About Kerrie Harms

Kerrie Harms has been a mediator for more than two decades and is a well-reputed mediator and Family Dispute Resolution Practitioner. Kerrie Harms has completed over 10,000 hours of mediation giving her extensive experience in the field. She offers professional, impartial and convenient mediation and Family Dispute Resolution services to assist you to resolve your family dispute with as much ease as possible.

Kerrie Harms is a registered with the Attorney General’s Department as a Family Dispute Resolution Practitioner (FDRP), is a Nationally Accredited Mediator and is an Accredited Family Law Specialist.

Kerrie Harms holds a Bachelor of Jurisprudence (1988) and Bachelor of Laws (1989) from the University of Western Australia.

Experience:

Chairperson at the Alternate Dispute Resolution Unit of the Legal Aid Commission of Western Australia since 1996 (conducting mediation)
Practicing as a self-employed mediator since 1996
Completed over 10,000 hours of mediation as a mediator
Qualified Barrister and Solicitor since 1989
Accredited Family Law Specialist since 1997
Coach of mediators through The Resolution Institute (formerly LEADR - Association of Dispute Resolution) since 2008
Nationally Accredited Mediator since 2008
Convenor of the Children’s Court of Western Australia Signs of Safety Conferences since 2010
Convenor of the Family Law Mediation Style Conferences since 2012
Collaborative Practitioner

Accreditation and Appointments:

ADR/FDR:

Registered Family Dispute Resolution Practitioner – Accredited and Registered Provider of Family Dispute Resolution Services
Member of the Supervision Panel of the ADR Unit for Legal Aid WA
Accredited Mediator under the National Mediator Accreditation System (NMAS)
Advanced Accredited Mediator with the Resolution Institute
Fellow of the Resolution Institute

Legal:

Admitted to the Supreme Court of Western Australia on 2 March 1990
Admitted to the High Court of Australia on 13 February 1991
Accredited as a Family Law Specialist by the Law Society of Western Australia in November 1997

Court-related:

Appointed as a Convenor of the Children’s Court of Western Australia in 2006

Memberships:

Law Society of Western Australia
Family Law Practitioners Association
Family Law Section of the Law Council of Australia
The Resolution Institute
Australian Institute of Family Lawyers and Mediators

Professional Acknowledgements

Doyle’s Guide Leading Mediator – Western Australia 2018
Doyle’s Guide Recommended Family Law Mediator Western Australia 2017

Contact Information

Kerrie Harms

Phone: 0401 920 841 (business hours phone service only, no SMS available)

Address

Suite 1, 643 Newcastle Street

LEEDERVILLE

Perth, Western Australia 6007

PO Box 2162 Churchlands WA 6018