Andrew is an accomplished Family Lawyer, bringing a wealth of professional and academic expertise to the realm of family law, property and parenting matters. With a diverse background encompassing degrees in law, business management, and psychology, Andrew's journey into the legal world has been characterised by a steadfast commitment to the profession and his clients.
From a young age, Andrew's passion for advocating the rights of children and youth took him to national and international levels. He served as an advisor to the South Australian Minister of Youth and represented Australia at the United Nations Special Session on children in New York. Even during his school years, he skilfully balanced academics, clerking at his family Family Law firm, Alderman Redman, and dedicating his time to various not-for-profit organizations as a board member.
After completing high school, Andrew ventured into a range of management and advisory roles, amassing invaluable experience in the private, government and not-for profit sectors. His return to Alderman Redman in 2011 marked the beginning of his legal journey. While working full-time at the firm, he pursued a law degree and was admitted to the legal profession in 2015.
Andrew has a continued dedication to professional improvement, including undertaking a range of further training and education in alternative reproductive arrangements, mediation, collaborative legal practice, and specific areas of family law property and parenting matters.
Andrew’s unique blend of education in law, business and psychology provides a distinct perspective and additional support to Stanley & Co particularly in cases involving complex property and children issues.
Experience
- Advising and representing De facto couples
- Conducting and successfully negotiating complex property settlements
- Property settlements involving businesses and farming
- Advising and successfully negotiating children’s matters
- Advising and successfully negotiating grandparent’s rights
- Proceedings under the Hague Convention on International Relocation
- National relocation matters
- Recovery orders
- Preparing for and representing parties in their divorce hearings
- Providing assistance to parties regarding child support issues
- Spousal maintenance matters
- Binding Financial Agreements
- Mediation
- Consent Orders
- Parenting Plans & Parenting Orders
- Contravention and enforcement applications
- Surrogacy and sperm donation agreements
- Adoption advice
Professional Associations
- Law Society of South Australia
- Family Law Section of The Law Council of Australia
- Committee Member of the Family Law Committee of the Law Society of South Australia 2018-2023
- Committee Member of the Children and the Law Committee of the Law Society of South Australia 2015-2018
- Board Member of YouthJET (Jobs, Education and Training Provider) 2006-2008
- Board Member of Save the Children South Australia 2004-2006