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Managing Partner, Maliganis Edwards Johnson

Mentors in Canberra

Kate Waterford

Managing Partner

Maliganis Edwards Johnson

Kate is managing partner of Canberra law firm Maliganis Edwards Johnson, managing a busy litigation practice. She has extensive experience on boards and committees in the public and not-for-profit sectors, serving for Amnesty International (globally), Fred Hollows Foundation, Amnesty International Australia (as vice chair), Physiotherapy Board of Australia, Corryong Health, AusCam Freedom Project (as Chair) and Australasian Birth Trauma Association (as Chair). She is a current councillor for the AICD Divisional Council and ACT Law Council. Kate loves talking about people, passions, ways to make the world a better place outside your day job, and the eternal importance of work-life balance.

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