Ann Marie Elenius

Ann Marie Elenius is Empower Family Law & Mediation’s Senior Legal Assistant. Her published profile says she has worked in the legal industry for 25 years, including 22 years in family law. That depth of experience supports the legal team’s work across property, family violence and parenting matters and gives her substantial familiarity with the pressures clients can face during a family law dispute.

A senior legal assistant’s work forms part of the team supporting a client’s matter, while legal advice and strategic decisions remain with the responsible lawyers. The profile emphasises Ann Marie’s professionalism, discretion, empathy and dedication to helping the family law team complete its work. Clients should direct case-specific legal questions to their lawyer and can ask the firm how communications and document handling will be managed.

Ann Marie’s biography records 25 years across areas of legal work, with 22 of those years spent in family law. It specifically refers to supporting clients and the team in matters involving property, family violence and parenting. Long experience in this setting can be valuable because family law files often require careful organisation, sensitive communication, attention to deadlines and coordination of documents across negotiation or Court processes.

The profile does not present Ann Marie as the person providing independent legal advice; it describes her as a Senior Legal Assistant working with the family law team. Clients can benefit from understanding which team member handles each part of the file. Questions about legal rights, likely outcomes or strategy should be addressed to the lawyer responsible for the matter.

Her published profile highlights professionalism, discretion and empathy. It recognises that clients negotiating property, parenting or family-violence matters can experience rapidly changing emotions and significant stress. In practice, those qualities support respectful communication and careful handling of sensitive information while the legal team progresses the work required on the file.

Client support also works best when communication is clear. Provide requested documents in an organised way, flag urgent developments promptly and say if safety, accessibility or communication needs affect how contact should occur. A legal assistant can help the matter move through the firm’s processes, while the lawyer remains the source of tailored legal advice. If anyone faces immediate danger, call 000 rather than relying on ordinary office communication.

The profile lists the firm’s telephone number as +61 3 7020 6542 and links to the broader team and contact information. The site states that the first 30 minutes of the initial consultation are free. When contacting the firm, explain the main issue, any urgent deadline or safety concern, current Court dates and whether orders or agreements already exist. The firm can then discuss the appropriate practitioner and next step.

It is not necessary to have every document before making an urgent enquiry. A short chronology, key orders or correspondence, and a high-level outline of parenting or financial issues are a useful start. The allocation of work will depend on the matter and availability; the profile itself does not promise that one particular team member will handle every enquiry.