Contact Details
Forte Family Lawyers
Level 2 535 Bourke Street
Melbourne
Victoria
3000
Australia
- + 61 3 92485800
- + 61 3 92485899
- jwalker@fortefamilylawyers.com.au
- www.fortefamilylawyers.com.au
Profile
Accredited Specialist in Family Law (2005). Deputy Chair of the Family Law Section of the Law Council of Australia, the peak body for lawyers in Australia. Co-Editor of the Australian Family Lawyer journal. Former Chair, Family Law Section of the Law Institute of Victoria. Partner at Forte Family Lawyers with IAFL Fellows, Jacky Campbell and Jemma Mackenzie. Regarded by his peers as an industry leader. Named in Doyle’s Guide list of Leading Family and Divorce Lawyers (Melbourne), as well as ranked in their list of Preeminent Family & Divorce Lawyers (Melbourne), Leading High Value Family Lawyers (Melbourne), Preeminent Parenting Lawyer (Melbourne) and Leading Australian Family & Divorce Lawyer. Named in Best Lawyers. Former Member of the Asia Pacific Chapter Executive Committee. Parliamentarian to Global IAFL.
Languages Spoken: English
Practice Areas: Adoption, Appeals, Arbitration, Child Care/Public Law, Child Custody/Residence/Visitation/Contact, Child Support, Cohabitation, Collaborative Law, Divorce, Domestic Abuse/Violence/Protection Orders, Emergency Procedures/Injunctions, Enforcement: Child Custody, Enforcement: Child Support, Enforcement: Property Division, Enforcement: Spousal Support, Finance: Capital Provision, Finance: Insolvency, Finance: Pensions/Superannuation/Retirement and Employment Benefits, Finance: Property Issues, Finance: Taxation, Finance: Trusts, Hague Convention/Child Abduction, Mediation, Modification/Variation: Child Custody, Modification/Variation: Child Support, Modification/Variation: Property Division, Modification/Variation: Spousal Support, Parentage/Paternity, Pre-nuptial/Post-nuptial Agreements, Relocation/Removal from Jurisdiction, Same Sex Partnerships, Spousal Support/Maintenance/Alimony, Surrogacy
