Mediator Panel

Our Panel ...

Apart from our Principals we have a Panel of over 25 experienced Mediators ready to assist.

They are:

·         Registered Family Dispute Resolution Practitioners

·         Accredited and Approved  Mediators

·         Able to provide Section 60I Certificates required prior to the issue of Family Law Applications to Court

·         Highly experienced with an extensive diversity of knowledge and talent

·         Able to assist firms and clients comply with the new mandatory dispute resolution requirements under the Family Law Act

·         Specialists in their  fields including Lawyers, Psychologists, Social Scientists, Professors, Barristers and Accountants

·         Able to handle relationship,  financial, workplace and organisational disputes

 

 

MIKE EMERSON
B.A., LL.B. (Syd.), LL.M. (Dispute Management - U.Q.)

  • Registered Family Dispute Resolution Practitioner with the Attorney General's Department able to issue S601 Certificates under The Family Law Act 1975
  • Approved Mediator and Arbitrator With Master of Laws in Dispute Management
  • Experienced Lawyer in Private Practice (Principal - Emerson Family Law) Accredited Family Law Specialist and Independant Children’s Lawyer
  • Member Australian Institute of Family Law Mediators and Arbitrators
  • Advocate and Negotiator (Family Court and other Jurisdictions)
  • Rural and Urban Practice Experience Previously in Local Government, including six terms as Mayor of Grafton
  • Associate Fellow Australian Institute of Management
  • Experienced as Senior Office Bearer of numerous Community Organisations
  • Graduate Diploma of Family Dispute Resolution from the Australian Institute of Social Relations

 

 

DENISE BRITTON
B.Soc.Wk. (UQ), M.Litt. (Psychology - UNE)

  • Registered Family Dispute Resolution Practitioner with the Attorney General's Department able to issue S601 Certificates under The Family Law Act 1975
  • Accredited Mediator with the Australian Mediation Association
  • Registered Psychologist and Qualified Social Worker with extensive experience (Principal Britton Psychological Services and Partner - Lily Studios)
  • Member Australian Institute of Family Law Mediators and Arbitrators
  • Therapist / Counsellor for children, adolescents, adults, couples and families
  • Qualified for involvement in Child Inclusive mediations
  • Evaluator, Report Writer and Expert Witness (Family Court and other Jurisdictions)
  • Trainer for other professionals, including Children’s Representatives and Emergency Services Personnel
  • Contractor for Employee Assistance Programmes including Workplace Dispute Resolution - Private and Public Sectors
  • Rural and Urban Practice Experience
  • Member Legal Aid Conferencing Panel since it's inception in 1990's
  • Served 20 years on Queensland Parole Boards
  • Currently part-time member of QCAT to hear disciplinary matters concerning registered Psychologists

 

 

JANET BARNES

LLB Hons (QIT) Grad Dip. Leg. Prac.

 

·         Registered Family Dispute Resolution Practitioner with the Attorney General's Department able to issue S601 Certificates under The Family Law Act 1975

·         Completed legal studies at QIT in 1983

·         Admitted as a solicitor to the Supreme Court of Queensland 1983 and the High Court of Australia 1997

·         Queensland Law Society approved mediator since 2002

·         Practising law for twenty years both in Queensland and in England with background in litigation and family law

·         Serves on the Legal Aid Queensland panel of mediators, the ADRAS panel and the Commercial and Consumer Tribunal panel

  • Views mediation as an important form of dispute resolution

 

 

 

 

RANDAL BINNIE

LLB (QUT) 

·         Registered Family Dispute Resolution Practitioner with the Attorney General's Department able to issue S601 Certificates under The Family Law Act 1975

·         Queensland Law Society Accredited Family Law Specialist

·         Admitted as a solicitor to the Supreme Court of Queensland in 1992 and also the High Court of Australia

·         Member of the Family Law Practitioners Association of the Law Council of Australia

·         Completed specialist mediation training through Bond University

·         Legal Aid Queensland approved chairperson/mediator since 1992 and regularly mediates Family Law Legal Aid conferences to assist parents in resolving differences about the parenting of their children

·         Conducts mediations on a private basis in both property and children’s issues

