About Andrew McCormack

Why a Rural Family Lawyer?

I was born in Griffith in South-West New South Wales.  I grew up in Northern New South Wales, not far from the Queensland border.  My wife, also a lawyer, grew up in the Central Burnett area of Queensland.  My grandfather, James Victor McCormack was a farmer and graizer in the Old Junee region of South-West New South Wales.

I spent around 14 years in Brisbane either studying or working for a large firm.

Just before my second daughter was born, we decided that it was time to get out of the city for a more family friendly lifestyle.  I was lucky enough to find a position with a firm in Toowoomba.

Over the years I have acted for a broad cross-section of people from rural areas.

My current practice

I  have practised exclusively in family law since 2005.  In 2013 I became  an Accredited Family Law Specialist. I am lapsed probate and administration lawyer.

I am currently Special Counsel to the firm Thynne + Macartney Lawyers in Brisbane.

Prior to this I worked in Brisbane with the firm HopgoodGanim Lawyers as an Associate in their Family Law Practice. I was previously a Senior Associate with the firm Best Wilson Buckley Family Law in Toowoomba.

In 2020, I commenced my own Dispute Management and Consulting Practice, CONCLUDE Dispute Management & Consulting. I am a Nationally Accredited Mediator and a Member of the Australian Institute of Family Law Arbitrators and Mediations known as AIFLAM and the Resolution Institute. I undertook my mediation training through the Bond University Dispute Resolution Centre. I mediate in all areas of law.

I divide my time between Toowoomba and Brisbane.  I also have a growing client base in the Border areas including Northern New South Wales and South West Queensland.

That is me to the left in a remarkable tidy office!

My current practice areas and experience include disputes relating to:

• rural family law and third party/inter-generational interests;
• parenting issues including child protection matters;
• matrimonial and de facto property settlements;
• domestic and family violence matters;
• third party intervention in matrimonial and de facto property settlements; and
• child support matters.

I also have an interest in the intersection of estate and succession planning and family law.

I have a broad range of experience across these areas.  I am admitted as a Legal Practitioner in Queensland and New South Wales and the High Court of Australia.

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