Sophia Kailis graduated from the University of Western Australia with a Bachelor of Laws and a Bachelor of Arts (majoring in English), and spent a year abroad studying International Law at the University of Vienna.
Ms Kailis was admitted to practice in the Supreme Court of Western Australia in 2012 and the High Court of Australia in 2013. She spent four years working for a prominent commercial law firm specialising in dispute resolution, acting for a range of clients in various courts and tribunals, and had worked closely with His Honour Justice Tottle prior to his ascension to the Bench.
Ms Kailis has experience in commercial litigation, insolvency, intellectual property and defamation.
From 2010 to 2016 she was a case reporter for Lexis Nexis, writing headnotes for decisions delivered in all Australian jurisdictions and accessed by legal practitioners.
