The 2026 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
Collette McFawn, Lander & Rogers
Sheridan Emerson, Pearson Emerson
Susan Pearson, Pearson Emerson
Leading
David Barry, Gordon & Barry
Josie Blight, Rubin Blight Hardy
Alicia Elliott, Broun Abrahams Burreket
Eleanor Lau, Lander & Rogers
Jeff Marhinin, Barkus Doolan Winning
Carly Middleton, Barkus Doolan Winning
Irene Morozov, York Law Family Law Specialists
Melanie Rubin, Rubin Blight Hardy
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
Cathie Blanchfield, Blanchfield Nicholls
Wendy Broun, Broun Abrahams Burreket
Katie Burreket, Broun Abrahams Burreket
Jacqueline Dawson, Sexton Family Law
Laura Donnelly, Holmes Donnelly & Co
Michelle Down, ATW Family Law
Joanne Elliott, Walter & Elliott Family Lawyers
Nicole Evans, Barker Evans
Gabrielle Gathercole, ATW Family Law
Karen Hardy, Rubin Blight Hardy
Jack Hensley, Pigdon Norgate
Bill Karras, Karras Partners
Kate Kensell, Uther Webster & Evans
Heidi Menkes, Pearson Emerson
Genevieve Morgan, Barry Nilsson
Tash Nolan, Nolan Family Law
Rosemary Norgate, Pigdon Norgate
Margie O’Neill, De Saxe O’Neill
Skye Owen, Lander & Rogers
Fiona Reid, Reid Family Lawyers
Philip Ridgway, Pearson Emerson
Susana Staka, Broun Abrahams Burreket
Aileen Slattery, ATW Family Law
Susan Warda, Mills Oakley