Alison Cusack is Australia'a most famous maritime lawyer. And in this episode we learn why. 

Alison is absolutely fabulous. And the definition of someone who is boldly carving out their unique place in our legal profession. She has defied ALL the conventional legal career wisdom and advice to achieve her success.

She dropped out of Electrical Engineering at Melbourne University to study Law/Business at Victoria University. She then did a generalist ATO Graduate program, before she landed an inhouse legal role at global shipping company ANL. 

After ANL, she wanted to gain private practice experience. But she obviously did not have it... And the law firms she applied to required it. 

So what did she do? 

She started her own law firm to get that private practice legal experience. 

It was only meant to last 6 months before she got herself a "proper" law firm job. Five years later, Cusack & Co, and Alison Cusack are both thriving. She represents massive global, billion dollar clients and is consistently nominated for industry awards. International law firms are her “competition” and she markets herself via comics. 

In this honest conversation Alison and I cover how she successfully navigated this very twisty, alternative legal career path, as well as: 

• Failure - who says we have failed? 
• Being liked vs being respected 
• Developing the skills to advocate for gender equality 
• Why we deserve more and how we can demand more
• Law firm marketing and business development 
• Defying the odds and doing it on our own terms

I hope you enjoy this honest conversation and it helps open your eyes to the limitless possibilities as to where your legal career may take you. 

Your host,

Rose 

You can connect with Alison

• On Linked In here: https://www.linkedin.com/in/alison-cusack/
• On Instagram: @cusack_and_co
• And Tik Tok: @theshippinglawyer
• And via her website: https://www.cusackandco.com.au/

And me, Rose Inglis:

• @rosetintedlaw on Instagram.
• On Linked In here.
• And via my website here: https://rosetintedlaw.com.au/

Thank you! Appreciate you!!