Pauline Kennedy Family Law Solicitors

Qualification and Work in Ireland 1980 -1988

Pauline Kennedy was admitted to the Roll of Solicitors in Ireland in 1980. From 1980 until 1988 she practised in Ireland: initially in legal general practice gaining experience in litigation, district court work, probate, will and estates and later she moved on to commercial and corporate work eventually becoming head of the legal department of an Irish semi-state company.

Canadian Re-qualification and Legal Experience in Canada 1992-1996

In 1988 she moved to Canada to marry her husband who was working there as a doctor.

In 1992 she re-qualified in Canada as a barrister and solicitor and joined a well-known Vancouver specialist Family Law firm. Here she practised as a barrister in contentious family law cases involving many issues ranging from the usual ones such as custody, access and maintenance to complex structured matrimonial settlements for high-net worth individuals involving the apportionment of very substantial family assets including companies and trusts.

Return to Ireland 1997

In 1996 she left Canada with her young family spending one year in the UK where her husband was studying. In late 1997 she returned to Ireland initially working on a consultancy basis for a Dublin legal firm.

Pauline Kennedy, Solicitor

In 2002 she opened her own practice where she places her extensive experience in Family Law at the disposal of her clients.

Personal Details

Pauline is from County Galway and initially qualified as a Primary School Teacher in 1974 and then worked for two years as a primary teacher mostly in Inner City Dublin schools and under-privileged areas. She continued to work part-time as a teacher as much as possible during her Legal Studies. Pauline lives with her husband and two children in County Wicklow.

Personal and Professional Philosophy

Pauline’s twin aims in any Family Law case are to obtain the optimum and fairest settlement terms for her client as efficiently as possible while at the same time avoiding any further aggravation or conflict escalation of what is generally a very difficult and sensitive emotional situation. Pauline prefers to avoid legal sabre-rattling and to deal with the practical ,legal and financial issues as calmly as possible. While not being willing to initiate sabre-rattling herself neither will she allow her client to be subjected to it. To this end she also participates in and is committed to a legal process which is new to Ireland and which is called Collaborative Law.

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