Australian ADR Awards 2025
– Winners

Arbitrator of the Year
Daisy Mallett

Arbitration Practitioner of the Year
Nathan Eastwood, Watson, Farley & Williams

Arbitration Practice Group of the Year
Norton Rose Fulbright

Expert Determiner of the Year
John Rundell

Mediator of the Year
Dr Navid Sedaghati

Community Mediator of the Year
Amiel Nubaha

Family Dispute Resolution Practitioner of the Year
Julia Claire Brierley

Under 30 ADR Practitioner of the Year
Saoirse O’Dea, DLA Piper

Under 40 ADR Practitioner of the Year
Betty Choi, Corrs Chambers Westgarth

ADR Practitioner of the Year
Erika Williams

International ADR Practitioner of the Year
Gitanjali Bajaj, DLA Piper

ADR Practice Group of the Year (Law Firms)
Bird & Bird

Ombudsmen & Commissions ADR Group of the Year
Australian Small Business and Family Enterprise Ombudsman

ADR Corporate Team of the Year
TAFE NSW

Courts & Tribunals ADR Group of the Year
ACT Magistrates Court

ADR Project of the Year
The Co-Parenting Institute, Sharyn Green-Arndt and Lisanne Iriks

ADR Innovation of the Year
Queensland Department of Education (DoE) – Principal Health and Wellbeing team
and the Queensland Department of Justice and Attorney-General – Dispute Resolution Branch (DRB)

Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander ADR Practitioner of the Year
Damian Barnes, Yimba

ADR Academic of the Year
Michael Legg, UNSW

Hall of Fame
Judith Levine

Congratulations to all finalists in 2025.

The standard of ADR work was outstanding!

We look forward to seeing you at the Australian ADR Awards 2026!