Sylvia Simmons is an honours graduate from Kings College, London and has been admitted as a lawyer in the United Kingdom and Western Australia. Ms Simmons worked for a large legal firm in London which specialised in corporate and commercial matters. She joined McCallum Donovan Sweeney in 1997. Ms Simmons initially practised primarily in litigation dealing with both commercial matters and personal injury claims. She then moved into the commercial field and practises in conveyancing, commercial law, business law, property law and probate.