Our Supporters
WLSV is funded by the Indigenous Justice and Legal Assistance Division, Attorney General’s Department, Canberra and Victoria Legal Aid. We have also received project funding this financial year from the Victorian Legal Services Board, Helen Macpherson Smith Trust and Department of Justice & Regulation.
WLSV relies on volunteers, pro bono lawyers, donations and in-kind support to extend and enhance its services beyond its funded capacity. Thank you to the following people and organisations which have supported WLSV and its clients this year.
Administrative support
A very special thank you to Kathy Fawcett who has provided administration support to WLSV for over 15 years.
Student volunteers and student placements
Student volunteers assist our lawyers with casework, research, duty lawyer work at the Melbourne Magistrates’ Court and general administration duties. As part of their university degree a number of law students complete a 12-20 day placement at WLSV. Students on placement from their university and student volunteers assist our lawyers with casework, research, duty lawyer work at the Melbourne Magistrates’ Court and general administration duties.
| Allana Smith |
| Allyson Tenace |
| Anni Zhu |
| Ashlea Swan |
| Ayu Malinda |
| Cathie Truong |
| Charlotte Mitlehner |
| Deanna Velakoulis |
| Eliza Panckridge |
| Georgia Murphy |
| Grace Shaw |
| Hima Faiz |
| Hoda Javidi |
| Jaslyn Goette |
| Jordan Davis |
| Josephine Mirachi |
| Julia Stocco |
| Kate Robinson |
| Kauthemy Manirajan |
| Kythe Di Scala |
| Lauren Grixti |
| Madeleine Barlow |
| Mardi Grivas |
| Marita Ri |
| Michelle Luarte |
| Naomi Pullen |
| Sahara Wilson |
| Sajda Yakub |
| Shevaun Grant |
| Shirin Motamedi |
| Shivaanya Kanapathy |
| Sophie Gawi |
| Stephanie Fantov |
| Stephanie Hill |
| Tarryn Francis |
| Zara Ghafory |
| Thara Wahab |
| Cassandra Fraser |
| Julia Bennett |
Night phone volunteers
Volunteer lawyers holding a practicing certificate or who are members of the Bar assist women by providing legal information, advice and referrals to callers on our Legal Advice Line.
| Adrianne Walters |
| Alexandra Walker |
| Alice Carter |
| Alice Smith |
| Amanda Lee |
| Amelia Beech |
| Anna Tucker |
| Carla Bursich |
| Carly Boekee |
| Catherine Moroney |
| Charley Brumby-Rendell |
| Chiara Bryan |
| Clare Walczak |
| Claudia Calandra |
| Danielle Sturgeon |
| Elisa Carayanis |
| Elizabeth Hall |
| Elizabeth Mathews |
| Eloise Paxton- Hall |
| Emeline Gaske |
| Emily Heir |
| Emma Heggie |
| Emmalaura Messer |
| Erin Richardson |
| Felicity Fox |
| Felicity Francis |
| Ffion Whaley |
| Grace Pizzaia |
| Greta Haywood |
| Jennifer Lindstrom |
| Jessica Black |
| Jessica Dawson-Field |
| Jillian Williams |
| Joni Burns |
| Kimberly Hards |
| Laura Harding |
| Laura Toll |
| Lissa Thomas |
| Loreen Gulliver |
| Loretta Houlahan |
| Marita Ham |
| Miranda Brooks |
| Natalie Fifield |
| Natalie Goharpey |
| Natalie Plumridge |
| Natalie Wellard |
| Nathalie Ng |
| Pamela Khoo |
| Paula Crofts |
| Rachel Ellerton |
| Robyn Heath |
| Sarah Lacey |
| Sarah Moore |
| Sarah Pullan |
| Sarah Sheppard |
| Shalini Mendis |
| Shani Williams |
| Skye Wylde |
| Sue McLellan |
| Susan Hamilton-Green |
| Susan McLennan |
| Tanya Lavan |
| Teresa Fae |
Legal assistance
The following barristers and solicitors advised or represented WLSV clients pro bono or on a reduced fee basis:
| Alice Carter |
| Alison Burt |
| Andrew Barbayannis |
