Paula has degrees from the University of Canterbury (LLB) and the New South Wales College of Law (LLM).  She was admitted to practice in Western Australia in 1982 And has specialised in family law for more than 25 years.  She was a founding member of Kim Wilson & Co in 1998.

Paula was accredited as a Family Law Specialist (NSW) in 2012 and became an adjunct lecturer for the NSW College of Law (LLM) for the following five years.

In 2021, she was accredited as an AIFLAM mediator.

Paula is recognised by Doyle’s Guide as a Leading West Australian Family & Divorce Lawyer and also a Leading West Australian Family Lawyer (High-Value & Complex Property Matters) – Western Australia, 2022

She has also been recognised by Doyle’s Guide as a Recommended Family & Divorce Lawyer – Australia, 2021

She has presented papers at numerous family law conferences in Australia, in Indonesia (Bali) and at the University of Western Australia Law School and Murdoch University Law School.

Paula is the Vice President and Treasurer of the Law Society of Western Australia 2022 and an elected member of the Law Society Council of Western Australia 2017-2022.

Paula is a board member of Law Access WA, a committee member of the Professional Indemnity Insurance Management Committee and the Accreditation Committee, both of which are committees of the Law Society of Western Australia.

Paula has acted an continues to act in many of Western Australia’s most complex cases.

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