Region Area

Barristers

Michele O"Leary

Michele O"Leary

Work Department

Family

Dispute ResolutionDirect Access

Position

Year of call: 1983

Michele has been sitting as deputy district judge at the Principal Registry of the Family Division since November 2003; senior advocacy tutor for Lincoln’s Inn; elected a Bencher of the Inn 2007.

Career

Michele practises  in all areas of family law. She has a wide range of experience and is well-regarded at the Bar.  She was appointed a DDJ of the Principal registry of the family Division in November 2003 and continues to sit as a DDJ in all three areas of family law. She also accepts instructions on a direct access basis.

Michele was made a Master of the Bench of Lincoln’s Inn in 2007 and has been involved in advocacy training in her Inn and for the Bar for the last thirty years, teaching in UK and internationally as well as tutoring on the Keble College Oxford Advanced Advocacy course arranged by the South Eastern Circuit.

Memberships

Family Law Bar Association.