·         Member of the Queensland Police Service for thirteen years prior to his admission as a lawyer

 

 

 

JENNY BOULTON

·         Registered Family Dispute Resolution Practitioner with the Attorney General's Department able to issue S601 Certificates under The Family Law Act 1975

·         Solicitor for 27 years, practicing exclusively in the area of Family Law

·         Practised in Queensland and in New South Wales and currently has own legal practice

·         Has undertaken mediations for Legal Aid since 1992 and also private mediations both in the areas of property and children’s matters

·         Accredited mediator with the Queensland Law Society

·         Has conducted conciliation conferences for the Federal Magistrates Court at Relationships Australia

·         On the panel of Independent Child Lawyers with the Legal Aid Office Queensland representing children in Family Law matters since 1992

  

 

MIEKE BRANDON

BA (Canberra), M.Sc. (App - Western Sydney)

 

  • Registered Family Dispute Resolution Practitioner with the Attorney General's Department able to issue S601 Certificates under The Family Law Act 1975
  • Advanced practitioner with the Association of Conflict Resolution  (ACR in the USA)
  • National accredited mediator with the Australian Mediation Association (AMA), an accredited member of LEADR and a recognised accredited mediator with Mediatetoday
  • Specialises in assisting to resolve family and workplace disputes
  • Has published many articles, and presented at conferences in Australia and overseas
  • Extensively involved in a range of courses provided by different universities as lecturer, tutor, trainer, coach, assessor and supervises and mentors others
  • Employed as a family dispute resolution practitioner with Relationships Australia from 1993-2007
  • Community mediator with the Dispute Resolution Branch, Queensland Attorney-General’s Department since 1989
  • Co-authored Mediating with Families making the difference, September 2002, Pearson Education Ltd. Sydney with Linda Fisher
  • Co-authored Conflict and Dispute Resolution: a guide for practice, November 2007, Oxford University Press, Melbourne with Leigh Robertson

 

 

 

PATRICK CAVANAGH

LLB (Akld), LLM Hons (Akld)

·         Accredited mediator  

  • Adjunct Professor of Law, Bond University.  Director of the Bond Legal Negotiation Project and an Adjunct Associate Professor at Queensland University Law School and Curtin University’s Business School in Perth
  • Franchise mediator for the Ray White Real Estate Group in Queensland since 2005
  • Barrister and Solicitor in the High Court of New Zealand, specialising in civil litigation
  • Senior Case Manager/ Senior Mediator with Jakarta Initiative Task Force (2001-2003)
  • Senior Advisor to the National Mediation Centre from 2003-2004
  • Specialist mediation adviser to the Government of Indonesia
  • Member of the Queensland Law Society Dispute Resolution Committee (1999-2001)
  • Principal presenter “Commercial negotiation Strategies for Lawyers” for the Queensland Law Society
  • Principal of Negotiation and Mediation Services Pty Ltd
  • Disputes Manager with the Bar Association of Queensland (1990-1995)
  • Executive Director of Queensland Settlement Week from 1992-1995
  • National Manager of the Australian Commercial Disputes Centre in Sydney from 1986 – 1989
  • Has conducted over 700 mediations involving commercial disputes throughout Australia, New Zealand and Indonesia

 

 

 

 

FRAN CONWAY

BA. MSW.

·         Registered with the Attorney-General's Department as a child inclusive Family Dispute Resolution Provider and is authorised to issue 60I Certificates under The Family Law Act 1975

·         Social worker in private practice with a Bachelor of Arts Degree and a Master of Social Work

·         Accredited as a social worker with the Australian Association of Social Workers (AASW).  Accredited mediator under the National Mediator Accreditation System (NMAS) in accordance with the Australian National Mediator Standards

·         Regulation 8 Welfare Officer with the Family Court of Australia

  • Regulation 7 Family Consultant with the Federal Magistrates Court of Australia

·         Specialises in working with separated couples who wish to resolve parenting issues and establish parenting plans in their children's best interests

  • Qualified to engage in child inclusive mediations

 

 

 

ALEX CRAWFORD

 BA.LLB (UQ), B.TH (ACT)

