Curriculum Vitae – Anne-Marie Rice
Anne-Marie Rice
[email protected] (07) 3252 7117
EDUCATION University of Queensland Bachelor of Laws (Hons) 1998
University of Queensland Bachelor of Arts 1995
ADDITIONAL QUALIFICATIONS Registered Arbitrator (Family Law) 2016 Registered Family Dispute Resolution Practitioner 2015 Nationally Accredited Mediator 2014 Collaborative Professional 2006 Independent Children’s Lawyer Panel - Legal Aid Queensland 2005 Accredited Family Law Specialist – Queensland Law Society 2005 Admitted as Solicitor of Supreme Court of Qld and High Court of Australia 2000
PROFESSIONAL HISTORY Principal Mediator Rice Dispute Resolution 2014 - present
Mediator Office of Franchising Mediator Panel 2017 - present
Arbitrator Legal Aid Queensland (Family Law) Arbitration Panel 2018 - present
Subject Co-Ordinator and Lecturer (Family Law) University of Queensland 2014 - present
Director Rice Naughton McCarthy Family Law 2005 – 2018
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Senior Associate/Solicitor McCullough Robertson Lawyers 2000 – 2005
Research Officer Future Directions Committee – Family Court of Australia 1999 – 2000
Legal Associate Justice Lindenmayer, Appeal Division – Family Court of Australia 1998 - 1999
KEYNOTES AND TRAININGS
Aspiring Women Leaders in Education Conference 2019 Brisbane
Denton's Lawyers WomenLEAD 2019 Sydney
National Surveying Congress 2019 Brisbane
Introductory Interdisciplinary Collaborative Training (Wills & Estates) 2019 (with Zinta Harris)
“I’m Tired” 2018 WLAQ Woman Lawyer of the Year Acceptance Speech
Positive Problem Solving in a Commercial Context 2018 Jones Day Lawyers Agility Series
Introductory and Advanced Interdisciplinary Collaborative Training (Family Law) 2014 – present (with Clarissa Rayward)
MAIN PAPERS AND PRESENTATIONS
Alternatives to Non-Contact Orders Magistrates Domestic and Family Violence Conference 2019 Brisbane, Australia
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Is the Family Hopeless or was the Intervention Poorly Planned Association of Family and Conciliation Courts (Australian Chapter) Conference 2019 Sydney, Australia
Child Inclusive Practice – Maximising the Opportunity Family Law Pathways Network 2019 Brisbane, Australia
Collaborative Practice – a different approach to Estates Law Queensland Law Society Estates and Elder Law Conference 2018 Brisbane, Australia
Dispute Resolution for Sceptics Queensland Law Society Symposium 2018 Brisbane, Australia
How (not) to run a High Conflict Family Law Mediation Legal Wise Family Law MasterClass 2018 Brisbane, Australia
Resolution – it’s not an event, it’s your job! Queensland Law Society Introduction to Family Law 2018/2019 Brisbane, Australia
Positive Problem Solving: A Different Approach to Legal Dispute Resolution Queensland Law Society Alternative Dispute Resolution Conference 2018/2019 Brisbane, Australia
Child Inclusive Mediation: An Australian Context Association of Family and Conciliation Courts Conference 2017 Boston, Mass. USA
Mediating Through a Different Lens: Section 60I, the UNCRC and Child Inclusive Practice Australian Family Lawyer 2017 Volume 26 Number 2
Lawyers in Child Inclusive Practice: The Good, The Bad and the Ugly Duckling Child Inclusive Forum 2017 Adelaide, Australia
This Matter is Driving Me Crazy: Working with Client Drivers and a Positive Approach to Lawyering Queensland Law Society/Family Law Practitioners Association Residential 2017 Gold Coast, Australia ANNE-MARIE RICE PAGE 4
Superannuation Splitting – Fairytale or Nightmare 2016 FLS National Intensive Series Melbourne and Sydney Australia
Why Family Law 2016 FLS National Family Law Conference Melbourne, Australia
Growing a Collaborative Practice International Academy of Collaborative Professionals Annual Forum 2015 Washington DC, USA
Facilitative Mediation in the Family Law Arena 2015 Australian Family Law Review Volume 5 Number 3
When can a party in contested proceedings have leave to adduce evidence from an adversarial expert? Australian Family Law Review 2014 Volume 4 Number 4
How to Build a Financial Case FLS National Family Law Conference 2014 Sydney, Australia
We Both Want the Juice National Mediation Conference 2014 Melbourne, Australia
Interim Hearings: Getting the Orders You Want Queensland Law Society Symposium 2014 Brisbane, Australia
Diffusing Family Distress: Collaborative Law in the Family Law Context The Arbitrator and Mediator – Journal of the IAMA 2013 Volume 32 Number 1
Surrogates Progress: A Question of State Law or A Child’s Best Interests Proctor – QLS Journal: November 2012
It Takes Two: What Queensland’s Civil Union’s Act 2011 offers Couples Proctor – QLS Journal: May 2012
Costs Orders in Parenting Matters ANNE-MARIE RICE PAGE 5
TEN Seminar Series 2011 Melbourne, Australia
Introduction to Family Law Legalwise Seminar 2009 Brisbane, Australia
Family Violence and Undesirable Behaviour: How Bad is Too Bad LexisNexis Family Law MasterClass 2009
Relocating With Children: Are We Going and Who Must Go? LexisNexis Family Law MasterClass 2008
Australian Master Family Law Guide Part B – Children: Chapters 4, 5, 6, 7, 8 and 9 2007 – current CCH: Editions 1 to 8 inclusive (2007 to 2019 inclusive)
Where to go and When: Family Law Practice and Procedure LexisNexis Family Law MasterClass 2005
International Relocation: An Australian Perspective FLS National Family Law Conference 2002 Melbourne, Australia
MEMBERSHIPS/OFFICE HOLDINGS Queensland Law Society Family Law Section of Law Council of Australia (Executive Member) Editor – Australian Family Lawyer Women Lawyers Association of Queensland Association of Family and Conciliation Courts (including Inaugural Australian Chapter Executive) Family Law Practitioners Association of Qld (former Vice President) Queensland Association of Collaborative Professionals (Former Executive) Australian Association of Collaborative Professionals International Academy of Collaborative Professionals (including Training Faculty) International Academy of Matrimonial Lawyers (Fellow)
AWARDS AND NOMINATIONS 2018 WLAQ Leneen Forde AC Woman Lawyer of the Year 2017 Caroline Amy Alumni Award Leading Family Law Practitioner – Doyle’s lists 2012 - 2019 ANNE-MARIE RICE PAGE 6
Leading Family Law Mediator – Doyle’s lists 2017 – 2019 (inaugural list 2017) Recommended National Family Law Firm – Doyle’s list 2015 - 2019 Finalist – Partner of the Year (Lawyer’s Weekly) – 2016 UQ Excellence in Teaching Nominee – 2014/2015 UQ Law School Valedictorian – 1997 National and Trans Tasman Champion – Family Law Section (LCA) Mooting Competition - 1996
FORMER OFFICE HOLDINGS Deputy Chair – St Aidan’s Anglican Girls’ School Council: 2002 – 2009 Qld Law Society Practice Management Committee: 2005 – 2014 Second Chance (Women’s Homeless) Programme Committee (incl. as Chair) 2000 – 2005 Queensland Law Society Family Law Specialist Accreditation Committee 2015 – 2018
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