Biography

Michaela Money is the principal/director of MJM Lawyers Pty Limited. She leads our team of law students, paralegals and solicitors. Learn more about our team here.

Michaela has worked in the area of wills and estates in New South Wales since being admitted to practice as a solicitor, in 1998.

Michaela became an Accredited Specialist in Wills and Estates in New South Wales in 2009. She was one of the highest achievers of those who applied for Specialist Accreditation in Wills and Estates in New South Wales in 2009. As a result, her submissions have been used as part of a package given to prospective future applicants for Specialist Accreditation to inform them of the standard required to attain Specialist Accreditation in Wills and Estates.

Michaela has been a Member of the esteemed international Society of Trusts and Estates Practitioners (STEP) since 2010.

Michaela has been listed in Doyle’s Guide of leading Wills and Estate Litigation Lawyers in Sydney, identified by their peers for their expertise and abilities in the area, for eight years in a row (2015 to 2022).

Michaela is a Collaborative Law Practitioner and appears to be the first Accredited Specialist in Wills and Estates in NSW to become a member of Collaborative Professionals NSW Inc. For more information about Collaborative Practice as an alternative method of resolving disputes, click here.

Michaela is currently a member of the Law Society of New South Wales Elder Law & Succession Committee.

Most recently, in his Welcome Ceremony speech, the Honourable Justice Michael Meek of the Supreme Court of New South Wales referred to Michaela as a solicitor of the “highest calibre” and as a “caring and compassionate” person.