Josephine has a broad practice and specialises in all areas of intellectual property and complex commercial disputes. She is experienced in novel representative actions to recover trust funds for beneficiaries.
Josephine is in her seventh year at the NSW Bar and has appeared, both led and unled in the Federal Court, NSW Supreme (at trial and on appeal), District and Local Courts, as well as in the Trade Marks Office, the Administrative Review Tribunal and the NSW Civil and Administrative Tribunal.
In 2000, Josephine commenced her career at Mallesons Stephen Jacques (now known as King & Wood Mallesons) in IP/IT, focusing on confidential information, copyright, trade mark and pharmaceutical patent cases, as well as insolvency litigation. In 2001, Josephine won the UNSW Prize for ‘Best Performance in Intellectual Property’ and in 2003 was first called to the NSW Bar.
In 2008, Josephine returned to practice as a solicitor and worked at Spruson & Ferguson, Middletons, Schweizer Kobras and Bannister Law Class Actions. Josephine has experience prosecuting for the Commonwealth Director of Public prosecutions for online child sexual abuse and social security fraud, as well as for the NSW Department of Customer Service in relation to consumer protection.
In 2023 Josephien returned to the NSW Bar and in October 2024 was led in a team of four barristers in a five-week patent trial.
Josephine is fluent in Spanish with official qualifications.
Admitted 2001/Bar 2023
LL.B (1st class Honours)(UNSW); B.Sc (Genetics)(UNSW)