meet kathryn

Kathryn McLoughlin

SENIOR ASSOCIATE

Independent Children’s Lawyer

Kathryn is highly experienced in all aspects of Family Law, including Parenting Matters, Family Dispute Resolution, and Domestic Violence cases.

Kathryn understands the stress and anxiety of legal matters, including meeting and engaging with a Solicitor. Her greatest hope as one of our Family Lawyers is to add a sense of calm to your situation, while providing practical and straightforward legal advice.

Focusing her career on Family Law, Kathryn is an expert in Parenting Matters, including negotiating Parenting Plans and Consent Orders, Mediation, and Family Dispute Resolution. She regularly appears before the Federal Circuit and Family Court of Australia to progress and finalise matters for our clients, and reduce ongoing litigation.

Kathryn also has extensive experience negotiating and representing both Aggrieved and Respondents in Domestic Violence proceedings before the Brisbane and various regional Magistrates Courts, and is an Accredited Domestic Violence Duty Lawyer. She has spent many years advocating and representing parents and grandparents in Child Protection proceedings, including negotiating with the Department of Children, Youth Justice and Multicultural Affairs to see children returned home.

Qualifications & Accreditations:

  • Dux of Business – St Margaret’s Anglican Girls School
  • Bachelor of Laws (Honours) – Queensland University of Technology, 2016
  • Bachelor of Business (with Distinction) – Queensland University of Technology, 2016
  • Business School Dean’s List – Queensland University of Technology Business School
  • QUT Business School – Winner of Markstrat Challenge
  • QUT Business School – Purple Cow Award for Marketing
  • Graduate Diploma in Legal Practice – Queensland University of Technology, 2017
  • Legal Practitioner admitted to the Supreme Court of Queensland, 2017
  • Legal Practitioner admitted to the High Court of Australia, 2018
  • Accredited Domestic Violence Duty Lawyer, 2021
  • Member Family Law Practitioners Association (FLPA), 2018 to present
  • Member Pacifica Congress, 2023
  • Collaborative Lawyer 2023

Areas of Practice:

  • Complex Parenting Disputes
  • Property Settlements
  • Divorce Applications and Hearings
  • Conciliation Conferences, Mediation and Family Dispute Resolution
  • Domestic Violence
  • Child Protection
  • Collaborative Lawyer
  • Parenting Coordinator

your expert team of Family Lawyers and Mediators

Sarah Cleeland

PRINCIPAL SOLICITOR

Shelby MacDonald

SENIOR ASSOCIATE

Matt Stimpson

SPECIAL COUNSEL

Kathryn McLoughlin

SENIOR ASSOCIATE

Laura Buchanan

SENIOR FAMILY LAWYER

Testimonials

What our clients say

Thank you so much for all your support! It was a challenging battle from the get go but I knew we could win!

Kirsty S

Thanks so much for everything. Everyone at SC family lawyers has been amazing and really happy with the end outcome. Will definitely come back if there’s any need in the future.

T Sullivan

A big thank you for your support and guidance. Plus a big thank you for putting up with me. It is such a hard journey and I would not have made it this far without you. I appreciate you both.

Jackie M

Once again, thank you very much for your time, attention and patience throughout this process. Your assistance, and that of everyone involved at your office, is greatly appreciated.

Glenn H

I would like to take this opportunity to again thank you for all of your advice, support, guidance & knowledge in gaining such a favourable outcome for my kiddies future. Your patience in dealing with multiple backflips & 720 degree turns along the way this past year has been truly amazing & I’m in awe!

Nicole H