mum, separation & parenting expert

A passionate, contemporary family lawyer and separated mum of a gorgeous 3-year-old boy.   With a passion for both writing and family law, I have had experience spanning  across both media and law during a dynamic career so far.  

Myself a product of  a family lawyer, I was always inspired to make a change in the world of separation and divorce. I worked in journalism during my university days, writing for various ACP titles, and then transitioned into law upon graduating. From the get go I wanted to experience family law at the coal front so I jumped into the role of Associate to a Justice of the Family Court of Australia, seeing the best and worst from that side of the bench before transitioning to private practice. I then joined my dad, an established accredited specialist family lawyer. Under my vision the firm  grew from a sole practitioner practice to a modern, growing boutique firm with three offices. 

A finalist in the 2018 Lawyers Weekly 30 under 30 Awards, 2019 Lawyers Weekly Australian Law Awards as a “Rising Star of the Year”, 2022 Lawyers Weekly Partner of the Year Awards “Family Law” and 2023 Lawyers Weekly Partner of the Year Awards “Family Law” and Women in Law Awards “Partner of the Year – SME”. 

I separated at 31 years of age and started co-parenting my then 1 year old ‘Teddy’. I instinctively knew I had to find a way effectively co parent. Through my experience working with separating families, and navigating the co-parenting world myself for the first time, I gained a passion for assisting separated families to help them “collaboratively co-parent” and work on rebuilding their family unit, albeit separated. Uncoupling did not have to equate to breaking up the family unit.  I have a passion for encouraging parents to work together on growing resilient, secure children of divorce.