Region’s own named one of 30 best young lawyers in Australia

The young Toowoomba professional has been named in a presitigious law list that recognises some of the industry’s best.

A Toowoomba lawyer who specialises in workplace relations has been announced as one of Australia’s best up and coming professionals in her field.

Enterprise Legal’s principal legal advisor Amie Mish-Wills has been named as one of the Lawyers Weekly 30 Under 30 Awards recipients.

The national awards recognises Australia’s finest young lawyers and offers many benefits including career progression.

“I don’t really back myself often – I would say I’m almost shy about that stuff,” Ms Mish-Wills said.

“I was up against all the top tier national law firms and I thought to myself ‘are they going to pick the girl from Toowoomba?’, so it was a big shock when they actually did pick the girl from Toowoomba.”

After undertaking legal studies at high school, Ms Mish-Wills decided to study a Bachelor of Law at the University of Southern Queensland (USQ).

Following the completion of her degree, she went on to start her career in law with Clifford Gouldson Lawyers, followed by a senior workplace relations role at Queensland Health.

Ms Mish-Wills later returned to the garden city when she was appointed in her position in workplace relations, with Enterprise Legal.

“I knew I wanted to go into workplace law straight away – it’s such a broad area of law that applies to everyone,” she said.

“During my time with the health services I was able to help co-ordinate their workforce response to the pandemic, which included health and safety and vaccinations.

“That’s the great thing about my job – it’s so diverse … one day I might be doing enterprise bargaining and the next I’m helping HR managers with employees.”

Ms Mish-Wills received an award for the Employment and Workplace Relations category.

Originally published as Region’s own named one of 30 best young lawyers in Australia