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McCowans’ founding partner Ranald McCowan commenced the firm as
a sole practitioner in 1983 at the Runaway Bay Marina. The
firm’s principal areas of practice were originally property and
commercial matters.
In 1993 the firm commenced practicing in the areas of estate
law, family and relationship law and personal injuries law.
In 1996 Gerard Murphy, head of the firm’s personal injuries
section at the time, was appointed as a Partner of McCowans.
In 1997 the firm grew too large for the premises at Runaway Bay
and moved to the Seabank Centre in Southport.
In 1999, Suzanne Harrison commenced working for McCowans and
from then has been head of the firm’s family and relationship
law section.
In 2007, Toni Palmer was appointed as a Partner. She commenced
with the firm as a solicitor in 2004 and was appointed Associate
in 2006 before her promotion to Partner. Toni, together with
Gerard Murphy, acts as head of our personal injuries section.
In late 2007 the firm moved again from Southport to its current
premises at Level 6, 33 Elkhorn Avenue, Surfers Paradise.
In 2008, Kent Dalziel was appointed as an Associate to the firm
and head of The Estate Lawyers.
McCowans has steadily grown over the past 25 years from a sole
practitioner firm to become one of the largest stand alone firms
on the Gold Coast with three Partners, three Associates, a total
of eight employed lawyers and over 25 staff.
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