Vanessa Mathews

Founder & Managing Director — Accredited Specialist, FDRP, NMAS-accredited mediator and parenting coordinator.

Founder and Managing Director of Mathews Family Law & Mediation Specialists in Toorak. Holds the rare combination of social work qualifications and 20+ years as a lawyer and mediator. Listed by Doyle's Guide as a Leading Victorian Family Lawyer, Recommended Family Law Mediator, and her firm as a Leading Victorian Family Law Firm.

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§ About this provider

Services

Family LawMediationFamily Dispute ResolutionParenting CoordinationCollaborative DivorceMediator

Best for

Getting Separated · Going Through Divorce · Recently Divorced

§ How we know

Tier

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Has public peer recognition (e.g. Doyles Guide) or charity-register confirmation. We have not personally engaged them.

Why this tier

Doyle's Guide — Leading Victorian Family Lawyer; Recommended Family Law Mediator; her firm listed as a Leading Victorian Family Law Firm.

Accreditations & recognition

·Accredited Family Law Specialist (Law Institute of Victoria)
·FDRP (Family Dispute Resolution Practitioner, AGD)
·NMAS-accredited mediator
·Parenting Coordinator
·Fellow, International Academy of Family Lawyers

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Last verified: 26 Apr 2026

§ Other locations of Mathews Family Law

Toorak · VIC
Mathews Family Law & Mediation Specialists

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Reviewed

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Vetted

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