Kathryn Viegas

Kathryn Viegas is a Director of Nomos Legal, a law firm specialising in the provision of Australian and New Zealand immigration law advice.

Kathryn has practised immigration law since 2003. She represents a wide range of clients, including small to medium sized enterprises, large international businesses, not-for-profit organisations and individuals. She regularly provides specialist advice to applicants and organisations with complex immigration needs, including businesses with compliance issues and organisations that require strategic assistance with their global mobility needs.

Kathryn graduated with degrees in Psychology and Law from The University of New South Wales. She completed her Graduate Diploma in Legal Practice at the Australian National University in 2006, she was awarded a Master of Laws degree from The University of Sydney. Kathryn is recognised by the Law Society of New South Wales as an Accredited Specialist in Immigration Law. In addition, she has been recognised in the annual Best Lawyers list for Australia each year from 2018 to date.

Kathryn has worked at various boutique immigration law firms in Sydney. Before co-founding Nomos, Kathryn ran her own immigration law firm for eight years. Her experience in running two law firms as well as her technical skills and pragmatism make her uniquely placed to understand business’ needs.

Since 2007, Kathryn has been involved in continuing legal education for lawyers and registered migration agents. She currently is a lecturer at Victoria University, where she teaches the Graduate Diploma in Migration Law.

In addition to her work at Nomos, Kathryn sits on a number of not-for-profit boards. She is the current President of the Management Committee of the Immigration Advice & Rights Centre, a community legal centre that specialises in immigration advice for vulnerable migrants and asylum seekers. She is a Founding Director of the TLR Foundation, a charity that aims to promote stem cell/bone marrow donation throughout Australia, and the Vice Chair of Diverse Women in Law, an organisation committed to empowering under-represented women in the legal profession. She is also a Director of the Centre for Women’s Economic Safety. She has recently been appointed to the UNSW Law & Justice Advisory Council.