 

·         Registered Family Dispute Resolution Practitioner with the Attorney-General’s Department able to issue S601 Certificates under The Family Law Act 1975

·         Mediator of the Supreme and District Courts of Queensland

·         Accredited as a Mediator by the Australian Mediation Association according to the national standards

·         Accredited as a Mediator by the Queensland Bar Association according to the national standards

·         Solicitor from 1977 to 1992 practising in Brisbane and Melbourne

·         Barrister of the Supreme Court of Queensland from 1992 to date practising in Brisbane

·         Has conducted a large number of mediations at the Queensland Commercial and Consumer Tribunal and private mediations involving a variety of matters

·         Experienced as an office bearer of a number of community organisations

 

 

 

 

MICHELLE DOOLEY

LLB (QUT)

 

·         Registered Family Dispute Resolution Practitioner with the Attorney General's Department able to issue S601 Certificates under The Family Law Act 1975

·         Qualified Solicitor and a Queensland Law Society Accredited Mediator

·         Completed legal studies at QUT in 1986 and has been in private practice since 1987

·         Extensive experience as a mediator

·         Chairperson of Legal Aid Queensland Family Law Conferences since 1994

·         Panel mediator with the Consumer and Commercial Tribunal (Building Disputes) since 1997 and with the Retail Shop Leases Tribunal (Commercial Tenancy Disputes) since 1998

·         Independent Children’s Lawyer in the Family Court and in the Federal Magistrates Court

 

 

 

ANNA FAOAGALI

LLM (Monash), LLB, B.Com (Griffith)

 

 

·         Registered Family Dispute Resolution Practitioner with the Attorney General's Department able to issue S601 Certificates under The Family Law Act 1975

·         Accredited mediator through the Institute of Arbitrators and Mediators Australia and also through the Hong Kong International Arbitration Centre

·         Specialises in alternative dispute resolution, mediations and facilitative discussions, workshops, seminars and training

·         Over 10 years experience in clinical mediation and facilitation

·         Formally trained and developed at the Energy and Water Ombudsman (Victoria) for four years

  • Contracted across the complaint management, appeals and dispute related industries including: Energy and Water Ombudsman, Commonwealth Ombudsman, Anti-Discrimination Commission QLD, Queensland Ombudsman Office, Relationship Centre, Interlock (EAP), Langmont Advantage (EAP)
  • Currently engaged by a number of employee assistance programs to deliver workplace intakes, mediations and workshops some of which include: professional boundaries training, workplace communication and conflict management

 

 

 

KAY FEENEY

B. Ed (James Cook), LLB Hons (UQ)

 

·         Admitted as a solicitor in 1985

·         High school teacher in Queensland prior to studying law

·         First practiced at Robertson O'Gorman and became a partner in the firm, practicing in criminal and family Law then moved to Phillips Fox as a family law specialist in 1992

·         Member of the Social Security Appeals tribunal which has enhanced knowledge and understanding of the many Centrelink issues involved in family law matters

·         Held contracts as a senior case officer within the Child Support Agency giving her a depth of understanding of the complex child support legislation and its implementation

·         Membership of the Migration Review Tribunal further developed her knowledge of administrative law

·         Has undertaken conciliation conferences for the Federal Magistrates Court at Relationships Australia

·         Has worked in family law at Cooper Grace Ward since 1996 where she is currently Special Counsel

  • Accredited specialist in family law

·         Interest in and commitment to mediated outcomes has developed through years of such practise

 

 

 

 

PENNY FEIL

BA (UQ), LLB (UQ)

 

 

·         Registered Family Dispute Resolution Practitioner with the Attorney General's Department able to issue S601 Certificates under The Family Law Act 1975

·         Solicitor

·         Conducted over 2000 mediations since 1991 in commercial, family law and defacto property disputes, and in Family Maintenance Provisions

·         Approved mediator with the Queensland Law Society, Magistrates, District and Supreme Courts of Queensland, as well as Legal Aid Queensland and the Retail Shop Leases Registry

·         Member of the Queensland Law Society, Australian Institute of Family Law Arbitrators and Mediators, Family Law Practitioners Association, Law Council of Australia – Family Law Section, LEADR, and the Women Lawyers Association of Queensland

