Swan Family Lawyers

Swan Family Lawyers is a family law firm based in Adelaide, South Australia. The firm operates as a Collaborative Practice. Christopher Swan is the principal, and Caitlin Swan is the Managing Solicitor. Caitlin Swan graduated from the University of Adelaide with a Bachelor of Laws in 1985 and completed the Graduate Diploma in Legal Practice in 1986. Alexander De Ionno graduated from the University of Adelaide with a Bachelor of Laws and completed the Graduate Diploma in Legal Practice in 2021. He is a member of the Law Society of South Australia and the Law Council of Australia's Family Law Section.

Conor Butler-Peters joined the firm in 2024. Debra Zagari has over 25 years of experience as a legal secretary and has been with the firm for more than 11 years. Daisy Swan, a chocolate labradoodle, joined in July 2021 as its office dog. Services include family law, divorce, property settlement, children's issues, mediation, collaborative practice, and wills and estates.

Swan Family Lawyers draws clients seeking help with divorce, financial settlements and estate matters, and the feedback gathered across those cases highlights a consistent pattern of care. Guidance is repeatedly described as clear and practical, with complex processes unpacked so that decisions became more straightforward. Isabella Strbic receives frequent praise for her patience, thoroughness and the way she kept clients informed at every stage, while Christopher Swan is noted for his knowledge and compassion in financial settlement work, including with clients who arrived knowing little about their entitlements.

Alexander and Conor are acknowledged for steering matters consistently and setting out options that gave clients a firmer grasp of each step, and Caitlin is credited with an empathetic telephone manner that put callers at ease. Communication before and after each stage emerges as a recurring point, with distance proving no barrier for one client managing a parent's affairs from overseas. Reviewers also value the absence of judgement when legal knowledge was limited, the supportive handling of emotionally sensitive matters, and the speed at which advice and assistance were provided. Work involving the reversal of an enduring arrangement and a contested will also features among the matters described.