Louise Rafferty

Louise Rafferty is a Senior Executive Lawyer at the Australian Government Solicitor, currently outposted to a client. From 2019 to 2021, Louise was the Assistant Secretary in the Legal and Assurance Branch at the Department of Finance, based in Canberra. Her early career was in defendant litigation in Canberra and Sydney in firms ranging from small local to large national firms. She joined AGS Dispute Resolution in 2008 and has worked on a wide range of Commonwealth related litigation.

Louise spent 18 months in the Constitutional Litigation Unit in AGS OGC. In 2019 Louise acted in the AS role in OLSC learning all things Legal Services Directions and Significant Issues.

Louise is proud to be part of the inaugural AGLS Board supporting Government Lawyers around Australia.