I work with clients in three areas: 1. Family Law – advice and representation in all areas of family law including relationship property (helping people to protect their assets at the start of a relationship or to divide their assets at the end), trust disputes, estate disputes, care of children, protection of personal property rights, and domestic violence. 2. Mediation - accredited member of the New Zealand Law Society (NZLS) panel of mediators as a family law specialist.3. Criminal and traffic matters – advice on what to do at any stage of criminal proceedings from providing a statement through to sentencing and work licences.If you choose to work with me I’ll give you direct, pragmatic advice about what you should do and the reasons why. My strong grasp of legal principles and commitment to staying up-to-date mean you will get good advice from the outset, increasing your chances of an early result that you are happy with, or can live with. If you want to work with a lawyer who will look to remove your stress by unravelling the issues, breaking them down and resolving them, then I can help. Clients say I take ‘prompt action’ and that my advice is ‘clear and thorough.’ Examples of how I can help include: • Unravelling complex relationship property matters.• Helping people get reacquainted with their children.• Helping parties reach a mediated outcome.• Helping people wrongly accused clear their names.Outside of work I enjoy travelling, both in New Zealand and overseas. I enjoy spending time with friends and family, and going to concerts and festivals.Specialties: family law, family lawyer, criminal law, criminal lawyer, traffic law, traffic lawyer, employment law advice, family law advice, criminal law advice, traffic law advice, mediation, mediator, collaborative law