PROGRESSIVE LEGAL - Key Persons
Ashley joined the team in 2021. She has worked as an executive assistant in Law firms for more than 6 years during her career and she's the first point of contact for new clients at Progressive Legal. Ashley's people and communication skills are a credit to our team, and we are thankful to have her aboard.
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- Owner of Virtually Connected
Christine is the owner of Virtually Connected. She provides paralegal support to lawyers and trade mark attorneys. Having worked in the IP industry for over 28 years, she is a great asset to our team.
Originally from India, Disha graduated with degrees in Arts and Law before immigrating to Australia to undertake her Juris Doctor at the University of New South Wales. She was also accepted to participate in a couple of summer programs at Harvard and Oxford. Disha enjoys Commercial Law and has a strong interest in Intellectual Property.
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- Founder & Principal Lawyer
After 12 years practising as a litigation lawyer for small, medium and large firms in Australia and the UK, Ian returned to Australia disillusioned with the way Law was being practiced at all levels, especially for small business.
While mixing with a bunch of entrepreneurs and small business owners, he found out very quickly that the advice they were receiving was either wrong or too expensive, but mainly both!
The feedback he got was that people would rather go to a dentist than see a Lawyer.
Job Titles:
- Lawyer & Trade Mark Attorney
Marshall is the founder and small business developer at Orion Marketing.
Milena has over 9 years of legal industry experience, working as a practice manager and personal assistant for boutique law firms in Sydney's CBD.
She assists with client management and understands the challenges met by small business owners, as she previously co-owned an award-winning Darlinghurst restaurant/cocktail bar.
Milena is currently undertaking the LPAB's Diploma of Law and is a great support to our growing team of solicitors.
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- Digital Marketing Consultant
- Founder of Sydney
Ray is the founder of Sydney digital marketing agency Groe and a digital marketing speaker. He has helped 1000+ small businesses across 100+ industries over the last 11 years and has also worked with top tier corporates including Optus, McDonald's Australia, Leighton and Woolworths Group to name a few. He has been seen in the Australian Financial Review, The Sun Herald, Startup Daily and many more publications.
Rebecca is a Senior Consulting Litigation Lawyer at Progressive Legal.
Providing advice and support to clients across a range of Civil Litigation and Commercial matters, Rebecca has a wealth of litigation experience working as a dual qualified Barrister and Solicitor in England before moving to Australia and practicing law in NSW.
Rebecca has represented clients in a wide range of dispute in the Local Court, District Court, The Supreme Court and the Federal Court of Australia.
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- Business Development Assistant
Sera is dedicated, eager, and determined. She's currently completing a double degree of Arts and Law at UTS. She is passionate about SMEs and assisting our clients identifying their legal needs.
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- Owner of Personalised IP
- Senior Lawyer & Trade Mark Consultant
Sonal is the owner of Personalised IP, a weekly newsletter which reports on legal and procedural issues in relation to Intellectual Property matters generally in Australia.
Sophie is our Business Manager. She helps with Finance and Marketing in the business.
After starting with the management of our social media pages over 2 years ago, she expanded her skills to digital marketing generally and finances as a bookkeeper.
She's a great support to the team and ready to assist clients with any query they may have.