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Partners
Peter Flanagan
Simon French

Vaughan Lamb
Kevin Roache
Tom White

Consultants & Senior Lawyers
Alicia Carroll

Martin Reid

Justin Vaatstra

Alan Williamson

Lawyers

Andrew Alexander

Cherie Ford

Michael Johnston

Anne O’Loughlin

Stewart Pinkstone

April Slater

Vesna Smigowski

Paralegals
Michelle Adams

Nic Redman

Garth Towan


Conveyancing Clerks

Sally Cole

Alicia Crowe

Christine Fox

Mortgage Personnel
Cherie Ford

Melinda Kininmonth

Margaret Hotchin

Wills & Probate Clerks
Daria O’Donnell

Melissa Purcell

Allison Walker

   
 


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Alicia Carroll – Senior Lawyer
 
Family Law  

 

Alicia currently Heads the Family Law Group and provides the full range of Family Law services in particular property division, spousal maintenance and childrens' care arrangements. She works closely with clients' Accountants and Financial Planners, Psychiatrists, Mediators and Family Support services to achieve the best results for clients.

Martin Reid – Senior Lawyer
 
Workplace Relations & Litigation  

Martin heads up the firm's Workplace Relations Group and is currently Acting Head of the Litigation Group. Having gained expertise in this area of law at  the national law firm Clayton Utz, he now provides general employment law and industrial relations services to our commercial and private clients.

Martin provides advice on every aspect of the employment relationship including OH&S and Equal Opportunity & Discrimination law. Martin can also assist with the drafting and negotiating of employment contracts, Individual and Collective Workplace  Agreements and Consultancy and Independent Contractor Agreements. He also acts in all OH&S, employment and industrial relations litigation matters in all tribunals and provides general civil litigation services to clients in the Magistrates and Supreme Courts.

 

Justin Vaatstra– Senior Lawyer
 
Litigtion
 

Justin is a commercial litigator with expertise in the areas of corporate insolvency and intellectual property. He was recruited from leading commercial law firm Arnold Bloch Leibler in October 2008.

Justin has acted in some of Australia 's most significant and complex insolvency litigation in recent years including:  

  • landmark High Court appeals in Sons of Gwalia Ltd v Margaretic ; and
  • numerous proceedings on behalf of the Administrators of Ansett Australia including appeals to the High Court against International Air Transport Association.

Justin is also skilled in handling intellectual property disputes. He has represented artists, film makers, manufacturers, importers and pharmaceutical companies in a range of matters involving copyright, designs, trade marks and actions for passing off.

 
   

Alan Williamson – Consultant
 
Commercial, Property & Litigtion
 


Alan has practiced as a barrister and solicitor for over 35 years. His most notable recent achievement was the successful defence of his client in the Ballarat and Geelong petrol price fixing cases prosecuted by the ACCC in the Federal and High Courts over a period of 5 years.

Alan's numerous community activities have included membership of Apex, Presidency of the Geelong Law Association, membership of the Victorian Law Institute Council and the Committee of the Victorian Law Foundation.