Stephen Rees

Year of Admission: 1982

• Family Law (Accredited Specialist).
• Partnerships and Joint Ventures.
• Business Transfers.
• Complex wills and Estate Planning.
• Commercial Disputes.
• Leasing.

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Tori Barton (nèe Cooper-Hayter)

Tori has lived in Toowoomba for 11 years. She completed her high school education at Harristown State High School, Toowoomba, in 2001, where she received an OP 2 and the subject prize for Legal Studies.

She spent a year studying psychology at USQ, then transferred her studies to QUT where she completed her Bachelor of Laws in 2008.

Tori has been employed at ReesLaw since November 2002 and was admitted as a solicitor on 27 April 2009.

She has extensive experience in conveyancing – residential, rural and commercial property, business transfers, leases, estate planning and administration, debt collection and general commercial litigation.

Outside work, Tori and her husband, Miles, have two young daughters who keep them very busy in their spare time.

Lindsay Brown

Lindsay has come to the law later in life. He was a high school teacher teaching humanities for 13 years before changing professions.  Lindsay graduated from Southern Cross University with honours in 2008 and is looking forward to a long career in the legal profession.  His areas of interest are family law, wills and probate.

 Elizabeth Buckley

Elizabeth was admitted in 2005 and after extensive practice in Family Law, particularly in parenting and child protection disputes, joined ReesLaw in 2010 to work exclusively in Family Law.

Sandra Ryder

Sandra joined ReesLaw in February 2007 as Assistant to Stephen Rees and Para-legal in the Family Law Team. She has 19 years legal experience having worked for 14 years as a legal secretary in England (mainly in conveyancing and company law) until she emigrated to Australia in 1996. Sandra has worked in the area of family law for 5 ½ years and enjoys liaising with and assisting clients during the preparation of their case.

Kristel Sharpe

Kristel has been working in the legal field since leaving school in 2001.  She started as an office administration assistant. Kristel has previously worked primarily in criminal law, however, has also touched on conveyancing and estates.

Kristel commenced with Reeslaw in late 2007 in the Family Law section.  She is enjoying learning a new area of law and has taken great pleasure in becoming part of the ReesLaw team.

Outside work Kristel likes catching up with friends and going to the gym.

Melody Collins

Melody is a Conveyancing Clerk at ReesLaw. She completed her high school education in 2005 and went on to work in administration in a local Toowoomba school. Having joined the firm in April 2008 Melody has spent the last year developing her skills in residential conveyancing and in consultation with Stephen and Tori, in significant  residential subdivision developments on the Darling Downs and in the mining town of Middlemount  . Melody also assists our Business Manager with general book keeping and has completed her certificate in Business Administration.

Peta Campbell

Peta joined ReesLaw as ReesLaw’s Business Manager in February 2008  She is responsible for running and maintaining general bookkeeping, accounting and tax obligations for our firm.  She spent 2 years in the UK where she worked in a boutique Law Firm in London, she then moved to Scotland and worked as a Finance Manager of an Insolvency Practice in Edinburgh.  She has used this experience to successfully run the finance side of a law firm.