Sarah-Jane MacDonald

Sarah-Jane MacDonald

LLB, Grad Dip (Leg. Prac.), AccS(Fam)

Legal Practitioner Director

Accredited Family Law Specialist

Parenting Coordinator

For Sarah-Jane, working with people is the crux of why she has continued to work in the family law sphere since her admission. She enjoys providing advice to client's in plain English and being part of the solution, rather than part of the problem.

Sarah-Jane continues to be people focused and results driven.

Boasting a full family law file load, and overseeing a number of other active legal departments within her firm; she also regularly appears in the Federal Circuit and Family Court of Australia and the Magistrates Court. Sarah-Jane travels to appear in Courts from Cairns to Hobart.


She shares her time between both the Toowoomba and Brisbane offices, having client's in both areas.


Sarah-Jane has been admitted in the Supreme Court of Queensland and the High Court of Australia since 2014, after completing her Bachelor of Law degree at the Toowoomba Campus of the University of Southern Queensland.


Sarah-Jane is an Accredited Family Law Specialist.

Sarah-Jane regularly uses collaborative practices to help client's achieve the best possible & commercially sound outcomes

In 2022, Sarah-Jane completed her training as a Parenting Co-Ordinator and is now available to assist families in a collaborative way after final Orders have been made. She loves having the opportunity to support families after the framework surrounding court process is finished and final court orders are made. She draws on her knowledge from practicing in the family law sphere for more than a decade to assist post separation families.


Sarah-Jane has used alternative dispute resolution processes for many years to assist clients achieve a quick and cost effective resolution of their matter.

Sarah-Jane is connected with the Toowoomba & Brisbane communities

She shares her time across both offices and therefore both communities, she uses her spare time to support a number of organisations.


Sarah-Jane is a Queensland Law Society Councillor for 2024 - 2025 and member of the Queensland Law Society Domestic & Family Violence sub-committee and the Practice Management Committee. She also sits on the Downs & South Western Qld Law Association, after serving as President for 3 years previously.


She remains an active member of the South Toowoomba Apex Club and volunteers her time by giving pro bono legal advice with the Women's Legal Service Queensland and Catholic Care Toowoomba. Sarah-Jane is the immediate past chair of the Toowoomba & South West Qld Family Law Pathways Network. Additionally, she is President of the Fairholme College Old Girls Association.


She has been recognised for her community involvement by being previously awarded the Regional Young Citizen of the Year Award.

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