·         Conciliator with Relationships Australia in conciliations ordered by the Federal Magistrates Court

·         Part-time member of the Guardianship and Administration Tribunal, the Children Services Tribunal and the Mental Health Review Tribunal

·         Engaged by the Child Support Agency as a Senior Case Officer since 1997

·         Spoken on issues relating to mediation at the 2005 and 2007 Family Law Residentials

·         Mediation coach with the Australian Centre for Peace and Conflict Studies and the Queensland Law Society

 

 

 

 

MARIA FORBES

B Soc Wk (Melbourne)

 

·         Registered Family Dispute Resolution Practitioner with the Attorney General's Department able to issue S601 Certificates under The Family Law Act 1975

·         Social Worker with 30 years experience

·         Prior experience in health, education and welfare services

·         Now in private practice as a mediator and report writer

·         Accredited member of Australian Association of Social Workers

·         Member of Family Law Practitioners Association

  • Official Visitor with Department of Corrective Services for six years until June 2006  
  • Chairperson for Legal Aid Queensland Family Law Conferences since 1995
  • Preparing reports for Family Court since 1999
  • Preparing reports for Children’s Court and Children Services Tribunal since 2001

 

 

 

PETER JORDAN

BA, Grad Dip Spec Ed, Dip Sch Couns, M Psych (Educational and Developmental)

 

·         Registered Family Dispute Resolution Practitioner with the Attorney General's Department able to issue S601 Certificates under The Family Law Act 1975

·         Psychologist and mediator in private practice

·         Qualifications in special education, school counselling and psychology 

·         Former teacher and school counsellor with special expertise in all areas of developmental psychology

·         Commenced mediation practice in educational settings with over twenty years experience and has since expanded mediation skills to include family and work disputes

·         Worked across health, education and welfare settings

·         Member of the WorkCover Queensland Psychologists’ Panel

·         Supervisor for the Queensland Ambulance Service Peer Support Program  

·         Specializes in the provision of clinical counselling, developmental and mediation services to families and to the legal sector

·         Regularly provides expert witness testimony in all Federal and State Courts

 

 

TONY LEE

B Juris, LLB (Monash)

 

·         Registered Family Dispute Resolution Practitioner with the Attorney General's Department able to issue S601 Certificates under The Family Law Act 1975

·            Accredited Mediator

·            Experienced Lawyer in Private Practice

(previous founding partner in Lee Turnbull & Co Townsville, and Associate for 23 years at Lee & Co Mission Beach)

·            Specialising in Family Law, Personal Injuries, Law and Civil Litigation

·            Experienced negotiator in Family Law and Civil Jurisdictions

·            Experienced in corporate world as Director of both private and public companies

·            Experienced in community involvement and office bearer in a number of community groups/associations

 

 

 

 

SUE LEWIS

B Soc Wk (UQ) 

 

·         Registered Family Dispute Resolution Practitioner with the Attorney General's Department able to issue S601 Certificates under The Family Law Act 1975

·         Graduated in Social Work from the University of Queensland in 1979 

·         Member of the Australia Association of Social Workers; the Australia and New Zealand Association of Psychiatry, Psychology and Law; and the Queensland Family Law Practitioners Association

·         Post graduate training in Family Therapy and Mediation

·         Specialised in the Child Protection and Family Welfare fields (including domestic violence, substance dependency, mental illness, indigenous and multicultural issues and so forth)

·         Extensive experience in preparing reports for the Children’s, Family, Federal Magistrates, and Supreme Courts as well as the Children’s Commission and Children’s Services Tribunal, in matters of Child Protection and Family Issues

·         Also prepared reports for:

o     the Magistrates, District / Supreme Courts in relation to criminal matters;

o    the Department of Immigration in determining matters relating to residency in Australia ; and

o    the Department of Families to assist in Court processes and/or case planning.

