Description
Attend and earn 0.5 CPD hour in Substantive Law
This program is based on NSW legislation
Chair
Mary Rebehy, Barrister and Mediator, Lachlan Macquarie Chambers
What Can Your Client Keep? How Domestic Violence Cases are Impacting Family Law
Presented by Geovanna Jammo, Director, Evolve Family Lawyers; Accredited Specialist Family Lawyer
Presenters
Mary Rebehy, Barrister and Mediator, Lachlan Macquarie Chambers
Mary Rebehy is a Barrister in Sydney who practises in a range of jurisdictions including administrative law, family law, and workplace facilitation. Mary is an accredited mediator and family dispute resolution practitioner. She has been a member of the Legal Aid Commission dispute resolution panel since 2000 and regularly chairs the court ordered mediations at the Parramatta, Family Court. Mary was previously the Manager of Executive and Ministerial Services at Office of State Revenue, and Director of Legal Management Services for the Department of Justice and Attorney General where she coordinated the Legal Services Review with NSW Treasury. Mary was appointed as a conference registrar at the Administrative Appeals Tribunal from 2006 to 2009 and currently serves on the Tribunal panel of early dispute resolution practitioners.
Geovanna Jammo, Director, Evolve Family Lawyers
Geovanna is an Accredited Specialist in family law with 22 years experience as a solicitor, focusing on family law over the last 20 years and practicing exclusively in family law over the last 17 years and she is collaboratively trained. Along the way she has acquired not just family law experience but also commercial, trusts & property legal experience giving her an understanding of complex property, financial & commercial structures, as well as a degree in psychology giving particular insights in handling high conflict disputes (including complex parenting matters).She is highly capable and known for her practical, pragmatic, compassionate, and no-nonsense approach to resolving legal issues.