Jason Walker (Chair)

Jason Walker joined the Section Executive as the Victorian Solicitor representative in December 2018 and was elected as Treasurer in December 2020, Deputy Chair in June 2021 and Chair in 2024.

Jason is a Partner at Forté Family Lawyers and is an Accredited Specialist in Family Law (2005). His practice involves complex property and complex parenting disputes.

Jason has previously served as the Chair of the Family Law Section of the Law Institute of Victoria (LIV) and is a current member of the Executive of the LIV Family Law Section. He has also served on a number of LIV committees and was a founding member of the LIV Children’s Law Specialisation Advisory Committee, which is responsible for assessing and examining candidates for specialisation in Children’s Law.

Jason was the Deputy Chair of the Family Law Section’s National Family Law Conference held in Melbourne 2016.

Jason is a Fellow of the International Academy of Family Lawyers and a member of Pacifica Congress.

Jason is regularly named in the Doyle’s Guide list of Leading Family and Divorce Lawyers (Melbourne). Jason has also been ranked in the Doyle’s Guide list of Leading High-Value & Complex Property Matters Family Lawyers (Melbourne) and list of Preeminent Parenting & Children's Matters Lawyers (Victoria).