·         Undertakes counselling with children, adults, couples and families in the context of Family Law and Child Protection issues

 

 

 

MEGAN MORRIS

Post Grad Dip Psych (Monash) B Sc (Psych - USQ)  Ass Dip Rec (QUT)

 

·         Registered Family Dispute Resolution Practitioner with the Attorney  General's Department able to issue S601 Certificates under The Family Law Act 1975

·         Registered psychologist and mediator

  • Worked in senior management in the hospitality industry and taught communications and lifeskills for TAFE Queensland before living overseas for 10 years

·         Provided psychological support to Australian, British and New Zealand High Commissions and the American Peace Corps in both Thailand and Vanuatu as well as providing a consultancy for individuals and families on a private basis

·         Has provided psychological support for personal and workplace issues

·         Whilst overseas took an active interest in childrens' education and activities as both a board member of the international school in Vanuatu and chairperson of the voluntary committee at the New International School in Thailand.

  • Member of a diverse group of international and local organisations supporting local women and childrens' health and well-being
  • Mediator with Relationships Austalia
  • Private practice as Psychologist and Mediator

  • Qualified for involvement in Child Inclusive mediations

     

 

 

 

MICHAEL NOLAN

BA, Grad Dip Ed, M Lit St (UQ), LLB Hons (Macquarie) Grad Dip Legal Practice (ANU), Grad Dip Library Science (QUT)

 

·         Registered Family Dispute Resolution Practitioner with the Attorney  General's Department able to issue S601 Certificates under The Family Law Act 1975

·         Qualified barrister and mediator

·         Admitted to the bar in the ACT in 1996 and in Queensland in 1998

·         Member of the Bar Association in Queensland and the Australian Mediation Association

·         Currently serving on the Legal Aid Queensland panel of mediators

·         Legal practice includes criminal, family law and mediation

·         Graduate Diploma in Family Dispute Resolution from Australian Institute of Social Relations

·         Has conciliated workplace disputes for Fair Work Australia

·         Qualified teacher with over 20 years experience in education, 10 years managing the education liaison unit of the State Library of Queensland

 

 

CHRISTOPHER O’MEARA

BA LLB LLM MBA  Dip Ed 

 

·         Registered Family Dispute Resolution Practitioner with the Attorney General's Department able to issue S601 Certificates under The Family Law Act 1975

·         Qualified barrister and mediator

·         Admitted to legal practice in Victoria in 1980 and in Queensland in 2000

·         Legal practice includes family law and children’s matters

·         Over twenty years experience in law and management

·         Worked as General Manager, Corporate Services & Company Secretary of Tarong Energy Corporation, a Queensland government owned electricity producer

·         General Counsel in charge of the Legal Services Unit at Australia Post where he worked for eleven years

·         Previously Legal Manager and Corporate Secretary at ANL Limited (the Australian government shipping line)

·         Qualified teacher and currently lectures part time in law at Queensland University of Technology

·         Diploma in Company Secretarial Practice

·         Professional Certificate in Arbitration

 

 

 

PETER PERISCE 

                                                                                          

·         Registered Family Dispute Resolution Practitioner with the Attorney General's Department able to issue S601 Certificates under The Family Law Act 1975

  • Registered counselling psychologist in private practice working with couples, individuals and children helping them resolve issues of concern to them
  • Trained in and has worked in dispute resolution
  • During the past thirty five years whilst in counselling and psychology fields, has worked extensively with children and their families
  • Has been in supervisory roles and is an accredited supervisor of intern psychologists as well as having been a university lecturer mostly specializing in areas such as counselling techniques, behaviour management and the needs of adolescents at Charles Sturt University-Mitchell campus
  • Current day-to-day professional working life consists of assisting people in a caring and understanding fashion over road humps in their lives – whether that be with couples in fractured relationships or individuals experiencing personal difficulties such as anxiety, depression, abuse, harassment, uncertainty as to future directions, family relationship breakdowns, suicides of people, self esteem, parenting matters, DV, alcohol, drug and behavioural addictions etc. 
  • Was a regular columnist for a regional newspaper with his engaging matter-of-fact style discussing emotional and relationship issues

 

 

 

ANNE PURCELL

PhD (Qld), M Ed (Harvard), B Ed St(Hons), Dip T, AACM (TD)

