Kirinya Khamsone, Associate
Kirinya graduated from the Australian National University in 2005 with a Bachelor of Arts and Bachelor of Laws.
In 2006, Kirinya served as the Associate to the Honourable Justice Kate Holmes of the Queensland Supreme Court of Appeal, following which she joined Carne Reidy Herd.
Since then she has practiced extensively in the areas of employment law, discrimination law and general civil and criminal litigation. Kirinya has conducted matters in the Australian Industrial Relations Commission, Fair Work Australia, Queensland Anti-Discrimination Commission and Tribunal, the Human Rights and Equal Opportunity Commission and the Federal Magistrates Court. She regularly advises and represents employers, unions and employees in relation to issues such as termination of employment, redundancy situations, compliance with industrial instruments, award flexibility arrangements, restraints of trade, wage rates and grievance and disciplinary procedures.
Kirinya's criminal practice includes representing clients in matters such as traffic offences, assaults and workplace fraud.
Kirinya combines her employment and criminal law expertise to provide strategic advice in situations where these complicated areas of law overlap.
Between 2008 and 2010, Kirinya managed the firm's Central Queensland Office in Rockhampton and also served as the Secretary of the Central Queensland Law Association in 2009.