Antoinette has a degree in private law and criminal law at the Rijksuniversiteit Groningen. She has completed a Post graduate course on Personal Injury.  She has over 30 years of experience as a personal injury lawyer. Among other things, she assists the relatives of the MH-17 disaster. She is a specialist in cross-border liability, employer liability and international private law.

She was one of the founders of the Pan-European Organisation of Personal Injury Lawyers European Association (PEOPIL) founded in 1997, of which she became the first female president from 2009 up to September 2013.

Work experience:

• 1990 – 2010: Lawyer at amongst others Marree & Dijxhoorn and Beer Advocaten
• 2010 – present: Partner and lawyer at Legaltree

Other positions:

• Member of: LSA (Association for Personal Injury Lawyers), VASR (Association for liability and damages law), IETL (Institute for European Traffic Law), IATL (International Academy of Trial Lawyers)
• Board of Directors of IATL (International Academy of Trial Lawyers)
• Chairwoman of complaints committee, PANTAR, Amsterdam
• Chairwoman of Stichting Essure Claims
• Chairwoman of Stichting Slachtoffers Medische Hulpmiddelen
• Lecturer at SDU, Kerckebosch, AVDR