·         Registered Family Dispute Resolution Practitioner with the Attorney General's Department able to issue S601 Certificates under The Family Law Act 1975

·         Works in educational psychology and specialises in mediations involving families, property and particularly parenting plans focusing on children’s developmental and emotional needs

·         Interest in high-conflict and complex matters

·         Conducts mediations/conferences for Legal Aid Queensland and Relationships Australia where she works on both Federal Magistrate Court and voluntary matters

·         Registered teacher and academic, coaches and trains in mediation for Bond University and UQ, and in educational psychology for ACU

·         Conducts professional development in mediation skills and the psychology of conflict

·         Clients include The Queensland Bar, The Dispute Resolution Centre/Faculty of Law, Bond University and the Queensland Law Society

 

 

 

 

 

 SHANNA QUINN

 BSW (UQ) MSW (UQ) LLB(Hons) (QUT) Grad Dip Leg Prac (QUT)

 

·         Registered Family Dispute Resolution Practitioner with the Attorney General's Department able to issue S601 Certificates under The Family Law Act 1975

·         Trained as a mediator in 1991 and has undertaken significant subsequent training in both matrimonial and commercial mediation

·         Bachelor’s and Master’s degrees in social work and has been working as a practitioner for over 25 years

·         Currently completing a law degree

·         Established a private practice in 1988 in Brisbane and a mediation consultancy practice in Hong Kong in 1996, which provides training, accreditation, and conducts cross-jurisdictional mediations in both children’s matters and substantial property disputes

·         Worked in and for the private sector, all three tiers of government and the police service

·         Maintains a longstanding interest in working with children and separating families and continues to provide expert witness opinion to the Family Court of Australia

·         Overseas experience provides regular opportunities to work with widely diverse cultures, significant quantum and disputes of a unique nature

 

 

 

GARY SHEPHERD

LLM [Master of Laws QUT]

MSW [Master of Social Work MONASH UNI]

·         Registered Family Dispute Resolution Practitioner with the Attorney General's Department able to issue S601 Certificates under The Family Law Act 1975

·         Notary Public, a solicitor, and social worker, holds masters degrees in both law and social work

·         Member of the Queensland Law Society and the Australian Institute of Professional Counsellors

·         Practiced as a Solicitor for over 20 years, predominantly in the area of family law

·         Practiced for the last 12 years as a mediator (again, predominantly in the area of family law), and for the last 2 years as a report writer, preparing family reports and social assessments in the family and children’s court jurisdictions

·         During the mid-1990’s was a lecturer at the Australian Catholic University in the area of Industrial Relations Law


 

JUDY STEWART

LLB (UNE)  Grad Dip Legal Prac (GU)  B Soc Wk (UQ)

 

·         Registered Family Dispute Resolution Practitioner with the Attorney General's Department able to issue S601 Certificates under The Family Law Act 1975

·         Facilitated family law mediations since 1995

·         Bachelor of Social Work conferred in 1988 and a Bachelor of Laws conferred in 2003

·         Undertaken basic and advanced mediation training providing mediation services to Legal Aid Queensland the Family Court and the Federal Magistrates Court

·         Since 2002 has tutored in Alternative Dispute Resolution at the Queensland University of Technology

·         Associate solicitor at DA Family Lawyers with extensive experience in both children's and property matters

 

 

TOM STODULKA

LLB (Syd); Grad Dip (Strategic Studies – UNSW); Grad Cert (Family Law Mediation- U South Australia)

 

·         Registered Family Dispute Resolution Practitioner with the Attorney General's Department able to issue S601 Certificates under The Family Law Act 1975

·         Specialist mediator, conciliator, conflict coach and victim-offender conference convenor

·         Mediated over 2000 disputes throughout Australia ranging from workplace, family law, and multi-million dollar commercial transactions, conciliations for the Queensland Federal Magistrates Court, the Conflict Resolution Service (ACT), the Queensland Dispute Resolution Branch and Resolve (NT), to franchise disputes for the National Office of Mediation Adviser, and multi-party disputes involving remote indigenous communities

·         Bachelor of Laws, a Graduate Diploma in Strategic Studies and a Graduate Certificate in Mediation

