Jody Fitzgerald, founder of Brightside Mediation in Adelaide, South Australia, is an AMDRAS accredited mediator and Specialist Elder Mediator, registered Family Dispute Resolution Practitioner, qualified lawyer and former Supreme Court Associate with a Bachelor of Commerce, mediating commercial, family and elder disputes online or in person.
She sits on the Small Business Commission SA and Magistrates Court mediation panels, the Law Society of South Australia’s Alternative Dispute Resolution Committee, and the Oakbank Racing Club Committee.
Calm and practical by nature, she puts people at ease, drawing on a background as a political adviser and a career that has taken her through courtrooms, the corridors of parliament and mediation rooms alike.
In elder matters, she is focused on preserving the older person’s own voice and autonomy while helping family members and others work through decisions together — and, as a mother of six, she’s no stranger to multi-party disputes.