Vanessa Mathews

Name: Vanessa Mathews

Qualifications: BCom BSW LLB

Managing Director

Mathews Family Law & Mediation Specialists

Byron Bay Family Law & Mediation Specialists

‍State: Victoria & NSW 

‍Immediation Practice Area: Family Dispute Resolution and Mediation

‍About Vanessa

I am the founder and managing director of Mathews Family Law & Mediation Specialists (and Byron Bay Family Law & Mediation Specialists) where I specialise in providing the full range of family law dispute resolution services tailored to each client’s individual needs including: shadow legal advice and coaching, lawyer-led negotiation, family dispute resolution, conciliation, mediation, litigation and parenting coordination.

I have the rare but powerful combination of social work qualifications and experience which, combined with more than 20 years’ experience as a lawyer and dispute resolution practitioner, which make my approach to resolving legal relationship issues both sensible and sensitive.

I also have a commerce degree which adds a financially astute aspect to my practice.

I am a fully accredited family law specialist, mediator, family dispute resolution practitioner, conciliator and parenting coordinator.

I have extensive experience in complex issues that arise from relationship breakdown, and work in partnership with my clients, who regularly describe me as empathetic.

I am an active member of the family law profession and a member of the:

• Law Institute of Victoria, Family Law Section
• Law Council of Australia, Family Law Section
• Fellow of the International Academy of Family Lawyers
• Resolution Institute
• Australian Institute of Family Law Arbitrators and Mediators
• National Mediation Accreditation System
• Relationships Australia Family Lawyers Panel
• Relationships Australia / Federal Circuit Court ‘Access Resolve’ Mediation Service
• Association of Family and Conciliation Courts 
• Lawyer FDRP Panel 
• Parenting Coordination Victoria 

Immediation Areas of Expertise

• Children and Parenting 
• Property and Financial Settlements
• Child Support and Child Maintenance
• Spousal Maintenance 
• De Facto and Same Sex Relationships
• Financial Agreements
• Asset Protection
• Superannuation
• International Family Law
• Family Violence