Marilyn Stowe

Who is Marilyn Stowe?

Marilyn Stowe is an English solicitor. She has been described by The Times as "one of the most formidable and sought-after divorce lawyers in the UK", and described as "one of the country's leading divorce lawyers". She is the senior partner at Stowe Family Law and the resident family law expert on ITV's flagship daytime programme, This Morning.

Marilyn Stowe was educated at Leeds Girls' High School and the University of Leeds. She founded Stowe Family Law, the UK's largest specialist family law firm, in 1982. The firm has offices in Harrogate, North Yorkshire; Leeds and Wetherby, West Yorkshire; Hale and Wilmslow, Cheshire, and Central London.

She is a Fellow of the International Academy of Matrimonial Lawyers, a worldwide association of family lawyers who are recognised by their peers as the most experienced and expert family law specialists in their respective countries. She was among the first 35 solicitors, barristers and ex-judges to qualify as a family law arbitrator in February 2012. The family law arbitration scheme operates in England and Wales and was developed by the Institute of Family Law Arbitrators.