Jason Walker

Jason has particular expertise in complex parenting matters and complex financial litigation. He is recognised for his strategic clarity, commercial acumen and measured advocacy. His approach is pragmatic and solutions-focused.

Jason’s practice includes international family law, often involving jurisdictional and forum disputes and the relocation of children. He is a Fellow of the International Academy of Family Lawyers (since 2015), a worldwide association of practising lawyers who are recognised by their peers as the most experienced and skilled family law specialists in their respective countries. Jason has served two terms as a member of the Global IAFL Executive Committee and has also served as a member of the IAFL Asia Pacific Chapter Executive Committee.

Jason’s practice also extends to advising schools and Australia’s major banking institutions on family law issues, including responding to subpoenas and interpretation of court orders.

Jason is actively involved in leadership within the Family Law profession and is committed to the ongoing development of best practice, ethics and professional standards. He is a regular contributor to professional education and values mentoring the next generation of family lawyers.

In December 2018, Jason was elected as the Victorian solicitor representative to the Executive of the Family Law Section of the Law Council of Australia, the peak national body for Lawyers, with over 3,500 members. In December 2024, he was elected Chair of the Family Law Section. Jason is the former co-editor of Australian Family Lawyer and regularly presents on family law issues, in Australia and overseas.

Jason has also served as the Chair of the Family Law Section of the Law Institute of Victoria (LIV). He was a founding member of the LIV Children’s Law Specialisation Advisory Committee, responsible for assessing and examining candidates for specialisation in Children’s Law and is a past Chair of the Children & Youth Issues sub-committee and Education Committee.

Jason has been consistently ranked in the Doyle’s Guide list of Preeminent Family & Divorce Lawyers (Melbourne), Leading High-Value & Complex Property Matters Family Lawyers (Melbourne), list of Preeminent Parenting & Children’s Matters Lawyers (Victoria) and Leading Family & Divorce Lawyers – Australia. Doyle’s Guide is drawn from peer opinion.

Since 2020 Jason has also been recognised in Best Lawyers®. He was named “Lawyer of the Year” by Best Lawyers® for Family Law Mediation, Melbourne, Australia (2027) for his high calibre work in Alternative Dispute Resolution, Family Law, and Family Law Mediation. Inclusion in Best Lawyers is based on a rigorous peer-review survey.

Jason is a member of the Family Law Section of the Law Institute of Victoria, the Family Law Section of the Law Council of Australia, Pacifica Congress, the Australian Institute of Judicial Administration, and the Commonwealth Lawyers Association.

• Complex parenting matters
• Complex financial litigation
• International family law: jurisdictional and forum disputes, international relocation of children, dealing with offshore assets
• Advising schools on family law issues
• Advising Australia’s major banking institutions on family law issues, including responding to subpoenas and interpretation of court orders
• Alternative dispute resolution and family law mediation

• Bachelor of Laws, University of Melbourne 1997
• Bachelor of Arts, University of Melbourne 1997

• 2012-2018 – Accredited Children’s Law Specialist, Law Institute of VIctoria.
• 2005 – Accredited Family Law Specialist, Law Institute of Victoria.

• Best Lawyers – “Lawyer of the Year”- Family Law Mediation, Melbourne (2027)
• Doyle’s Guide – Leading Family & Divorce Lawyers, Australia, (2023-2026) 
• Doyle’s Guide – Preeminent Parenting & Children’s Matters Lawyers, Victoria, (2022-2026)
• Doyle’s Guide – Leading Family Lawyers (High-Value & Complex Property Matters) Victoria, (2020, 2023-2026)
• Best Lawyers – Recognised since 2020 (Alternative Dispute Resolution, Family Law, Family Law Mediation)
• Doyle’s Guide – Leading Parenting & Children’s Matters Lawyers, Victoria, (2019-2021)
• Doyle’s Guide – Leading Family & Divorce Lawyers, Melbourne, (2018-2026)

• Fellow, International Academy of Family Lawyers (IAFL) (2015 – current)
• Family Law Section, Law Institute of Victoria
• Family Law Section, Law Council of Australia
• Pacifica Congress
• Australian Institute of Judicial Administration
• Commonwealth Lawyers Association
• Chair, Family Law Section, Law Council of Australia (elected December 2024 – current)
• Deputy Chair, Family Law Section, Law Council of Australia (2022 to 2024)
• Treasurer, Family Law Section, Law Council of Australia (2021/2022)
• Victorian solicitor representative, Executive, Family Law Section, Law Council of Australia (elected December 2018)
• Member, Global Executive Committee, IAFL (2021 to 2022, 2023 to 2024)
• Member, Asia Pacific Chapter Executive Committee, IAFL (2021-2023)
• Former Chair, Family Law Section, Law Institute of Victoria
• Founding member, Children’s Law Specialisation Advisory Committee, LIV
• Past Chair, Children & Youth Issues sub-committee, LIV
• Past Chair, Education Committee, LIV
• Former co-editor, Australian Family Lawyer (2018 to 2024)

• Former co-editor, Australian Family Lawyer (Family Law Section, Law Council of Australia) (2018 to 2024)
• Former co-editor, AsPacEd, the newsletter of the Asia Pacific Chapter of the IAFL

Presentations

• Staying Well in Difficult Work: Practical Responses to Vicarious Trauma in Family Law, Pacifica Congress, Perth, Australia, May 2026
• Ethical issues in Family Creation, Australia and New Zealand Family Law & Ethics Symposium, Family Law Section of the Law Council of Australia, Melbourne, Australia, October 2025
• Third Parties: It takes a village – an Australian perspective, Singapore Family Law Conference, Singapore Law Society webinar, September 2025
• Parenting Orders in Australia and Japan, IAFL Asia Pacific webinar, November 2024
• Ethics, National Family Law Conference, Family Law Section of the Law Council of Australia, Perth, Australia, October 2024
• Parenting Orders: the new regime, Family Law Symposium, World Congress on Family Law and Children’s Rights, London, England, July 2024
• Marriage-like relationships in the Asia Pacific Region, IAFL, Bangkok, Thailand, June 2023
• The Family Law Amendment Bill 2023, Victorian Family Lawyers Conference, Bali, Indonesia June 2023
• The treatment of trusts in Family Law, Victorian Family Lawyers Conference, Bali, Indonesia June 2023
• Post Pandemic Parenting, Family Law Section of the Law Council of Australia, Melbourne, Australia, May 2023
• Intergenerational Wealth and Family Law, Family Law Section of the Law Council of Australia Perth, Australia, May 2023
• Lessons to be learned from Family Law for all Lawyers, Law Council of Australia, Darwin, Australia, June 2022
• Subpoenas in schools, LawSense, Melbourne, Australia, March 2022
• International Forum Shopping, IAFL Webinar, 2020
• Enforcement of overseas orders – Divorce and Property Orders, IAFL, Melbourne, Australia, February 2019