The 2025 listing of leading Melbourne Family & Divorce Lawyers details solicitors practising within the areas of family law, matrimonial, parenting, property and spousal maintenance matters in the Victorian legal market who have been identified by their peers for their expertise and abilities in these areas.
Market Leader
Mark Parker, Lander & Rogers
Preeminent
Debra Cherrie, Taussig Cherrie Fildes
Gillian Coote, Coote Family Lawyers
Paul Fildes, Taussig Cherrie Fildes
Olivia Grobtuch, Kennedy Partners
Kate Mitchell, Mitchell Family Law
Margaret Neal, marshalls+dent+wilmoth
Wendy Sylva, Kenna Teasdale Lawyers
Leading
Jacky Campbell, Forte Family Lawyers
Lee Formica, Lander & Rogers
Stephen Gregory, Kenna Teasdale Lawyers
Georgia Hargreaves, Hargreaves Family Lawyers
Kimberley Hunter, Clancy & Triado
Will Jones, Sayer Jones
Wendy Kayler-Thomson, Forte Family Lawyers
Ian Kennedy, Kennedy Partners
Liz Kofoed, Lander & Rogers
Briana Kotzapavlidis, Arkadia Family Law
Kylie Sanders, Taussig Cherrie Fildes
Will Stidston, Barry Nilsson
Jason Walker, Forte Family Lawyers
Liz Weldon, Mitchell Family Law
Gary Yan, Coote Family Lawyers
Recommended
Annelis Bos, Coote Family Lawyers
Frank Chila, Farrar Gesini Dunn
Aisling Clifford, Coote Family Lawyers
Rachell Davey, Lander & Rogers
Stephanie Doyle, Doyle’s Family Law & Mediation
Coralee Elsum, Elsum Family Law
Kristy Fuge, Taussig Cherrie Fildes
Casey Ieraci, Sage Family Lawyers
Wendy Jenkins, Blackwood Family Law
Byron Leong, Lander & Rogers
Sam Marash, Kenna Teasdale
Nick McBride, marshalls+dent+wilmoth
Jemma McKenzie, Forte Family Lawyers
Kuppy Nambiar, Nambiar Hogg Family Lawyers
Aaron Peppin, Kenna Teasdale
Ben Sayer, Sayer Jones
Shai Sommer, Lander & Rogers
John Spender, Kennedy Partners
Katrina Stuart, Stuart Family Lawyers
Aaron van der Heyden, Canterbury Family Law
Kate Whitehoue, marshalls+dent+willmoth
Evelyn Young, Lighthouse Family Lawyers