Sally McGuinness

Sally McGuinness is an Accredited Specialist in Family Law. Sally has been recognised as a Leading Parenting, Custody & Children’s Matters Lawyer in 2024, and a Preeminent Family & Divorce Lawyer in the Australian Capital Territory for 2024, the sixth year in a row, in the prestigious Doyles Guide.

Prior to founding Robinson + McGuinness, Sally was a Partner of a specialist family law firm in Canberra. Sally practised in insurance litigation prior to specialising exclusively in family law. She has expertise in all aspects of family law including property settlements, parenting matters, child support, spousal maintenance, surrogacy, and same sex and de facto relationships. Sally acts for parties in complex financial and parenting cases including international matters. She is also regularly involved in the drafting of binding financial agreements including prenuptial agreements.

Sally encourages negotiated outcomes where possible and has effective negotiation skills which she uses to assist clients in reaching early resolution of their matters. Sally is committed to providing clients with a warm and professional service and to enable them to make informed decisions about their options.

Sally is a past President of the Canberra Region Family Law Professionals Association; a member of the Professional Conduct Committee of the ACT Law Society; a member of the Family Law Section of the Law Council of Australia and an associate member of the NSW Law Society. Sally is also an Accredited Collaborative Law Practitioner.