Our Legal Director Kate is a highly experienced mediator and lawyer and was recognised for her leading skills as a Family Law Mediator and Lawyer in the Doyles Guide 2023, 2024 and 2025.

Kate has recently completed her Practicum for Advanced Mediator Accreditation and is engaged as a Mentor/Trainer for the Conflict Management Academy.

Kate has extensive mediation experience in areas including interpersonal, community, workplace, corporate and government.

In addition to her private mediation work, Kate is engaged by the Office of the Commonwealth Ombudsman as a Restorative Engagement Facilitator.

Kate is also the Legal Director of ACM Legal, a boutique family law firm.

Kate was admitted as a Solicitor of the Supreme Court of Queensland and the High Court of Australia in 2009. She is a Nationally Accredited Mediator and an Accredited Family Dispute Resolution Practitioner (and can issue Section 60I Certificates) with a strong academic background in key areas of Law and Behavioural Science (Psychology).

Pursuing her passion to change the way people resolve their disputes, Kate established Clark & Associates in 2017 and ACM Legal in 2023.

Prior to opening her own practices, Kate worked as a lawyer for highly regarded law firms predominately in areas of family, criminal, domestic violence and professional discipline, appearing before Federal and State Tribunals and Courts at all levels.

Kate has also worked for both National and State Governments in the Family Court of Australia, Court of Appeal and Queensland Law Reform Commission.

Additionally, Kate has provided pro bono legal advice as a Volunteer Solicitor at community legal centres in Queensland since 2009.

Kate engages in trauma-informed practice and resolves matters in a pragmatic, resourceful, compassionate, restorative and dedicated manner.

Kate regularly delivers continuing professional development lectures on family dispute resolution, restorative justice, dispute resolution and trauma-informed practice.

Kate has been coaching and supervising mediators and family dispute resolution practitioners since 2019. Additionally, Kate mentors early career lawyers and founded the Legal Job Application and Interview Skills Weekend for University of the Sunshine Coast law students in 2021.

Locations:

• Brisbane
• Sunshine Coast
• North Queensland

Professional Memberships:

• Queensland Law Society
• Australian Mediation Association
• Resolution Institute
• Australian Association for Restorative Justice
• Restorative Practices International, Professional
• Family Law Practitioners Association (FLPA)
• Blue Knot, Professional