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Audrey Capasso

Senior Associate

Bachelor of Arts/Bachelor of Laws (Honours)

  • Insurance
  • Litigation
  • Personal Injury and Compensation
  • WorkCover

Audrey is a Senior Associate in the Insurance & Compensation team. She commenced at Russell Kennedy as a Law Graduate in 2019, and has practiced in the I&C team since her admission in 2020.

She advises and acts on behalf of the Victorian WorkCover Authority and Transport Accident Commission in relation to serious injury applications, common law damages, and statutory benefit disputes including judicial review proceedings. She has special interests in common law damages proceedings for psychiatric injury, and appeals and judicial reviews.

In 2023, Audrey was named as an Australasian Lawyer Rising Star.

Experience

  • Advising and acting on behalf of the Victorian WorkCover Authority and Transport Accident Commission in relation to serious injury applications, actions for common law damages, and statutory benefits disputes
  • Conducting litigation on behalf of the Victorian WorkCover Authority and Transport Accident Commission in the Supreme, County, and Magistrates' Courts of Victoria
  • Acting in complex appeals, judicial reviews, and multi-party disputes

Leadership

  • 2023 Australasian Lawyer Rising Star
  • Committee Member, Russell Kennedy Women’s Network
  • Former Chair and current Member of the Work Practices Committee at Victorian Women Lawyers
  • Law Reform Committee member, LIV Young Lawyers
  • Member, Women in Insurance Victoria