Simone has been admitted as a legal practitioner since 2007 and commenced practice at the Bar in 2013.

Simone regularly appears in the Federal Circuit and Family Court of Australia and has experience in High Court leave applications. She practices primarily in the area of family law and is a Family Dispute Resolution Practitioner, a nationally accredited mediator and a nationally accredited family law arbitrator.

Prior coming to the Bar, Simone was an Associate to a Justice of the Supreme Court of Queensland. Simone subsequently spent several years working in-house and in private practice as a solicitor.

Simone was the recipient of the vice-chancellor’s scholarship from Bond University where she completed a Bachelor of Laws with Honours and a Bachelor of International Relations. She also holds an MBA which she completed at the European School of Management, Paris.

Leading Family Law Junior Counsel – Queensland;

Leading Family Law Junior Counsel for Parenting & Children’s Matters – Queensland; and

Recommended Family Law Mediator – Brisbane.

Simone is currently one of the Counsel Assisting to the Royal Commission into Violence, Abuse, Neglect and Exploitation of People with Disability.

In addition to French Quarter Chambers, Simone also has chambers at Inns of Court, Brisbane.

Appeals

Arbitrator

Child Safety

Domestic Violence

Family Law

Mediator

Succession Law

Bar Association of Queensland

Family Law Practitioners’ Association of Queensland Limited

Gold Coast Bar Association

Gold Coast District Law Association