His Honour was admitted to practice in 1982 and articled at Johnston Withers McCusker. He worked at the Legal Services Commission for several years then at a suburban practice before going to the Bar in 1989. His Honour was the Legal Services Commissioner from 1993 to 1997 and took silk in 1997. He was the President of the Law Society in 2001, appointed as Solicitor-General for the State of South Australia on 3 February 2003, appointed to the bench of the Supreme Court of South Australia on 21 August 2008, appointed as Chief Justice of the Supreme Court of South Australia on 25 June 2012, National Patron of the Hellenic Australian Lawyers Association since 2014 and awarded the Conferred Degree of Doctor of Laws honoris causa by Flinders University in April 2015.