Presenters

Kerry Hogan-Ross, Consultant, Kerry Hogan-Ross Mediations
Kerry has been a legal practitioner since 1990 and was a partner in the litigation group of a large law firm (now known as DLA Piper) for 14 years. She has been an Accredited Mediator since 2013 mediating a wide range of cases including commercial, professional negligence, personal injury and historical abuse. Kerry also facilitates joint expert conclaves which are routinely order by courts.

Paul Lewis, Special Counsel, Ramsden Family Law
Paul Lewis is a Senior Legal Counsel and one of Sydney’s most senior and well-respected Family Law specialists. Based at our Sydney and Parramatta offices, Paul acts for clients that live locally, in the regions and overseas. After attending Sydney University and becoming a solicitor in 1990, Paul was mentored by one of Sydney’s leading family lawyers (the late John Pollard) before becoming an Accredited Specialist in Family Law in 1999. Paul has been a practising mediator since 1994. He became an Accredited Specialist in Dispute Resolution in 2018, awarded on an honorary basis for his services to that area of the NSW Law Society’s Specialist Accreditation Scheme. Guiding clients through the uncertainty and stress of their changed family circumstances and helping them arrive at a new turning point in their lives is Paul’s reason for choosing family law as his specialist area. Paul was one of the first lawyers in Australia to be trained in Collaborative Law in 2005, and he includes the use of collaborative processes among the various “process choices” that are available to clients. Paul settles the vast majority of his cases (parenting and financial matters) and is known as a firm and pragmatic negotiator. He is a determined and wise litigator for those cases that require a decision by a Judge.