Skills

• BusinessInformation Technology
• Law

Business skills

• Project ManagementCommunicating orally in an articulate, convincing and readily understandable manner.Report writing, presentations and publications.Business analysis.Researching, investigating and analysing information.Accounting, particularly in a legal environment.Developing strategies, systems and procedures to facilitate the most efficient and expeditious completion of tasks.Strategic planning including the conduct of focus groups and the use of Group Decision Support Software.
• Staff training including preparation and documentation of training.

Information Technology Skills

• A sound understanding of legal support technology, in particular, Ringtail.Advanced programming in MS Access, Visual Basic, Active Server Pages and HTML .Windows 2000 Professional, Windows 2000 Server, NT and 98 network administration.SQL 2000 Server Administration and T-SQL programming.TRIM Document Management system.Relational database design, construction and maintenance.Project Management of the Software Development Lifecycle.Problem analysis and design of data structures.Alignment of Information Technology, business processes, organisational structure and personnel requirements.Designing, constructing and maintaining eCommerce solutions including web-sites and online shops together with thorough staff training.Website development using Dreamweaver Ultradev.
• A sound knowledge of business computer applications including MYOB, MS Powerpoint, MS Word, MS Excel, Wordperfect and MS Project.

Legal Skills

• Admitted to the Supreme Courts of ACT, South Australia, Victoria and the High Court of Australia18 years in private practice as a barrister and solicitor.Litigation.Managing client relationships.General business advice.Guarantees.
• Insurance law.