The 2021 listing of leading Australian Family & Divorce Lawyers details solicitors practising within the areas of family law, matrimonial, parenting, property and spousal maintenance matters across all Australian legal markets who have been identified by their peers for their expertise and abilities in these areas.
Market Leader
Paul Doolan, Barkus Doolan – Sydney
Preeminent
Sue Abrams, Abrams Turner Whelan – Sydney
Jamie Burreket, Broun Abrahams Burreket – Sydney
Debra Cherrie, Taussig Cherrie Fildes – Melbourne
Gillian Coote, Coote Family Lawyers – Melbourne
Sheridan Emerson, Pearson Emerson Meyer – Sydney
Paul Fildes, Taussig Cherrie Fildes – Melbourne
Mark Parker, Lander & Rogers – Melbourne
Tony Phillips, Phillips Family Law – Brisbane
Geoff Wilson, HopgoodGanim – Brisbane
Leading
Andrew Davies, O’Sullivan Davies – Perth
Greg Howe, Howe Jenkin – Adelaide
Lee Formica, Lander & Rogers – Melbourne
Bill Karras, Karras Partners – Sydney
Ian Kennedy, Kennedy Partners – Melbourne
Collette McFawn, Lander & Rogers – Sydney
Margaret Neal, marshalls+dent+wilmoth – Melbourne
Susan Pearson, Pearson Emerson Meyer – Sydney
Di Simpson, DDCS Lawyers – Canberra
Geoff Sinclair, Barry.Nilsson. – Brisbane
Wendy Sylva, Kenna Teasdale Lawyers – Melbourne
Melinda Winning, Barkus Doolan – Sydney
Recommended
Andrew Barnes, BBS Lawyers – Adelaide
Cathie Blanchfield, Blanchfield Nicholls – Sydney
Jacky Campbell, Forte Family Lawyers – Melbourne
William Carr, Carr & Co – Perth
Fiona Caulley, Phillips Family Law – Brisbane
Genevieve Dee, Lander & Rogers – Brisbane
Damien Greer, Damien Greer Lawyers – Brisbane
Stephen Gregory, Kenna Teasdale Lawyers – Melbourne
Olivia Grobtuch, Kennedy Partners – Melbourne
Craig Henderson, Lander & Rogers – Melbourne
Wendy Kayler-Thomson, Forte Family Lawyers – Melbourne
Eleanor Lau, Lander & Rogers – Sydney
Rose Lockie, Gadens – Melbourne
Jeff Marhinin, Barkus Doolan – Sydney
Kieran McCarthy, Naughton McCarthy – Brisbane
Kate Mitchell, Mitchell Family Lawyers – Melbourne
Irene Morozov, Barkus Doolan – Sydney
Rachael Murray, Mills Oakley – Brisbane
Suzanne Pigdon, Pigdon Norgate – Sydney
Linda Richardson, Kim Wilson & Co – Perth
Alison Ross, HopgoodGanim – Brisbane
James Steel, Barry.Nilsson. – Brisbane
Nabil Wahhab, York Family Law Specialists – Sydney
Freda Wigan, HopgoodGanim – Brisbane
Paula Wilkinson, Kim Wilson & Co – Perth