The 2025 listing of leading Sydney Family & Divorce Lawyers details solicitors practising within the areas of family law, matrimonial, parenting, property and spousal maintenance matters in the New South Wales legal market who have been identified by their peers for their expertise and abilities in these areas.
Market Leader
Paul Doolan, Barkus Doolan Winning
Preeminent
Sue Abrams, ATW Family Law
Jamie Burreket, Broun Abrahams Burreket
Sheridan Emerson, Pearson Emerson
Collette McFawn, Lander & Rogers
Susan Pearson, Pearson Emerson
Leading
David Barry, Gordon & Barry
Cathie Blanchfield, Blanchfield Nicholls
Josie Blight, Rubin Blight Hardy
Bill Karras, Karras Partners
Eleanor Lau, Lander & Rogers
Jeff Marhinin, Barkus Doolan Winning
Carly Middleton, Barkus Doolan Winning
Genevieve Morgan, Barry Nilsson
Tash Nolan, Nolan Lawyers
Irene Morozov, York Law Family Law Specialists
Rosemary Norgate, Pigdon Norgate
Annelise Pedersen, Broun Abrahams Burreket
Suzanne Pigdon, Pigdon Norgate
Nabil Wahhab, York Law Family Law Specialists
Melinda Winning, Barkus Doolan Winning
Recommended
Elizabeth Bedford, Pearson Emerson
Katie Burreket, Broun Abrahams Burreket
Jacqueline Dawson, Sexton Family Law
Laura Donnelly, Holmes Donnelly & Co
Michelle Down, ATW Family Law
Alicia Elliott, Broun Abrahams Burreket
Gabrielle Gathercole, ATW Family Law
Karen Hardy, Rubin Blight Hardy
Candice Lau, Lander & Rogers
Heidi Menkes, Pearson Emerson
Carolyn Munk, Matthews Folbigg
Rosemary Norgate, Pigdon Norgate
Margie O’Neill, De Saxe O’Neill
Greg Parker, Swaab
Fiona Reid, Reid Family Lawyers
Melanie Rubin, Rubin Blight Hardy
Antonella Sanderson, Family Law Matters
Maya Sen, Barry Nilsson
Susana Staka, Broun Abrahams Burreket
Aileen Slattery, ATW Family Law
Glenn Thompson, Newnhams
Susan Warda, Mills Oakley
Michele Worner, Karras Partners