Presenters

Rose Cocchiaro, Founding Partner, Resolve Divorce
Rose Cocchiaro is an Accredited Specialist in Family Law, a Certified Divorce Coach and the Founder and Managing Partner of Resolve Divorce. Rose is a true innovator and passionate driving force behind Resolve Divorce and an acknowledged thought leader in the family law space. Resolve Divorce is South Australia's largest specialist family law firm with the highest concentration of Accredited Specialists in the state, many of whom are also qualified Divorce Coaches. Their aim is to improve the way people in our community experience divorce and support clients to restructure their families in a way that achieves strategic legal and emotional outcomes that positively influence their lives. Rose believes in supporting the community to demand more from their legal experience during divorce. She is determined to disrupt the legal industry to promote social change. As a multi-award finalist in many prestigious awards categories including winner of the 2019 Thought Leader of the year at the national law awards. In addition, we were named Australia's Boutique Law Firm of the Year for 2023. Named as a leading Family Law firm in Doyle's guide every year running. Rose has established herself as an industry leader through her innovative, non-traditionalist, and customer centric approach to the practice of family law.


Michael Stannard, Partner, Mellor Olsson Lawyers
Michael is a Partner in Mellor Olsson’s property team and has over ten years’ experience in commercial property law. Michael’s practice focuses on acquisitions, disposals, and leasing of property; development, infrastructure, and renewable energy projects; community and strata titles; and property due diligence. Michael is a member of the Property Council of Australia and the Urban Development Institute of Australia. He sits on the Property Council's Tax and Economic Trends Committee and UDIA’s Urban Renewal and Liveability Committee. He is a past member of the UDIA’s Developer Finance, Tax and Regulation Committee. He regularly presents workshops and seminars on property law to professional services firms and industry bodies. Michael was recognised as a Rising Star by Doyle's Guide (2023) and Australasian Lawyer (2024).


Tim Stokes, Partner, HWL Ebsworth Lawyers
Tim is a tax, not-for-profit and charity law specialist. Tim works with complex family groups, private and listed companies, private equity and not-for-profit organisations across Australia. He has over 15 years of experience assisting clients to establish effective and efficient structures, manage complex tax positions, buy and sell assets and businesses, deal successfully with revenue authorities and design and implement comprehensive governance, succession planning and asset protection strategies. Tim is also passionate about assisting not-for-profit and charity clients navigate the complex regulatory and commercial environments in which they operate – considering Federal and State tax exemptions, asset protection and charity laws. In addition to being a lawyer, Tim also holds a Master of Laws (Taxation) and is South Australia’s only Tax Law Specialist accredited by the Law Society of South Australia. He is also a non-executive director of Racing SA Limited.