Samantha Brennan

Tumuaki | Partner

I have been working in family law since 2012, in the Waiarapa, Upper Hutt and Lower Hutt. I undertake all aspects of family law for all clients, both private paying and legally aided. I have a special interest in relationship property and regularly assist clients who are in the process of separating and dividing their relationship property, or who wish to protect their separate assets by way of a Contracting Out Agreement.

I am committed to assisting clients to reach practical resolutions of their matters wherever possible without the cost and stress involved in lengthy Court proceedings.

I am on the lawyer for child panel, and receive appointments from the Family Court as Counsel to Assist - where the assistance of a senior lawyer is required in complex cases.

 

I am a member of the Family Law Section, the Wellington Family Courts Association and have spent many years volunteering at the Community Law Centre in Lower Hutt. I am also on a Law Society Committee.

I have a Bachelor of Laws and Bachelor of Arts majoring in English Literature and Classical Studies from the University of Victoria. Following graduation I spent time in Warsaw, Poland teaching English at a convent school for the blind.

In my spare time (the time that is not spent chasing after my toddler) I love to travel, read as many books as possible and try new handicrafts.

email: samantha@tiakifamilylaw.co.nz