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Abby Ballantyne Law

21/08/2023

Welcome to the team, Abby!

Welcome to our newest team member, Abby! 🎉🎈🎊

Abbey is an early-career lawyer who loves to read, watch movies and listen to music.
 
We are excited to have Abbey join us.
Alex Lawyer Southport

13/06/2023

Welcome to the team, Alex!

Welcome to our newest team member, Alex! 🎉🎈🎊

Alex is a born-and-bred Gold Coaster and can be found lapping up the GC weather on the weekends spending time with her dog, Indie, and doing yoga.

Alex has nearly five years of experience within the industry and will be providing support to our solicitors.
James Ballantyne's Birthday 2023

09/06/2023

Happy Birthday James

Happy Birthday to our fearless leader, the one and only, James Ballantyne! We are lucky to have ya 🎉
Alyssa legal team member Ballabtyne Law

06/06/2023

Congratulations Alyssa

Huge congratulations and welcome to the profession to Alyssa following her admission to the roll of solicitors at the Supreme Court of Queensland yesterday.
 
Alyssa is an asset to the team with a very bright future in the profession ahead of her and we feel very proud and lucky to have her as a valued member of the team!
lawyer Nicholas Costell Gold Coast

05/04/2023

Well done Nicholas!

We are pleased and proud to announce that lawyer Nicholas Costello has been appointed to the Queensland Law Society’s First Nations Legal Policy Committee. The Committee is dedicated to consideration of legal policy that affects the First Nations Community. Well done Nicholas!
Women lawyers Gold Coast

07/03/2023

Happy International Women’s Day!

This morning the women of our firm, along with a group of impressive women that we often work with joined a whole ballroom full of women (and a few gents) at the Women of Influence’s International Women’s Day Breakfast where we heard from a very inspiring and interesting speaker, Megan Norris.

Megan shared her story, along with the stories of many other women who have overcome adversity and challenges (in many cases, against all odds) to get to where they are today.

The message for International Women’s Day this year is “Embrace Equity” which is about recognising why equal opportunities aren’t enough.

We have collectively come so far in so many ways and yet still not far enough or at all in many others and meaningful, results-driven equitable action is required to keep us moving in the right direction.

In 2016, the legal profession hit gender parity for the first time and since then, women solicitors comprise 53% of the legal profession, yet the gender pay gap persists – equity is not just about ensuring women can go to law school and get jobs in the industry, it’s also about introducing more child-care and maternity leave options and ensuring those women who enter the workforce are meaningfully supported throughout their careers to level that gap.

Thank you to Women of Influence, Megan Norris, and all of our wonderful guests this morning for a perfect start to IWD 🙌🏻

10/02/2023

Nick has joined the team!

Welcome to our newest solicitor, Nick! Having just arrived on the coast from Cairns, Nick brings with him a competitive spirit gleaned from years of competing at a national level in road-cycling and we are excited to have him join our commercial litigation team.

01/07/2022

Mina has graduated!

Our team member Mina has graduated with a Bachelor of Laws and a Bachelor of International Business. Congratulations on entering the next phase of your legal career, Mina!
 
Mina supports the firm’s professional team with a focus on estate planning.