Alison Wells
Partner
Qualifications:
- Bachelor of Arts (Performance) (1999) – University of Western Sydney
- Bachelor of Laws (Hons I)(2005) – University of Sydney
Areas Of Practice:
Alison joined Butler McIntyre & Butler in 2007 after commencing her legal career in the litigation division of a large commercial law firm in Sydney. Alison became a Partner at Butler McIntyre & Butler in 2016 and is the Firm’s current Managing Partner.
Alison has established a strong practice in employment & industrial relations law and litigation & dispute resolution. Alison has represented clients in various courts and tribunals including the Federal Court, the Federal Circuit Court (formerly the Federal Magistrates Court), the Tasmanian Supreme and Magistrates Courts, the Fair Work Commission, the Tasmanian Industrial Commission, and the Tasmanian Civil and Administrative Tribunal (TASCAT).
Alison is passionate about helping people make their businesses work better and helping people work better in business.
Alison is a former member of the Law Council of the Law Society of Tasmania and its Executive and a former member and Chair of the Law Society’s Employment, Diversity and Inclusion Committee.
Alison originally trained as a theatre actor and as such she has a long-held interest in the Arts and in particular, the theatre.