Michelle Lember (Hurst)

Michelle Lember is an experienced practitioner with a particular focus on commercial, property and family law matters.

She has advised and acted for commercial clients on structuring, contracts, distribution & franchising, leasing, intellectual property and property matters.

Michelle is passionate about franchising and has acted for a number of national and international franchisors across a broad range of commercial transactions. She has been an invited guest presenter and Chairperson at numerous franchising conferences.

Michelle has also provided strategic advice to clients in all aspects of their business from structuring for asset protection, expansion, drafting and negotiating contracts and protecting intellectual property.

She lends her strategic, commercial approach to the conduct of family law matters, with particular reference to the division of property on separation, divorce and children’s matters and has assist clients compassionately in mediated and litigated family law, defacto and domestic violence matters.

In addition to her legal qualifications, Michelle holds Bachelors degrees in Economics and in Business Management from the University of Queensland. She has also obtained Certificates in International Law from Marquette University in the United States and has completed a Masters Degree in Commercial Law at the Queensland University of Technology.

Michelle is a member of the Queensland Law Society, the Moreton Bay District Law Association and the Family Law Practitioners Association, and sits on the Board of Commerce Caboolture, the Bribie Island Chamber of Commerce and is President of The Abbey Museum of Art and Archaeology.

She also volunteers her time at and was instrumental in establishing the Caboolture Community Legal Clinic.