Lorraine has significant experience in acting in public inquiries, judicial review and family law. She has appeared in all court tiers in NI and was recently involved in a case before the UKSC.

Having been enrolled as a solicitor since 2010, Lorraine also qualified as an Advanced Advocate in 2014. Lorraine has been a member of the Law Society of Northern Ireland’s Children Order Panel since 2014, the NI Guardian ad Litem panel since 2016 and the Central Authority Panel since 2017.

Lorraine was Chairperson of the Northern Ireland Young Solicitors’ Association from 2012-2014 and was the first person from NI to be elected President of the European Young Bar Association 2012/13. She now serves as an Executive Committee member on the Law Society of NI Council, a post she has held since 2020.

Lorraine regularly speaks at law conferences and has delivered presentations at both national and international level.