The 2026 listing of leading Canberra Family & Divorce Mediators details mediators operating in the Canberra & ACT legal market who have been identified by the state’s family law solicitors for their expertise and abilities in the area of family law.
Leading
John Faulks
Jane Godtschalk
Liz Keogh, Keogh Mediation
Alison Osmand, Alison Osmand Mediation
Debra Parker, Parker Coles Curtis
Robert Routh, Farrar Gesini Dunn
Renee Toy, Listen Talk Resolve
Anna Wynne, Anna Wynne & Associates
Recommended
Iveta Bales, Canberra Mediation Centre
Mary Burgess, ACT Family Dispute Conciliators
Merrilyn Davis, Burley Griffin Chambers
Julie Dobinson, DDCS Lawyers
Gavin Howard SC, Blackburn Chambers
Sage Leslie, Blackburn Chambers
Bernadette Smyth, Smyth Family Lawyers
Amanda Tonkin
Helen Willetts, ACT Family Dispute Conciliators
Previous editions
2025 edition published November 2024
Leading
John Faulks
Liz Keogh, Keogh Mediation
Debra Parker, Parker Coles Curtis
Robert Routh, Farrar Gesini Dunn
Renee Toy, Listen Talk Resolve
Anna Wynne, Anna Wynne & Associates
Recommended
Mary Burgess, ACT Family Dispute Conciliators
Merrilyn Davis, Burley Griffin Chambers
Julie Dobinson, DDCS Lawyers
James Haddock, Blackburn Chambers
Gavin Howard, Blackburn Chambers
Jane Godtschalk
Sage Leslie, Blackburn Chambers
Bernadette Smyth, Smyth Family Lawyers
Helen Willetts, ACT Family Dispute Conciliators
2024 edition published November 2023
Leading
Juliet Behrens, Burley Griffin Chambers
Gavin Howard, Blackburn Chambers
Jane Godtschalk
Debra Parker, Parker Coles Curtis
Robert Routh, Farrar Gesini Dunn
Anna Wynne, Anna Wynne & Associates
Recommended
Mary Burgess, ACT Family Dispute Conciliators
Merrilyn Davis
Julie Dobinson, DDCS Lawyers
John Faulks
Liz Keogh, Keogh Mediation
Sage Leslie, Blackburn Chambers
Renee Toy, Listen Talk Resolve
Helen Willetts, ACT Family Dispute Conciliators
2023 edition published December 2022
Leading
Rebecca Curran, Burley Griffin Chambers
John Faulks
Gavin Howard, Blackburn Chambers
Jane Godtschalk
Debra Parker, Parker Coles Curtis
Robert Routh, Farrar Gesini Dunn
Recommended
Juliet Behrens, Burley Griffin Chambers
Jim Brewster, The Alternative Courtroom
Mary Burgess, ACT Family Dispute Concilliators
Julie Dobinson, DDCS Lawyers
Sage Leslie, Blackburn Chambers
Bernadette Smyth, Smyth Family Lawyers
Renee Toy, Listen Talk Resolve
Anna Wynne, Anna Wynne & Associates
2022 edition published November 2021
Leading
Juliet Behrens, Burley Griffin Chambers
Rebecca Curran, Burley Griffin Chambers
John Faulks
Jane Godtschalk
Debra Parker, Parker Coles Curtis
Robert Routh, Farrar Gesini Dunn
Recommended
Jim Brewster, The Alternative Courtroom
Mary Burgess, ACT Family Concilliators
Julie Dobinson, DDCS Lawyers
Gavin Howard, Blackburn Chambers
Lessli Strong, Australina Family Lawyers
2021 edition published December 2020
Leading
Juliet Behrens, Burley Griffin Chambers
Rebecca Curran, Burley Griffin Chambers
John Faulks
Debra Parker, Parker Coles Curtis
Recommended
Jim Brewster, The Alternative Courtroom
Julie Dobinson, DDCS Lawyers
Juliet Ford, Farrar Gesini Dunn
Gavin Howard, Blackburn Chambers
Ken Hubert, Capon & Hubert
Robert Routh, Farrar Gesini Dunn
2020 edition published June 2020
Leading
Juliet Behrens, Burley Griffin Chambers
Jim Brewster, The Alternative Courtroom
Rebecca Curran, Burley Griffin Chambers
John Faulks
Debra Parker, Watts McCray
Recommended
Julie Dobinson, DDCS Lawyers
Juliet Ford, Farrar Gesini Dunn
Gavin Howard, Blackburn Chambers
Ken Hubert, Capon & Hubert
Jane Godtschalk
Jeanine Lloyd, Jeanine Lloyd & Associates
Robert Routh, Farrar Gesini Dunn
2019 edition published August 2019
Leading
Jim Brewster, The Alternative Courtroom
Rebecca Curran, Burley Griffin Chambers
John Faulks
Jane Godtschalk
Debra Parker, Watts McCray
Robert Routh, Farrar Gesini Dunn
Recommended
Juliet Behrens, Burley Griffin Chambers
Julie Dobinson, DDCS Lawyers
Michael Eley, Michael Eley Lawyer
Juliet Ford, Farrar Gesini Dunn
Kathyrn Heuer, Farrar Gesini Dunn
Gavin Howard, Blackburn Chambers
Ken Hubert, Capon & Hubert
2018 edition published October 2018
Juliet Behrens, Burley Griffin Chambers
Jim Brewster, The Alternative Courtroom
Rebecca Curran, Burley Griffin Chambers
Phil Davey, DDCS Lawyers
Julie Dobinson, DDCS Lawyers
Michael Eley, Michael Eley Lawyer
John Faulks
Jane Gotschalk
Gavin Howard, Blackburn Chambers
Ken Hubert, Capon & Hubert
Debra Parker, Watts McCray
Robert Routh, Farrar Gesini Dunn
2017 edition published October 2017
Juliet Behrens, Burley Griffin Chambers
Jim Brewster, The Alternative Courtroom
Rebecca Curran, Burley Griffin Chambers
Phil Davey, DDCS Lawyers
Julie Dobinson, DDCS Lawyers
Michael Eley, Michael Eley Lawyer
John Faulks
Ken Hubert, Capon & Hubert
Robert Routh, Farrar Gesini Dunn
2016 edition published October 2016
Leading
Rebecca Curran, Burley Griffin Chambers
Philip Davey, DDCS Lawyers
Julie Dobinson, DDCS Lawyers
Ken Hubert, Capon & Hubert
Debra Parker, Watts McCray
Robert Routh, Farrar Gesini & Dunn
Recommended
Michael Eley
Kathryn Heuer, Farrar Gesini & Dunn
Claire Naidu, Claire Naidu & Co
Ian Nash, William Owen Chambers