I am a specialist wills and estates and business succession lawyer. This means I am uniquely positioned to help grieving families with complex legal affairs navigate the most difficult time in their life. Click "show more" to read more of my profile.
Over 25 years in practice, I have seen disputed estates:
1. destroy families
2. leave inheritances in tatters paying huge legal bills; and
3. affect clients for years as drawn out litigation compounds their grief.
In contrast to traditionally run litigation, I take a collaborative approach where possible. Which means that I work with opposing lawyers, I involve grief counsellors, communications coaches and common financial advisors, so that clients and their families are empowered to reach their own settlements in a holistic and lasting way.
I am one of only a handful of collaboratively trained wills and estates lawyers in Qld. If your family wants to take a collaborative pathway, I can help put a team of other collaborative professionals together to best suit your circumstances.
I can also act as a mediator to help your family resolve an estate dispute if you are already on a litigation pathway, but you want to try to reach an out of court settlement with the help of an independent mediator.
And if you fear that litigation is unavoidable but you want a compassionate lawyer who will steer your matter to an early resolution at every opportunity, then I have the experience and resolve to do just that.
