The 2024 listing of leading New South Wales Parenting & Children’s Matters Lawyers details individuals who have been specifically highlighted for their expertise, abilities and experience in complex parenting/child custody issues and disputes. These rankings also include individuals with experience acting as an independent Children’s Lawyer in relation to matters that may include, but are not limited to, family violence, physical, sexual and emotional abuse of children. Individuals included in our broader Family Law rankings may also possess significant skill with respect to parenting matters however have not been identified for such.
Preeminent
Sue Abrams, ATW Family Law
Collette McFawn, Lander & Rogers
Melanie Rubin, Rubin Blight Hardy
Leading
Cathie Blanchfield, Blanchfield Nicholls
Alicia Elliott, Broun Abrahams Burreket
Gabrielle Gathercole, ATW Family Law
Karen Hardy, Rubin Blight Hardy
Eleanor Lau, Lander & Rogers
Carly Middleton, Barkus Doolan Winning
Genevieve Morgan, Barry Nilsson
Rosemary Norgate, Pigdon Norgate
Melinda Winning, Barkus Doolan Winning
Michele Worner, Karras Partners
Recommended
David Barry, Gordon & Barry
Elizabeth Bedford, Pearson Emerson
Josie Blight, Rubin Blight Hardy
Katie Burreket, Broun Abrahams Burrket
Cathleen Coleman, Pearson Emerson
Jacqueline Dawson, Sexton Family Law
Laura Donnelly, Holmes Donnelly & Co
Joanna Elliott, Walter & Elliott
Rebecca Gilbert, Pearson Emerson
Christopher Hughes, Christopher Hughes & Associates
Olivia Koorey, Broun Abrams Burreket
Carly Mirza-Price, Mills Oakley
Carolyn Munk, Matthews Folbigg
Nigel Nicholls, Blanchfield Nicholls
Tash Nolan, Nolan Lawyers
Kate O’Grady, Orbell Family Lawyers
Margie O’Neill, De Saxe O’Neill
Greg Parker, Swaab
Suzanne Pigdon, Pigdon Norgate
Fiona Reid, Reid Family Lawyers
Aileen Slattery, Abrams Turner Whelan
Susana Staka, Broun Abrahams Burreket
Glenn Thompson Newnhams
Michael Tiyce, Tiyce & Lawyers
Nabil Wahhab, York Law Family Law Specialists