Rosannah Healy - Class Of 2001
Rosannah finished Year 12 in 2001 and studied Arts/Law at the University of Melbourne. In order to study more Arts subjects Rosannah completed both a degree and a diploma in Arts. That enabled her to continue with French, History and English, her favourite subjects at school thanks to teachers, Madame Watt, Mr Frigo, Mrs Bennett and Mrs Thompson. She met lots of new people at university but also had four school friends at law school with her which was wonderful.
Rosannah joined Allens Arthur Robinson (now Allens) as a law graduate in 2008 and has been there since, being made a partner in 2017. She works in Competition and Consumer Law, helping clients to develop and implement compliance programs to ensure they abide by laws designed to protect consumers and ensure fair trading.She also helps clients who are investigated by regulators like the ACCC or Consumer Affairs, including taking the case to court. It’s very busy and interesting and Rosannah is fortunate to work with a wonderful team of lawyers.
Making partner in 2017 is probably her biggest career achievement. She had her first child in 2015 and when she returned to work in 2016, it was a very busy time, getting used to being a working parent and building her business case for partnership. What made the difference was having good support from the senior partners at work and wonderful support from her husband and immediate family. Rosannah’s husband also works in the law as a commercial barrister so he understands the curious world of the law, and they share parenting and home responsibilities 50 / 50.
Life is quite busy. Rosannah spends most of her spare time with her husband and two young children going for walks, building LEGO masterpieces and reading stories. She sees a lot of her sister, her parents and oldest school friends who are still her closest friends. She is currently the President of the Loreto Mandeville Hall Toorak Past Pupils’ Association, so she is often back at school doing something or other.
Loreto gave her many things. She is grateful for her education, for the confidence her teachers gave her and for the friends she made. She is also grateful for the Loreto ethos which still shapes how she sees and navigates the world – fairness, equality, respect and having a social conscience are very important to her.
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