Meet the Team
Sarah McLeod
Principal Lawyer
Sarah founded Modern Legal in 2016 after spending more than a decade working in employment law and litigation. Sarah has worked with the state and federal industrial regulators, international law firms and boutique practices in Perth and London.
Sarah is an experienced workplace investigator who focuses on ensuring that investigations are carried out independently, fairly, and sensitively. Sarah gained experience with complex investigations while working as a Senior Lawyer at the Fair Work Ombudsman and regularly conducts workplace investigations in relation to allegations of bullying, harassment, discrimination, and inappropriate behaviour in the workplace.
Felicity Clarke
Special Counsel
Felicity joined Modern Legal in 2020 having worked for more than 15 years in employment and industrial law. Felicity has worked in national and international law firms as well as in the university sector.
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Felicity is an experienced workplace investigator who has conducted investigations across all sectors including local government, not for profit, university and corporate. She specialises in sexual harassment and bullying investigations and has worked on a number of high profile and sensitive matters, which have involved interactions with the Corruption and Crime Commission, company boards and elected members of council. Felicity is also an accrediated mediator under the National Mediator Accreditation System.
Margaret Cordina
Executive Assistant
Margaret has been working with Modern Legal since 2017 and is the main point of contact for inquiries as well as providing administrative support to the team.
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Margaret has extensive experience in administration having worked in education and volunteer management in the not for profit sector.