Joe Lynch - General Counsel

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Family Law Accredited Specialist

Joe Lynch is an Accredited Family Law Specialist and has been practising in family law for more than 20 years.

Joe was admitted to practice as a Solicitor and Barrister in NSW in 1979. He was a Partner in a large regional law firm in Southwest, NSW, and was a Senior Partner in that firm from 1986 until 2001 when he returned to Sydney.

While Joe now practises exclusively in family law, his background includes tax, business law and personal injury litigation. In addition to his law degree, Joe holds a Graduate Diploma in Taxation Law from Charles Sturt University.

Joe has served on the NSW Law Society Family Law Committee for a total of 7 years, and chaired the subcommittee on specialist accreditation for family lawyers. He was also on the Family Law Advisory Committee to the NSW Law Society Specialist Accreditation Board, and more recently has been a member of the National Steering Committee on Family Law Specialist Accreditation.

Joe has been a member of the Family Law Section of the Law Council of Australia since 1986 and was a founding member of that section's country committee.

He has written articles on Family Law topics in the NSW Law Society Journal and the Australian Family Lawyer and has spoken at seminars and conferences organised by the Law Council Family Law Section, the Law Society of NSW and the NSW Specialist Accreditation Board.

His experience in the areas of business and taxation law assists clients in cases involving assets such as partnerships, companies and trusts.

His practice in country NSW has provided him with an extensive knowledge of rural issues which relate to the practice of Family Law, including water rights, share farming, stock valuations and rural property valuations.

Joe has extensive experience as an advocate and has appeared in cases in the Family Court, Federal Court, Supreme and District Court and in the Federal and Local Magistrates Courts.

Joe conducts an Estate practice, and has significant experience in cases involving Wills and Estates. He has acted in many cases under the NSW Family Provision Act and the Testators Family Maintenance Act involving contested Wills and Estates. Joe is also responsible for the preparation of Wills for clients of the firm.

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