·         Accredited as a specialist and senior mediator and mentor with LEADR, IAMA, the Queensland Law Society, the Defence Department and all Queensland Courts and the Federal Magistrates Court

·         In addition to coaching and training in mediation for LEADR, Bond University, the Department of Defence, ACPACS and the University of Queensland, sits on the Queensland Law Society ADR Committee and was a former Director of LEADR and President of the NT Mediation Association

·         Founder of the Queensland ADR Forum

 

 

 

 

 

CHRIS TURNBULL

LLB (QUT); Grad.Cert Disp.Res. (GU)

·         Registered Family Dispute Resolution Practitioner with the Attorney General's Department able to issue S601 Certificates under The Family Law Act 1975

·         Solicitor with Family Law Group Solicitors

·         Accredited Family Law Specialist, was admitted to practice in 2000 and has practiced exclusively in Family Law since 2003

·         Law Society approved Mediator

·         Training in dispute resolution from Bond University's School of Law and from the Dispute Resolution Centre with the Queensland Department of Justice

·         Member of the family dispute resolution conference chairperson panel for Legal Aid Queensland, and occasionally writes for the Queensland Law Society Magazine "Proctor" on family law issues

 

 

 

 

 

SUELLAN WALKER-MUNRO

BN (Deakin) BLegS (Macquarie) LLM (Bond)

·         Registered Family Dispute Resolution Practitioner with the Attorney General's Department able to issue S601 Certificates under The Family Law Act 1975

·         Barrister and accredited mediator with the Bar Association of Queensland

·         Master of Laws from Bond University with a major in alternative dispute resolution

·         Mediation Training Skills Certificate from the Queensland University of Technology Faculty of Law

·         Worked as an intensive care nurse prior to being admitted as first a solicitor in NSW and then Queensland

·         Almost 10 years experience in family law, mainly in community legal sector and Legal Aid Queensland

·         Whilst at Legal Aid, was first Co-ordinator of the duty lawyer service in the Brisbane Federal Magistrates and Family Courts

·         Significant experience in dealing with issues of domestic and family violence was gained during her work as a solicitor at the Women’s Legal Service

 

 

 

 

 

SUE WATERMAN

Bachelor Social Work UNSW

 

 

·         Registered Family Dispute Resolution Practitioner with the Attorney General's Department able to issue S601 Certificates under The Family Law Act 1975

·         Bachelor of Social Work from the University of NSW in 1988

·         Member of the Australian Association of Social Workers (AASW) and currently works in private practice as a family counsellor, mediator and report writer

·         Undertaken further training in family therapy and has extensive experience in dealing with families in conflict situations

·         Previously employed for 10 years in Child and Youth Mental Health and has experience in the areas of adult psychiatric health and child sexual abuse

·         Previously a member of the Mental Health Review Tribunal and the Children’s Services Review Tribunal

·         Undertaken advanced training in Mediation and has been conducting mediations since 1995

 

 

JAMES WHITE

LLM (Litigation and Dispute Resolution – UQ); Solicitor

 

·         Registered Family Dispute Resolution Practitioner with the Attorney General's Department able to issue S601 Certificates under The Family Law Act 1975

·         Lawyer for 26 years primarily practicing in the Family Law area

·         Also practices in the areas of Criminal Law, Civil Litigation, Conveyancing, Wills and Estate Administration

·         Accredited mediator with the Qld Law Society, all Queensland Courts and the Family Court of Australia

·         Panel mediator for the Retail Shop Lease Tribunal, Dispute Resolution Centre (Qld Justice Department), Legal Aid Queensland and the Residential Tenancies Authority

·         Mediated over 1000 disputes since 1991 throughout Queensland ranging from family law matters, workplace disputes, commercial and financial disputes, multi-party disputes for the Queensland Police Service and Queensland Sugar Board and disputes in remote indigenous communities in the North Queensland including native title issues

·         Facilitated community consultative committees in respect to waste management, the real estate industry, tropical health and Queensland Health

·         Mediator in the first program involving victim-offender mediations in Queensland

·         Mediated for the Anglican Church in Brisbane in respect to sexual abuse claims against clergy

 


 


 

 

 

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