OUR PEOPLE

Solicitor Principal, Louise Moore, heads a staff which is a dedicated team of local people.

Firm Principal

Louise Moore Dip.L (SAB)

Louise holds a Diploma of Law and was admitted as a Solicitor of the Supreme Court of New South Wales in 1998.  For the 12 years prior to her admission she worked as a law clerk for GP Evans & Englert, Solicitors & Attorneys, in their Condobolin Office.  In 1990 she undertook Solicitors Admission Board studies administered by the Law Extension Committee of Sydney University and graduated in 1998 with a Diploma of Law.

Following her admission to practice in 1998 she continued to work for GP Evans & Englert as Associate Solicitor and later as Senior Associate with Lindsay Moore when the Condobolin Office became Moore & Co Solicitors in 2002.

Louise became Principal of Moore & Co Solicitors in January 2016, just prior to the untimely death of Lindsay Moore.

Louise is a general legal practitioner.  She has vast experience in all aspects of conveyancing and leasing and in particular rural conveyancing and leasing, including Crown Land and Western Division land and water dealings.  She also has extensive experience in Succession Law and estate administration, Wills and succession and partnership and business planning and as well has experience in the local court and in equity and mining jurisdictions.

Conveyancing Assistant/General Office Manager

Janelle Malouf

Janelle joined the firm in 1995 when it was GP Evans & Englert.  She has gained much experience in all aspects of our Practice.  However, her main interest is in conveyancing and that is where most of her work is concentrated. Janelle also handles most of the general day-to-day problems associated with running a business.

Janelle is an appointed Justice of the Peace for New South Wales.  This qualification enables her to witness documents being signed under oath requiring a qualified witness, such as Statutory Declarations and Affidavits and to attend to the certification of documents as true copies.

Janelle is often the first point of contact you will have with us when buying, selling or leasing real estate.  She works closely with our Principal and is able to up-date clients on the progress of the matters through all stages of a transaction to completion.

Book Keeper

Jan Lewis

Jan has kept the books at 52 Bathurst Street, Condobolin since 1972 when she commenced working for our predecessors FH Hall & Son.

Jan looks after our general account and trust account as well as our debtors system.  She competently ensures that we are compliant with the legal strictures involved in conducting a solicitor’s trust account.  Her ability and experience is invaluable and she is a vital part of our team.

 

Office Assistant/Probate Clerk

Cherie Sealey

Cherie joined Moore & Co Solicitors in 2015 and has become a very important member of our staff.  Prior to coming to work for us she had many years’ experience working in office administration and for several years was employed as a legal secretary.

Cherie handles a lot of the administrative work involved in the carriage of our deceased estate matters.  She also attends to much of our general office work and is likely to be the person who will answer the phone.  She deals with initial enquiries and will efficiently and appropriately direct your enquiry for attention by our Principal or otherwise as necessary.

Paralegal

Joanne Collins

Joanne recently joined our Practice and is currently engaged as a Paralegal while she works towards her re-admission as a Solicitor.

Joanne holds a Bachelor of Laws which she attained through Southern Cross University. She worked as a Solicitor in Lismore and in Queensland for six years from 2003 mainly concentrating in the area of conveyancing, where she attained much experience and competence.

After taking a break from the profession to have children in 2009 Joanne returned to her home town of Condobolin in 2012 and has now keen to resume a career in the law and achieve a good work/life balance.

Joanne will be focusing on all aspects of general practice.

Consultant

Peter Gain

Peter holds the degrees of Bachelor of Arts (1968) and Bachelor of Laws (1971) from Sydney University. He was admitted as a Solicitor of the Supreme Court of New South Wales in 1971 and a Solicitor of the High Court of Australia in 1976.

From 1973 to 2010 when he sold his interest in the practice of Gain Kent McRae he practiced as a principal of his own firm in Gundagai with Branches at Tumut and Wagga Wagga.

He has wide general practice experience but in recent times his focus has been on Commercial Law, Estate Planning and Administration.

Since selling his practice, Peter has provided Locum Services to practises primarily in the Central West of New South Wales. He holds an unrestricted Principal Practicing Certificate and full Professional Indemnity Insurance.