NMAS Mediator, Family Dispute Resolution Practitioner and Family Group Conference Facilitator
After 15 years as a litigation lawyer, Fiona wondered if there was a better way to go about it; a way that saves people paying extensive legal fees, a way that gets much faster results, and a way that is less stressful for parties and their families. That thought lead to Fiona’s now thriving mediation practice.
My goal is to help people achieve fast and effective agreements for the benefit of their family and their future, so they can move forward and begin the next chapter of their lives.
Overview and Experience
With over 20 years experience in the legal industry, having worked as a lawyer in Sydney, New York and Tamworth, Fiona is now the Director of her own law firm and mediation practice, based in Tamworth NSW. Fiona is a Nationally Accredited Mediator, is recognised as a certified Family Dispute Resolution Practitioner by the Commonwealth Attorney-General, and is a certified Family Group Conferencing Practitioner. Fiona is also a casual Legal Academic at the University of New England, delivering tertiary education in the subjects of Family Law, Torts, and Corporations Law.
Fiona has conducted countless successful property, parenting, and workplace mediations in New England North West New South Wales and online. She is available to travel to conduct mediations when necessary. Mediations can also be conducted over the phone or via Zoom, allowing Fiona to serve clients right across Australia. Parties are welcome to be legally represented at a mediation.
Fiona brings to her mediations excellent people skills, deep listening skills, empathy, compassion, authority and high levels of professionalism that ensure clients feel comfortable, safe and respected. Her mediations are future focused, child-focused in parenting matters, non-blaming, and solution oriented. Fiona has the intuitive ability to sense the things that are not being said, and focused all her intellectual energy on the dispute in front of her to help guide parties to an agreed outcome.
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New England North West Region of NSW (Tamworth based) and Sydney.
Fiona is available to travel to conduct mediations when necessary, Zoom or by phone.
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