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MEET CASSANDRA KALPAXIS
Director & Principal Collaborative Family Lawyer
LL.B B.Soc.Sc GDLP.
Cassandra’s passion for providing deep support to families during one of the most difficult periods of their lives and turning their experiences into positive pathways is exceptional. Not only a collaborative family lawyer of excellence, Cassandra has created a culture and community of empathy and care at Kalpaxis Legal, which underpins our holistic approach to all things legal. As a mother of three, Cassandra understands all that comes with being a parent, and how overwhelming and anxiety causing separation can be.
“Cassandra Kalpaxis has an amazing insight into the process of grief as well as divorce. She has a heart of gold.” ~ Detox Your Divorce retreat attendee.
“After being in the family court system for over 4 years and being represented by other firms I finally had Cassandra and her team take on my matter. They showed me the care and devotion I had been searching for. Within approximately 4 months of them taking on my matter, it is finally over and I have more of an outcome that I thought was possible. My son and I will be for ever in their debt.” ~ Steven Graham
Cassandra’s passion for collaborative family law has been recognised through awards, testimonials and accolades. She is a board member of the Collaborative Professionals NSW and works tirelessly in media interviews creating awareness about collaborative family law to help families work together through the divorce process for their future. Cassandra is a trained divorce coach and is so passionate about supporting people to live their best lives while separating and post divorce, she created the highly successful and healing Detox Your Divorce retreats and programs.
Cassandra has sharp wit, passion and an enduring spirit to bring outstanding results for all matters within the firm at Kalpaxis Legal. She mentors all staff to become their best for our clients and takes on a range of matters from fertility law to child inclusive mediation. While growing her own family, she has grown from strength to strength as a business leader and is recognised in the community with awards that include:
- Finalist in the Australian Small Business Champion Awards 2021,
- Western Sydney Women Small Business Growth 2021,
- Lawyers Weekly Champions of Pride Top 3 Boutique Firm 2021,
- Winner of the Peacemakers Award 2021,
- 2021 AusMumpreneur Awards Rising Star,
- 2020 AusMumpreneur Awards BIG IDEA,
- 2020 AusMumpreneur Awards Service Business,
- 2020 AusMumpreneur Awards Rising Star,
- One of YMAG’s Top 10 Women to Watch 2020,
- Finalist in the Australian Small Business Champion Awards 2020.
Cassandra Kalpaxis is a #1 Amazon best-seller author of her first book, “Dignified Divorce” and has written various published articles about separation. Cassandra has also been featured on multiple nationwide media broadcasts (see our Media Page) including The Project, 2GB and Sunrise, and is regularly requested to comment on current family law trends within the industry.
Cassandra is proud to offer a unique and bespoke approach to practising family law which offers clients the ability to craft their own unique pathway best suited to their individual family. She has a strong background in achievements outside of the traditional law including:
- A Bachelor of Social Science
- National Mediation Accreditation
- Family Dispute Resolution Practitioner
- Arbitrator (Family Law)
- Accredited Collaborative Divorce Practitioner
- International Collaborative Practice Practitioner
When you meet with Cassandra you will instantly recognise that she is down to earth, warm and takes a collaborative approach to finding the best solution for your family.
Cassandra has helped families experiencing a range of issues including:
- Parenting matters including cross jurisdictional parenting matters (international)
- International abduction
- High conflict parenting matters
- Complex separations due to financial matters including SMSF superannuation, family businesses, family trusts, expansive wealth portfolios, and parenting matters involving children with special needs
- Culturally embedded separation
- Fertility and family creation
- Fertility disputes including disputes regarding paternity, IVF disputes, and surrogacy arrangements.
As a trained Alternative Dispute Resolution Practitioner, Cassandra has a strong belief that separation is best triaged through communication and prefers to utilise court proceedings as a last resort when appropriate.
