.png?width=600&quality=75&resize=contain&format=origin)
.png?width=1920&quality=75&resize=contain)
Ellen Bradley is a Legal Director with extensive experience in estates and estate planning. She provides practical and tax effective strategies tailored to diverse personal circumstances, ensuring clients have comprehensive estate plans. Her expertise includes drafting Wills, such as Discretionary Testamentary Trusts, Enduring Powers of Attorney, and Superannuation Death Benefit Nominations. Ellen manages estate administration and probate proceedings efficiently, securing Grants of Probate across all Australian jurisdictions. She is adept at handling estates that include overseas assets, adding complexity to both planning and administration stages. Known for her empathy and meticulous attention to detail, Ellen aims to make the estate administration process smooth and effective. Her work also encompasses complex property transfers in New South Wales and the Australian Capital Territory, often involving multiple deceased estates and tracing executor representations. Ellen’s background includes experience in the Business and Corporate section, which equips her with a commercial perspective beneficial in relevant matters. Ellen completed a Master of Laws (Applied Law) specialising in Wills and Estates. She joined Bradley Allen Love in 2013 and was admitted to practice in the ACT Supreme Court in 2014. Ellen was appointed Director in 2019 and Legal Director in 2021. Under her leadership, the Estates & Estate Planning Team has received consistent recognition from Doyle’s Guide for excellence in Wills & Estates and Estate Litigation.

Legal Director
Bradley Allen Love Lawyers
Jun 2021 - Present • 5 years 5 months

Director
Bradley Allen Love Lawyers
Nov 2019 - Jun 2021 • 1 year 7 months

Senior Associate
Bradley Allen Love Lawyers
Jun 2018 - Dec 2019 • 1 year 6 months

Associate
Bradley Allen Love Lawyers
Jun 2016 - Dec 2019 • 3 years 6 months

Lawyer
Bradley Allen Love Lawyers
Sep 2014 - Jun 2016 • 1 year 9 months

Law Clerk
Bradley Allen Love Lawyers
Dec 2012 - Oct 2014 • 1 year 10 months

Master’s Degree, Wills & Estates
The College of Law Australia
2015 - 2018
Diploma of Leadership and Management
YWCA of Canberra
2014 - 2016

Bachelor’s Degree, BA/LLB (Hons)
The Australian National University
2006 - 2014
First Tier Wills & Estates Lawyer
Doyles
First Tier Estates Litigation Lawyer
Doyles
Leading Wills & Estates Lawyer
Doyles
Leading Estates Litigation Lawyer
Doyles
Last checked: 16 Dec 2025 • Checked with ACT Law Society