Principal Solicitor - Criminal and Mental Health Lawyers, Sydney

Karen has more than 22 years of experience in private practice as a criminal defence lawyer in both serious and minor criminal matters, specialising in the area of mental illness. Karen regularly speaks at legal seminars on criminal and mental health law and has authored many papers in the area including two published in the Law Society Journal. She has run fitness inquiries and the defence of mental illness in the District Court. In the Local Court Karen frequently runs section 32 and section 33 applications for her clients who have a wide range of cognitive or mental health impairments.