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Leading Family Law Junior Counsel – New South Wales, 2025

November 26, 2024November 26, 2024

Roger_Harper

The 2025 listing of leading New South Wales Family & Divorce Junior Counsel details Junior Counsel practising within the areas of family law, matrimonial and custody matters in the NSW legal market who have been identified by the state’s family law solicitors for their expertise and abilities in these areas.

Showing all 26 junior counsel

Tiers are in rank order. Within a tier, names are alphabetical and are not ranked against one another.

Market Leader

Market Leader: 1 junior counsel
Junior counsel	Chambers or list	Doyle’s ranking record
Claire Cantrall	Waratah Chambers	Doyle’s ranking record: Claire Cantrall

Preeminent

Preeminent: 3 junior counsel
Junior counsel	Chambers or list	Doyle’s ranking record
Mary-Clare Kennedy	Waratah Chambers	Doyle’s ranking record: Mary-Clare Kennedy
Esther Lawson	Waratah Chambers	Doyle’s ranking record: Esther Lawson
Kiel Roberts (biography)	Family Law Chambers	Doyle’s ranking record: Kiel Roberts

Leading

Leading: 5 junior counsel
Junior counsel	Chambers or list	Doyle’s ranking record
Mary-Anne Clifford	Culwulla Chambers	Doyle’s ranking record: Mary-Anne Clifford
Rachel Dart (biography)	Culwulla Chambers	Doyle’s ranking record: Rachel Dart
Karen Shea	Frederick Jordan Chambers	Doyle’s ranking record: Karen Shea
Catherine Spain (biography)	Waratah Chambers	Doyle’s ranking record: Catherine Spain
Matthew Wong	Waratah Chambers	Doyle’s ranking record: Matthew Wong

Recommended

Recommended: 17 junior counsel
Junior counsel	Chambers or list	Doyle’s ranking record
Peter Batey	Waratah Chambers	Doyle’s ranking record: Peter Batey
Ashley Bithrey (biography)	Bolton St Chambers	Doyle’s ranking record: Ashley Bithrey
Craig Brickwood (biography)	waratah Chambers	Doyle’s ranking record: Craig Brickwood
Ian Duane (biography)	Newcastle Chambers	Doyle’s ranking record: Ian Duane
Roger Harper (biography)	Culwulla Chambers	Doyle’s ranking record: Roger Harper
Greg Kenny	Lachlan Macquarie Chambers	Doyle’s ranking record: Greg Kenny
John Longworth	Frederick Jordan Chambers	Doyle’s ranking record: John Longworth
Shanna Mahony	Lachlan Macquarie Chambers	Doyle’s ranking record: Shanna Mahony
Thomas Matthews (biography)	Family Law Chambers	Doyle’s ranking record: Thomas Matthews
Liam O'Reilly	Family Law Chambers	Doyle’s ranking record: Liam O'Reilly
Olla Otrebski (biography)		Doyle’s ranking record: Olla Otrebski
Angela Petrie (biography)	Wardell Chambers	Doyle’s ranking record: Angela Petrie
Scott Richardson (biography)	Culwulla Chambers	Doyle’s ranking record: Scott Richardson
Tereza Seric (biography)	Culwulla Chambers	Doyle’s ranking record: Tereza Seric
Janai Tabbernor	Waratah Chambers	Doyle’s ranking record: Janai Tabbernor
Michael Todd (biography)	Family Law Chambers	Doyle’s ranking record: Michael Todd
Michael Weightman (biography)	Newcastle Chambers	Doyle’s ranking record: Michael Weightman

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