, etc.
  • Performed legal work in connection with Lendlease contracts (e.g. drafting special conditions, advising on execution), legislation updates, and reviewing external firm advice.
  • Analysed data using Excel and PowerBI to construct dashboards for C-suite executives to inform strategy by visualising business unit volume, effort and trends.
Rawson Homes

Guest Relations | December 2019 – September 2021

  • Relationship management for customers building new homes, including advising on floor plans, drafting variations, and providing estimates while balancing client budgets and lifestyle needs.
  • Client Relationship Management (CRM) skills using Salesforce to track visitor feedback and providing meaningful advice.
Crossmark

Merchandiser | January 2021 – February 2021

Australian Shareholders Association

Economics/Finance Intern | August 2020 – November 2020

  • Published an article for EQUITY magazine on interpreting current macroeconomic indicators.
  • Reported on financials and drafted voting intentions of ASX-listed companies by analysing annual shareholder reports and half-yearly accounts.
Alpha Hotels and Resorts

Food and Beverage Attendant | March 2019 – December 2019

Target

Customer Service Assistant | March 2017 – March 2019

KFC

Crew Member | February 2017

Reserve Bank of Australia

Work Experience | September 2016

McDonald's

Crew Member | June 2015 – October 2016

Education

University of Technology Sydney

Bachelor of Laws / Bachelor of Economics | 2019 – 2023

  • Distinction Average (5.76 GPA, 77.98 WAM).
  • Drafted for publication: Causal effect of amendments to the Gambling Machine Act (NSW) on domestic households by use of a difference-in-difference framework.
  • Nudgethon 2022 UTS representative: Representing UTS in the annual national Nudgethon event hosted by QUT Centre for Behavioural Economics, Society and Technology (BEST Centre) & the ANU Crawford School of Public Policy.
  • Mentor for first-year economics students.
Prairiewood High School

93.65 ATAR | 2013 – 2018

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