Deborah Johnson

Deborah was admitted as a solicitor in 2004, and has exclusively practised in family law since 2004 before joining Chapman Pieri in February 2020. She is also a family mediator.

Deborah specialises in matrimonial financial disputes including matters involving third parties, overseas divorce, overseas assets and pensions. She trained as a solicitor in Central London where she continued to practice before moving to Chapman Pieri.

Deborah has a particular expertise in complex children disputes and she also continues to deal with the whole spectrum of family law including those with an international element, injunctions, wardship, appeals and matters where there is a criminal law and/or social services element.

Deborah’s clients are private individuals. She equally acts for husbands, wives, mothers, fathers and grandparents.

Deborah is also a family lawyer mediator. Mediation is a process for couples who have decided to separate or divorce to help them reach their own decisions about future arrangements including the way children are cared for in the family and/or how finances are organised for the future. Deborah therefore specialises in non-adversarial cost effective approaches to divorce and separation including mediation and arbitration.

As a Resolution specialist, Deborah works her hardest to try to ensure that her clients stay out of the Family Court.

Awards and Accolades

Deborah is recognised in the Legal 500 (UK 2016, 17, 18 and 19).

Deborah was previously an Honorary Legal Advisor at Central London Family Court Citizens Advice and previously at St Michael’s, Camden Legal Advice drop-on centre.

Deborah is also a Resolution ‘Accredited Specialist’ in (Complex Financial Remedies and Children Law Private) and she is committed to Resolution’s Code of Practice to resolve matters in a non-confrontational way.

Client Testimonials

“Thank you for your hard work you have done for us. It is rewarding to see that all the effort you put in was not in vain.”

“Thank you for all your support both past and present! Could never have got to this place without the excellent and first class support …. and all of your team …”

“Thank you very much for all your work. It helped me to keep standing during those hard days. Thank you again. Best wishes to you”.

Thank you very much for your help and support. I sincerely hope that I will not have to call on your services again but, should the need arise, I would have no hesitation in asking you to act for me.”

“Prompt, compassionate, efficient and very professional.”