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Ashleigh O’Connor

Senior Associate

Profile

Ashleigh advises employers across a broad range of employment, industrial relations, workplace health and safety, and regulatory matters, delivering practical and commercially focused solutions tailored to her clients’ operational needs.

Admitted to practice in 2020, Ashleigh has experience supporting clients across a diverse range of industries, including construction and infrastructure, government, trade and transport, recruitment, local government, healthcare, faith-based organisations, mining and quarrying. She regularly advises on legislative interpretation, workplace investigations, general protections and unfair dismissal claims, incident management, employment contracts and policies, and work health and safety compliance and prosecutions.

Ashleigh is known for her approachable, detail-oriented and client-focused style. Her ability to communicate complex legal issues in a clear and accessible manner has been shaped by a diverse professional background, including teaching law workshops to students in Bhutan and completing an internship with Human Rights Watch in Sydney.

Her expertise and growing reputation in the profession have been recognised through her selection as a finalist in the Lawyers Weekly 30 Under 30 Awards in the Employment and Workplace Relations, Health and Safety category in both 2024 and 2025.

Expertise

Recognition

Accolades

  • Lawyers Weekly 30 Under 30 Awards – Finalist for the Employment and Workplace Relations, Health and Safety category 2025
  • Lawyers Weekly 30 Under 30 Awards – Finalist for the Employment and Workplace Relations, Health and Safety category 2024

Memberships

  • Member, Queensland Law Society

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