Chelsea Francis-Hartman
Chelsea is a Canberra-based lawyer who largely operates within BAL’s Employment Law & Investigations Team and also works with the firm’s Litigation & Dispute Resolution Team. She has over a decade of legal, policy, and management experience across the not-for-profit, NGO, mining and resources, top-tier commercial, Canberra legal, and government sectors. Chelsea’s expertise is in employment law, administrative law, migration, intellectual property, general commercial, and civil litigation. Her practice is underpinned by integrity, empathy, and on delivering practical outcomes for her clients – she is guided by BAL’s values of excellence and a human-centred approach to client matters. Chelsea has appeared for a range of multinational corporations, consulates, ACT-based organisations, local businesses, and high-profile individuals in jurisdictions including but not limited to the ACT Civil and Administrative Tribunal, Fair Work Commission, ACT Human Rights Commission, ACT Magistrates Court, District Court of NSW, Administrative Review Tribunal, ACT Supreme Court, and Federal Court. Notably, Chelsea has previously been an Associate at the Administrative Appeals Tribunal and Directed the law reform arm of Amnesty International Western Australia. She is currently on Amnesty International ACT’s Activism and Leadership Committee and also adjudicates mooting competitions at the Australian National University.
Expertise
- Employment law
- Administrative law
- Migration
- Intellectual property
- General commercial, and civil litigation
Recognition
- Leading Doyles Employment 2026
