Annabelle Ballard is a leading young Junior Barrister practicing in commercial law, costs, administrative law, and regulatory matters, and has a particular interest in matters with a financial dimension.

Since coming to the Bar, she has been briefed to appear in the Supreme Court of Victoria (Costs Court), Federal Court of Australia, Federal Circuit and Family Court of Australia, VCAT, the AAT (General Division), and various Magistrates Courts across both metropolitan and regional areas.

Join Annabelle as she shares her journey to the Bar without first practicing as a solicitor and her experiences teaching the next generation of lawyers, including her achievements and the challenges that she has faced along the way.

In 2024, Annabelle Ballard attained a Master of Laws from the University of Melbourne, which she completed with a H1 average. She also holds a Bachelor of Laws (Honours) and Bachelor of Arts from Monash University, where she was an editor of Lot’s Wife Magazine and studied a semester abroad at Osaka University.

Alongside her practice, Annabelle is an Associate Teaching Fellow at Deakin University and a former sessional tutor. She also sits on the Victorian Bar News Committee and is one of the founding members and the secretary of the Hock & Seltzer Society Barristers Association.