The 2026 listing of leading Melbourne Family & Divorce Lawyers details solicitors practising within the areas of family law, matrimonial, parenting, property and spousal maintenance matters in the Victorian legal market who have been identified by their peers for their expertise and abilities in these areas.
Market Leader
Mark Parker, Lander & Rogers
Preeminent
Debra Cherrie, Taussig Cherrie Fildes
Gillian Coote, Coote Family Lawyers
Paul Fildes, Taussig Cherrie Fildes
Olivia Grobtuch, Kennedy Partners
Wendy Sylva, Kenna Teasdale Lawyers
Leading
Jacky Campbell, Forte Family Lawyers
Lee Formica, Lander & Rogers
Georgia Hargreaves, Hargreaves Family Lawyers
Kimberly Hunter, Clancy & Triado
Will Jones, Sayer Jones
Wendy Kayler-Thomson, Forte Family Lawyers
Liz Kofoed, Lander & Rogers
Briana Kotzapavlidis, Arkadia Family Law
Kate Mitchell, Mitchell Family Law
Margaret Neal, marshalls+dent+wilmoth
Kylie Sanders, Taussig Cherrie Fildes
Will Stidston, Barry Nilsson
Jason Walker, Forte Family Lawyers
Gary Yan, Coote Family Lawyers
Recommended
Annelis Bos, Coote Family Lawyers
Frank Chila, Farrar Gesini Dunn
Aisling Clifford, Coote Family Lawyers
Stephanie Doyle, Doyle’s Family Law & Mediation
Kristy Fuge, Taussig Cherrie Fildes
Charlotte Geddes, Sage Family Law
Rebecca Goldman, Goldman Clark Family Lawyers
Stephen Gregory, Kenna Teasdale Lawyers
Casey Ieraci, Sage Family Lawyers
Ian Kennedy, Kennedy Partners
Katalin Lello, Lander & Rogers
Byron Leong, Lander & Rogers
Sam Marash, Kenna Teasdale
Jemma Mackenzie, Forte Family Lawyers
Kuppy Nambiar, Nambiar Hogg Family Lawyers
Sally Nicholes, Nicholles Family Lawyers
Aaron Peppin, Kenna Teasdale
Ben Sayer, Sayer Jones
John Spender, Kennedy Partners
Belinda Spong, Accord Family Law
Katrina Stuart, Stuart Family Lawyers
Aaron van der Heyden, Canterbury Family Law
Liz Weldon, Arkadia Family Law
Kate Whitehouse, marshalls+dent+willmoth
Evelyn Young, Lighthouse Family Lawyers