Abbie Hothersall has been with Porter Scudds since 2000.

After several years with the firm, Abbie left to gain experience working with legal firms practising in different areas of the law, such as litigation, insurance law, workers compensation, motor vehicle matters, corporate law and mining law. She also worked in IT assistance during her time at a Perth Law Firm.

Abbie returned to Porter Scudds in 2008 and commenced her law degree.  She was admitted to the Supreme Court as a Barrister and Solicitor in 2021.

Abbie uses her extensive IT experience and skills to assist her when preparing cases for trial.  She uses those skills to obtain social media information about witnesses, court cases, analysing surveillance and analysing phone/computer downloads to assist in the defence of clients.