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Brendan Herbert is a Melbourne-based lawyer at Macpherson Kelley with approximately 15 years of experience. Based in Victoria and practising from the Melbourne CBD, they advise clients on family law matters across Victorian courts, tribunals and regulatory processes. Principal Lawyer in private clients and family law. Works empathetically to de-escalate relationship breakdown disputes. Experienced in complex property, parenting and relocation matters. Based at Melbourne office, Level 7, 600 Bourke Street. Clients seeking specialist legal support in Melbourne can contact Herbert for practical, commercially minded advice grounded in current Victorian practice.

Experience

15 years experience

Location

Victoria · Melbourne

Languages

English, Mandarin

Available

Available this week

Fee

On request

Jacky Campbell is a founding partner of Forte Family Lawyers and has practised family law for most of her forty years as a Victorian solicitor. Admitted in 1986 and accredited as a Family Law Specialist since 1991, she is listed in Doyle's Guide as a Leading Family Lawyer in Melbourne and is a trained arbitrator with the Australian Institute of Family Law Arbitrators and Mediators. Jacky is widely known for complex financial agreements, bankruptcy and insolvency intersections with property settlements, defined benefit and self-managed superannuation funds, and cross-border disputes involving overseas assets. She regularly presents CPD seminars for practitioners and contributes to leading family law publications. From her Melbourne CBD chambers, Jacky assists clients with prenuptial and postnuptial agreements, surrogacy arrangements, and challenging parenting matters requiring specialist advocacy in Victorian courts.

Experience

40 years experience

Location

Victoria · Melbourne

Languages

Cantonese, English +1

Available

Available this week

Fee

On request

Joanne Hazeldene is a Melbourne-based lawyer at Macpherson Kelley with approximately 20 years of experience. Based in Victoria and practising from the Melbourne CBD, they advise clients on wills & estates, family law matters across Victorian courts, tribunals and regulatory processes. Principal Lawyer in private clients, wills and estates. Melbourne office at 600 Bourke Street. Part of MK's private clients practice group. Commercially minded advice for individuals and families. Clients seeking specialist legal support in Melbourne can contact Hazeldene for practical, commercially minded advice grounded in current Victorian practice. Their work reflects a commitment to clear communication, diligent preparation, and outcomes tailored to each client's circumstances within Melbourne and the broader Victorian jurisdiction.

Experience

20 years experience

Location

Victoria · Melbourne

Languages

English, Italian +2

Available

Available this week

Fee

On request

Wendy Kayler-Thomson is a founding partner of Forte Family Lawyers in Melbourne and a Law Institute of Victoria Accredited Specialist in Family Law with more than thirty years of practice. She is recognised in Doyle's Guide as one of Melbourne's leading family lawyers and specialises in complex financial and parenting matters, including high-value property settlements, international relocation, and Hague Convention child abduction proceedings. Wendy takes a solution-focused approach, guiding clients through separation and divorce with strategic advice grounded in deep knowledge of Victorian and Federal Circuit and Family Court practice. Based at Level 15, 600 Bourke Street in the Melbourne CBD, she helps individuals and families across Victoria navigate parenting arrangements, spousal maintenance, and property division with clarity and care.

Experience

30 years experience

Location

Victoria · Melbourne

Languages

English, Greek

Available

Available this week

Fee

On request