Ann commenced a Bachelor of Arts, majoring in politics and history at the University of Sydney in 1989. After two years she changed career pathways and in 1994, completed a Bachelor of Applied Science, Medical Radiation Technology (Nuclear Medicine), at the University of Sydney.
In 1995 Ann moved to Perth for the first time and spent the next twenty years working in Nuclear Medicine, in the private sector and moving between Perth, Sydney and Melbourne.
In 2006 Ann relocated to Perth permanently, continued to work in Nuclear Medicine, finish her law degree and raise three boys, as their father was in the Navy and spent a significant amount of time serving Australia overseas.
In 2015 Ann completed her Bachelor of Laws, and at the conclusion of 2015 Ann joined a boutique family law firm in Perth as a paralegal and in 2016 was admitted to the Supreme Court of Western Australia, where she went on to specialise in Family Law.
In 2021, Ann opened her own firm, Maude Family Lawyers. She completed the National Training Program for Independent Children’s Lawyers and continues to represent children in both the Family Court of Western Australia and the Children’s Court. She has provided advice in Hague Convention Matters, complex financial matters, including settling aside Binding Financial Agreements, relocation cases, trusts, self-managed superannuation funds and all areas of parenting proceedings.
Ann has appeared as junior Counsel and instructing solicitor in many children’s and financial cases in the Family Court of Western Australia and the Children’s Court. Ann also has extensive experience with Family Violence Restraining Matters and has appeared in the Magistrates Court in Perth Central as well as many of the regional Magistrates Courts.
Ann is a member of the Family Law Practitioner’s Association of WA.