Mary is a highly experienced advocate with extensive experience in litigation in the Victorian and Federal jurisdictions and accepts briefs in a broad range of practice areas in civil law, regulatory and public law, administrative law, summary and indicatable crime.

She appears regularly in all Victorian Courts and the Federal Circuit Court and Family Court of Australia.

Mary also appears in VCAT including the Review and Regulation List, Property List and Guardianship Administration List and the ART on merits review cases and on judicial review matters in various courts. See Mary's recent article "The Administrative Review Tribunal: Major Changes in Federal Administrative Reviews" https://www.linkedin.com/in/marysevdalis

Mary sits on the Disciplinary Appeals Board and the Architects Tribunal (Architects Registration Board of Victoria) and in formal and informal hearings for the Veterinary Practitioners Registration Board Victoria. With these skills and experience, Mary is well-placed to appear in regulatory and disciplinary matters in a range of industries including legal, accounting, real estate, health, animal welfare and gaming.

Mary is a qualified and experienced Mediator and regularly conducts mediations across a wide range of disputes with special expertise in family law matters, children and property disputes having practised as a barrister in the family law jurisdiction.

Mary is a Nationally Accredited Mediator, AIFLAM Mediator and a Mediator on the Magistrates' Court of Victoria List of External Mediators.

She regularly conducts Mediations on ZOOM and Microsoft Teams and can use other platforms by agreement and happy to attend remote and regional locations for in person Mediations.