Shelby Timmins is doing law differently.

Before stepping away from a traditional legal practice, she was an Accredited Family Law Specialist. Shelby holds a Masters in Law from the University of Sydney, is a Nationally Accredited Mediator, Family Dispute Resolution Practitioner, Conflict Coach, Parenting Coordinator, Collaborative Professional and Doyles leading mediator.

Shelby is a training faculty member of the International Association of Collaborative Professionals, President of Collaborative Professionals (NSW) Inc and President of Southern Sydney Collaborative Professionals.

Shelby has over 18 years experience as a family lawyer and spent much of this at one of Sydney’s most respected specialist Family Law firms. Shelby is now an author and presenter in the area of family dispute resolution and interdisciplinary collaborative practice.

Shelby is passionate about doing things differently in the family law space and is determined to get parties, their lawyers and other professionals to look at separation, divorce and the breakdown of families in a more respectful and future focused way.

With this in mind, Shelby stepped aside from practising law and established a boutique family law dispute resolution practice which specialises in mediation, interdisciplinary collaborative practice, conflict coaching, separation and divorce support and family law wellness workshops.

Shelby is also in the process of writing a book for children who have experienced their parents separation or divorce. Watch this space.

Her businesses are called Divorce Done Differently and Divorce 4 Kids.

https://www.divorcedonedifferently.com.au