Cassandra’s interest in family extends to her work and passion in fertility law. Cassandra is one of Australia’s few practitioners practising family and fertility law which assists people to create life through assisted reproductive technology. Cassandra regularly appears at exhibitions across Australia to educate people about their options in creating life outside of the traditional conception pathway. She has presented as a keynote speaker at many reproductive events and offers compassion through her lived experience with her own fertility challenges.
Creating life is an honour and a blessing and Cassandra is very privileged to assist families on their journey to becoming parents.
If Cassandra was a cocktail, she’d be a lychee martini.
MEET HEELA KHATIZ
Associate & Collaborative Family Lawyer
B.Soc.Sc LL.B GDLP.
“I highly recommend Heela Khatiz from Kalpaxis Legal. Great customer service and professionalism, I will forever be grateful for her service and dedication and the support I received. I have been religiously working on this case with multiple lawyers for over 3 years with no win or success. Luckily, I was in the hands of Heela Khatiz and she was able to successfully win this case for me. I would recommend her for any court matters.” ~ Rima Hanna
“I highly recommend the Kalpaxis Legal. I had the opportunity to be guided under Heela regarding unfortunate family circumstances in recent months. During that time, I was consulted and supported along the way with the utmost professionalism. My situation was approached from varies angles with impeccable integrity inside and outside of the judicial system. Heela dedicated herself to ensuring that my legal outcome was fairly just, which resulted favourably. Her approach legally (sufficiently applying the law, scoping every issue raised intently), and humanistically (always answering every correspondence, listening to every fear, and supporting every tear) was of the highest in nature. In searching for a legal firm, this firm is certainly the firm to choose on every level.” ~ Katrina A. Sardis
Heela is diamond of a solicitor and brings dedication, warmth, sharp intelligence, attention to detail and commitment to all legal matters she has carriage of. She is sometimes seen working all hours to get our clients the best outcome possible. Using the collaborative family law model, Heela dedicates herself to keeping you and your family out of court.
To Heela, and all of us at Kalpaxis Legal, family is the most important aspect of one’s life. It is with this firm belief that Heela encourages people to move through difficult times with optimism for their future. She finds joy in supporting our clients transition through adversity to finding happiness.
Heela is witness to the adversity of parents in the separation pathway all the time, and is conscious of the way that people enter that space. She applies empathy and compassion to every matter she is involved in, making you feel like she is part of your family. Heela understands the role and importance of each family member and the rights that parents, grandparents and other loved ones have in the separation journey. Her particular interest and experience is in working with various family structures, from blended families with diverse backgrounds to traditional nuclear family structures.
In her downtime, Heela winds down to her current favourite TV show, Ertugrul – a series abouta Turkish warrior from the 13th century during the Ottoman Empire.
Heela is a coffee-lover. Her order is a strong oat milk cappuccino, she can be seen indulging in two of these a day.
MEET NILOUFAR HARIRI
Collaborative Family Lawyer
LL.B GDLP.
Niloufar is passionate about family law and specialises in providing advice and support to people who are going through marriage break downs, seeking to resolve parenting or property disputes.
Niloufar is an advocate of non-adversarial approaches to conflict resolution and is passionate about the utility that alternative dispute resolution pathways bring.
Her caring and compassionate approach guides clients through what can be a highly emotional and challenging time in their lives.
Niloufar was awarded the John O’Brien Memorial Coursework Scholarship in Criminal Law and Criminology.
If she was a cocktail she would be a whiskey sour.
MEET Sophie Kalpaxis
Client Happiness Officer
We welcome Sophie Kalpaxis to our team! Sophie is a baby Chihuahua and our youngest, cutest, smallest team member of Kalpaxis Legal.
Sophie has gladly accepted the role of Client Happiness Officer (and runs a side-hustle as Staff Happiness Officer throughout the day). Sophie’s office hours are 9-5pm Monday – Friday. She is currently in training and we do admit, Sophie is often caught sleeping on the job. Yep, training is tiring when you’re a young pup like Sophie!
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