Senior Associate, Taussig Cherrie Fildes · Melbourne
Cara Nottle is a senior associate at Taussig Cherrie Fildes. She was admitted in 2017, practises exclusively in family law, and joined the firm in January 2019 after serving as legal associate to Justice Johns and Justice Thornton at the Family Court of Australia.
That time in chambers gives her a thorough knowledge of the court's processes, which she now puts to work for clients, instructing senior counsel and counsel at interim and final hearings in both divisions of the Federal Circuit and Family Court. She has a particular interest in complex financial matters, where she works alongside clients' business advisers and accountants, and she acts in difficult parenting matters involving family violence, drug and alcohol issues and relocation.
Her firm describes practical advice grounded in a thorough knowledge of family law. She graduated in law with first class honours, sits on the Law Institute of Victoria's Parenting Working Group, is a member of Victorian Women Lawyers, and has given her time to the Monash Oakleigh Legal Service and the Prison Legal Education and Assistance Program. The firm lists her among its Best Lawyers in Australia 2026 "Ones to Watch".
From the firm’s published biography of Cara Nottle (tcflawyers.com.au), checked 19 September 2026, restated in our words.
Taussig Cherrie Fildes is a specialist family law firm on Lonsdale Street in the Melbourne CBD, founded in 2000 by Debra Cherrie and the late Michael Taussig QC. In its 2026 edition Doyle’s Guide ranks the firm First Tier, its highest firm tier, in both its national list of family and divorce law firms (one of six firms) and its Melbourne list (one of five). It is the only firm in both first tiers that practises family law alone. Both named principals, Debra Cherrie and Paul Fildes, are ranked Preeminent in Melbourne.
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Team as listed on the firm’s website, checked 19 September 2026.
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