Presenters

Elizabeth Devine, Principal Solicitor and Workplace Relations Consultant, Devine Law
Elizabeth Devine is a specialist in employment law and conflict management. Elizabeth is the Founder of Devine Law at Work, a law firm and consultancy which specialises in employment law, workplace relations and conflict management. Elizabeth is an Accredited Specialist in Employment and Industrial Law. Her other qualifications include a Masters of Dispute Resolution, a Bachelor of Laws and a Bachelor of Arts. She has been practicing law for 35 years and has specialised in all aspects of Australian employment law, workplace relations and conflict management for 30 years. Prior to founding her own firm, Elizabeth worked for the Australian Government Solicitor, in a peak employer body and in private practice. Elizabeth provides services to employers in the public and private sectors and in a broad range of industries. Her approach is a holistic one, combining skills and expertise in the law, communication, systems, mediation, facilitation, conflict coaching, education and workplace investigations. These services focus on prevention and minimisation of risk, transformation of workplace issues into learning opportunities and long-term solutions and the enhancement of expertise within the workplace, including the professional development of leaders, managers and internal advisers. Elizabeth is passionate about enhancing the knowledge of others about workplace law and conflict management and has regularly presented to Legalwise Seminars’ events for more than 20 years.

Lucy Bochenek, Executive Counsel, Herbert Smith Freehills Kramer
Lucy is a work health and safety law expert who specialises in strategic, regulatory and risk management issues across a range of sectors including energy and resources, construction, manufacturing, property and transport. Lucy has significant experience acting as defence counsel in workplace health and safety prosecutions and representing parties in Coronial Inquests and Inquiries. She has expertise in incident response, conducting incident investigations, compliance audits, drafting workplace health and safety policies, drafting and review of contractual clauses and is renowned for her innovative training sessions for her clients and industry forums.