Georgia-Mae Chung

Georgia-Mae Chung is developing a busy practice defending in a range of criminal matters.

She regularly appears in both the Crown Court and the Magistrates’ Court and has experience defending vulnerable individuals and youth clients. In her first six, she assisted her supervisors with the preparation of Crown Court trials in the areas of sexual offences, violence, drugs, and fraud.

Georgia-Mae has a particular interest in sentencing. This was developed prior to her time at Mountford Chambers through her work with the Sentencing Academy as their Kalisher Trust Intern. She now acts as their Consultant, and has assisted them through writing papers, representing them in parliament, and attending Sentencing Council consultations.

Since starting pupillage, Georgia-Mae has organised and chaired an event at Middle Temple called Aggrieved – Exploring the Relationship Between Grief and Working in the Legal World. This was about legal professionals’ and students’ experiences of grief and how this interacts with their work. It was the first event at the Inn to address this topic. Georgia-Mae will continue this movement with a further panel event in Autumn.

Before coming to the Bar, Georgia-Mae gained considerable experience of criminal law and proceedings as a Trainee Legal Adviser at the Thames and Stratford Magistrates’ Courts. She spent every working day in court and sat across the spectrum of trial, overnight, sentencing, case management, and traffic courts with magistrates and judges. During this, she thoroughly advised magistrates, assisted unrepresented defendants in giving their evidence and presenting their mitigation, and observed a range of advocacy, amongst other experiences.

Prior to this, Georgia-Mae worked as a Caseworker at Suffolk Law Centre, specialising in assisting vulnerable clients with complex issues. Additionally, she was a Community Projects Officer at the Ipswich and Suffolk Council for Racial Equality (“ISCRE”) where she scrutinised Suffolk Police’s use of stop and search. Following this, Georgia-Mae has maintained her involvement ISCRE as a Trustee. She also has a background in politics.