| Angel Aleksor |
| Anna Parker |
| Anne-Louise Juneja |
| Barb Phelan |
| Belle Lane |
| Bridgette Kildea |
| Celia Conlan |
| Chris Nehmy |
| Daphne Foong |
| Zubin Menon |
| David Easteal |
| Emily Clarke |
| Emma Heggie |
| Emma Swart |
| Hilary Bonney |
| Ivan Brewer |
| Jenny Howe |
| Kim Cullen |
| Laura Colla |
| Laura Johnston |
| Lino Marchetti |
| Lyndell McCreadie |
| Max Hume |
| Pat O’Shannessy |
| Michael Bearman |
| Minal Vohra |
| Nicholas Wallwork |
| Pat Karnis |
| Paul Glass |
| Raj Bhattacharya |
| Renata Alexander |
| Robin Smith |
| Robyn Wheeler |
| Sarah Mansfield |
| Shane Lethlean |
| Sharney Jenkinson |
| Tricia Byrnes |
| Marita Ham |
Major pro bono project partners
The following firms provide pro bono support and work collaboratively with WLSV on major projects:
Lander & Rogers
Colin Biggers & Paisley
Gadens
Holding Redlich
Herbert Smith Freehills
Baker & McKenzie
In-kind support and donations
The following organisations and people have assisted WLSV this year with pro bono advice, referrals, donations and in-kind contributions:
King & Wood Mallesons
Melbourne Family Relationship Centre
Russel Kennedy Lawyers
Seniors Rights Victoria
InTouch: Multicultural Centre Against Family Violence
Women with Disabilities Victoria
Victorian Women Lawyers
Victoria Police
Deakin University
Rosie Batty
Beth Allen, Child Protection Department of Health and Human Services
Assoc. Professor Tracy Beaton, Department of Health and Human Services
Roshan Bhandary, InTouch: Multicultural Centre Against Family Violence
Dr Tracy Castelino, ShantiWorks
Judge Amanda Chambers
Alice Coakes, The Salvation Army Family Violence Service
Joanna Davidson, Victorian Bar
David Ellis, SNAICC National Voice for our Children
Fofi Christou, InTouch: Multicultural Centre Against Family Violence
Professor Belinda Fehlberg, Melbourne Law School
Jen Hargrave, Women with Disabilities Victoria
Julie Kun, WIRE Women’s Information and Referral Exchange
Lisa Maree Stevens, Murray Mallee CLC
Bree Solomon, Victorian Aboriginal Legal Services
Leah Tolley, Victorian Aboriginal Legal Services
James McDonald, Victoria Legal Aid
Dawn Rees, Victoria Legal Aid
Alexandra Judd, CareSuper
Lee Formica, Lander & Rogers
Siba Diqer, Herbert Smith Freehills
Ambreen Mirza, Australian Muslim Women’s Centre for Human Rights
Andrew Rankin, Sunraysia Mallee Ethnic Communities Council
Katherine Alsop
Tristan Brumby-Rendell
Charley Brumby-Rendell
Sonia Mete-Smith, Good Shepherd
Anna-Laure Couineau, Phoenix Australia
Dr Richard Cash, Phoenix Australia
Denise Goldie, Berry Street
Felicity Rorke, Domestic Violence Resource Centre Victoria
Her Honour Judge Bender
Minal Vohra, Victorian Bar
Katie Ratigan, ANZ
Elizabeth McNess, Australian Securities and Investment Commission
Katia Sanderson, Consumer Action Law Centre
Rachel Carson, Australian Institute of Family Studies
Sandra Buckley, Women in Super
Jenny Peachey, Financial Ombudsman Service
Professor Cathy Humphreys
Vicki Kyritsis, InTouch: Multicultural Centre Against Family Violence
Kristen Sheridan, ShantiWorks
Clarisse Slater, SNAICC National Voice for our Children
Bevan Warner, Victoria Legal Aid
Rodney Vlais, Consultant
Acting Inspector Anne Rudd, VicPol
Jillian Williams, Consumer Action Law Centre
Jess Gregory, Domestic Violence Victoria
Peter Gartlan, Financial and Consumer Rights Council
MaryClare Machen, Drummond Street
Magistrate Gerard Lethbridge
Marg Nugent, Mallee Family Care