Karen O'Leary

Karen is a native of Cahersiveen in County Kerry and was educated at The United World College USA (New Mexico), Birmingham University and The College of Law (Chester). She qualified as a Solicitor in England & Wales in 1994 and worked for three years for Gouldens in the City of London and Brussels before moving to Northern Ireland in 1995 when she was admitted as a Solicitor in both Northern Ireland and the Republic of Ireland. She has been a partner in Caldwell & Robinson since 1998. She is an accredited member of the Northern Ireland Childrens’ Panel, the Family Law Committee of the Law Society of Northern Ireland, and the Northern Ireland Inter-Agency Forum on Domestic Violence. She has a Diploma in European Competition Law from King’s College London, a Diploma in State Aid from the University of Louvain in Belgium and is a qualified Advanced Advocate in Northern Ireland.

Contact:         
k.oleary@caldwellrobinson.com

 

Ann McMahon

Ann was educated at Queen’s University Belfast (Honours Law) and qualified as a Solicitor in Northern Ireland in 1985. She has extensive experience in practice in both the public sector and private practice in the field of family and child law. She is a Non-Executive Board Member of the Northern Ireland Guardian ad Litem Agency and is a Member of the Panel for External Lawyers with the Legal Services Commission (Appeals Board) for Northern Ireland. Ann also sits on the Regional Advisory Committee for Ulster Television.

Contact:          a.mcmahon@caldwellrobinson.com

 







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Family & Child

Under the guidance of leading practitioner Karen O’Leary, Caldwell & Robinson has a multi-jurisdictional reputation for sensitive, sound and thorough service to clients who when they come to us frequently find themselves in strained and stressed circumstances. Our substantial cross-border and international experience covers the areas of relationship breakdown, monetary settlements, issues relating to the custody of children, domestic violence, cross-jurisdictional divorce and international abduction. Our experience in both jurisdictions (particularly acting for Guardians ad Litem) has given us access to a wide cluster of related experts in the field of family and child practice which pits our service firmly the contact of the holistic servicing of all our clients’ needs. Testament to this is that about 90% of our new clients come to us from referrals from other related professionals or existing clients.

 

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