DA Family Lawyers
About
DA Family Lawyers helps people in Brisbane with separation, divorce and other family law problems. The firm acts in parenting matters, property settlements, child protection and domestic violence cases.
Clients can choose mediation, collaborative law or court, depending on what suits their case. The firm also advises on financial agreements, surrogacy and international child abduction under the Hague Convention.
The firm is led by Managing Director Lisa Foley and has an office on North Quay in the Brisbane CBD.
Geographic Focus and Office Locations
DA Family Lawyers has one office at Level 8, 193 North Quay, Brisbane QLD 4000, in the Brisbane city centre. The firm acts for clients in Brisbane and nearby areas, and its website notes the office is close to ferry and train stops.
Notable Expertise or Industry Focus
The firm works only in family law, including parenting orders, property settlements, de facto matters, child support and financial agreements. Kate Palmer is a Queensland Law Society Accredited Family Law Specialist. Lisa Foley was named in the 2026 Doyles Guide in three family law categories, including Preeminent for parenting and children's matters. The firm also offers mediation and collaborative practice.
Practice Areas
Reviews
This law firm acts unethically and illegally for financial profits. They pre-empt that the judge or registrar will order a family assessment and refuse to engage in mediation. They are refusing to provide where in the Family Law Act 1975 it states they can legally demand I reduce my medication and need to have a minimum 5 Psychologist appointments and provide them the assessment report for them to review, before they will begin the mediation process with my children. I have been told repeatedly there is 3 separate court processes and they keep stalling the child custody and financial separation unnecessarily to support my ex in continuing to exert coercive control abuse tactics over me. They have been provided all the correspondence between my ex and I showing we had on a number of occasions discussed amicable arrangements since the 3rd January 2023. He baited me into a mental health moment the week before our house was to be listed for sale, and he recorded me in his pocket and when I called the police for help, the male police officer happily threw me out as the perpetrator to make a example of me…. It’s blatant corruption, kidnapping and extortion for financial gain. They have been provided a letter from my long standing GP, Indigenous Counsellor (apparently she isn’t qualified enough by Kate’s assessment) and a workplace EAP psychologist letter confirming I have regular therapy as well as a child safety report the children are okay. I have repeatedly asked since I’ve had to start self acting due to no funds and these lawyers unethical demands, while they know I am experiencing financial hardship and homelessness since I was thrown out in July 2023 due to the breakdown of the marriage, with no way of meeting the financial costs to the demands. I have asked for Industry Service Level Agreements for attending to these matters and am being ignored. The property we shared sold on 22/11/2023 and there is $340k in a trust account that they flat out refused any access to the funds to even meet the demands. I had engaged Barton Lawyers at Petrie to act for me since August (they made me pay a 3mth retainer upfront - which I borrowed from a friend) as I was not eligible for Legal Aid due to the home being a asset. Both firms were unable to achieve anything during this time, except forecast in there monthly budget meetings how long they could stall these processes for financial gain. Barton’s Lawyers gave me a full refund as they know they hadn’t acted ethically in this matter. These Family and Financial experts are facilitating coercive control, extortion and stolen generation in 2024. They do not act in the interest of young children (2 & 5) and will support parental alienation for financial gain. They are refusing to provide my children’s independent lawyer information, and I am unable to find out any other way due to the no contact orders. 7 months no contact with my children I was primary carer of for wanting to leave a marriage? Kate Palmer actively lies in her correspondence and refuses to work with anyone in a timely manner... They are advising I must have legal advice but are refusing to work toward any goal in the best interest of the children - they participate in gaslighting people to try and have someone breach a DVO for there client to get full control of funds. They will use you for money. They have no internal processes to reconcile received information, and are highly unprofessional in the communication when they bother to act.
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Contact Information
Address
8/193 N Quay, Brisbane City QLD 4000, Australia