Senior Partner, Kennedy Partners, Melbourne. President, International Academy of Matrimonial Lawyers (2008 - 2010); Past Chair, Family Law Section, Law Council of Australia (2005 – 2008); Editor, Australian Family Lawyer (1988-); Foundation President, Family Lawyers Association of Victoria; Former Director, Australian Institute of Family Law Arbitrators and Mediators; Former Executive Member, International Bar Association Family Law Committee (2002 – 2005); Member: Family Law Section of the Law Institute of Victoria, LawAsia, Family Law Bar Association; Associate Member: Family Law Section, New Zealand Law Society. Honorary Member: Family Law Practitioners Association of Tasmania. Registered arbitrator and mediator. Lecturer, author and presenter. Appointed a Member of the General Division of the Order of Australia (AM) in the 2004 Australia Day Honours List for services to the legal profession and the law, particularly within the family jurisdiction, and to continuing legal education and national and international professional organisations. Recipient of the inaugural Law Institute of Victoria President's Award for outstanding contributions by a practitioner in specialised practice which promote and advance the legal profession and benefit the community.