Katie Powell

Chamber: Room 0513, Brian Bourke Chambers, Level 5, 530 Lonsdale Street, MELBOURNE, VIC 3000, AUSTRALIA

Admitted: 19/02/2014

Called to Bar: 22/10/2020

Qualifications: LLB GDLP

Katie is an experienced defence advocate who accepts briefs in all areas of criminal law and quasi-criminal law across metropolitan and regional courts.

Katie has been selected as a participant in Victoria Legal Aid’s 2024-2025 Trial Counsel Development Program.

Katie regularly appears in a broad range of matters across the indictable and summary jurisdictions including contested hearings, committals, bail applications, appeals, contravention proceedings and plea hearings. She appears in the Koori and Drug Court divisions of the Magistrates’ and County Courts. She also appears in bail applications in the Supreme Court.

Prior to coming to the Bar, Katie practiced as a Senior Lawyer at Victoria Legal Aid, where she appeared in court daily, and maintained a high case load of summary and indictable matters. She commenced her career at VLA’s Ringwood office before moving into the Advocacy Team, in the Criminal Law Melbourne division, where she was based from 2016-2020.

Katie read with His Honour Magistrate Jarrod Williams and her Senior Mentor is Julian McMahon AC SC.

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Practice Areas

Appellate

Criminal Appeals,

Criminal

Criminal Appellate,Domestic and Family Violence,Drugs,Environmental and Planning Offences,Extradition,Fraud,Juvenile Justice,Mental Illness,Proceeds of Crime or Money Laundering,Property Offences and Theft or Robbery or Burglary,Sexual Assault,Traffic,White Collar and Corporate Crime,

Public Administrative

Corruption,Proceeds of Crime,