Angela is the director of Cornford-Scott Lawyers Pty Ltd and an accredited specialist in succession law. She has worked in the area of succession law for over 20 years and has a particular interest in estate planning, trust matters and estate administration issues.

Angela is the current Chair of the Society of Trust and Estate Practitioners (STEP) Queensland and also the current Chair of the Queensland Law Society Succession Law Specialist Accreditation Committee. She is also a member of the Queensland Law Society Succession Law committee.

She is an adjunct lecturer at the College of Law in their Masters of Law (Succession) course and a regular presenter of seminars.

Angela also co-authors the Lexis Nexis practical guidance publications in Succession Law and Elder Law for Queensland.