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Grant Holley
Grant was a member of the Victorian Bar between 1986 and commencing Holley Nethercote and Compact in March 1995. Grant's practice has been predominantly in commercial law. Grant holds degrees in economics and law from Monash University and a Master of Laws from the University of Melbourne. He is a fellow of the Institute of Arbitrators and Mediators Australia and is a graded arbitrator and accredited mediator. Read More...

Tim Nethercote
Tim was admitted to practise as a barrister and solicitor in 1977 after completing degrees in economics and law and obtaining a Diploma of Education at Monash University. Read More...

Naomi Fink
Naomi has a Law/Arts degree from Monash University, and has partly completed a postgraduate Diploma in Intellectual Property from Melbourne University. Read More...

Samantha Kimpton
Sam is a part time solicitor with Holley Nethercote commercial lawyers. Sam graduated from the University of Melbourne with honours in both Arts and Law in 2003. She completed the final semester of her Law degree at Universite Jean Moulin Lyon III in Lyon, France, where she completed four law subjects in French. Read More...

Paul Derham
Paul completed his Arts/Law degree with honours in Law in 2004, and became a solicitor in 2005. Paul initially began working in Holley Nethercote's related compliance training business - Compact - Compliance and Corporate Training in 2001. He also completed a Diploma of Financial Services (Financial Planning) in 2007. Read More...

Ian McDermott
Ian made a great leap of faith from his familiar PR and marketing background to financial services in 2001, to take advantage of the law degree he was soon to complete as a part-time mature-age student. Read More...

Dianne Soisoi
Dianne joined Holley Nethercote / Compact in July 2001 and has completed Certificate 2 in Business Administration and Certificate 3 in Business and Legal Administration. Read More...

Chris Hall
Chris has worked with legal firms for over 20 years primarily as a personal assistant and joined Holley Nethercote/Compact in early 1997. Read More...

Kathryn Wardrobe
Kathryn joined our team as an intern in February 2006. Kathryn completed a Bachelor of Commerce in 2004 and has just completed studying a Bachelor of Law at Deakin University. Read More...

Robyn Walters
Robyn Walters has recently joined Holley Nethercote/ Compact as PA to Grant and Tim. Prior to this Robyn was a substitute teacher at a number of secondary schools in Melbourne, specialising in the area of Art and Craft. Read More...

Bec Williams
Rebecca joined Holley Nethercote/ Compact in June 2007 and is currently studying Certificate 3 in Business and Legal Administration. Read More...

Rochelle Turner
Rochelle joined Holley Nethercote / Compact in March 2004 to work as an administrative assistant. Rochelle completed the Associate Diploma in Legal Practice at Victoria University and then worked for several legal firms over the last 15 years. Read More...

Daniel Baker
Daniel joined the Holley Nethercote/Compact team as an intern in 2007. He is currently completing a combined Bachelor of Laws/Bachelor of Arts degree at the University of Melbourne, and is thrilled at the opportunity to extend his understanding of commercial law through practical application. Read More...

Jess Bayly
Jess joined our team as an intern in August 2007. Jess is currently studying a Bachelor of Arts and a Bachelor of Laws at the University of Melbourne. She has recently completed her Arts degree majoring in Politics and is in the final stages of her Law degree. Read More...

Darrell Yeo
Darrell completed an Electronics Diploma in 2003 and he is currently pursuing a Marketing Degree at Monash University. Darrell plays the role as Marketing Officer and is involved in all aspects of marketing for Holley Nethercote and Compact. Read More...

Matt Borowski
Matt is currently studying Arts/Law at Monash University and has recently completed his Arts degree, majoring in History. Matt recently got married, and also been a volunteer in various capacities within the Melbourne Jewish community. Read More...

Katarina Palmgren
Katarina joined the firm as an articled clerk in May 2008. Katarina is Swedish and completed her Bachelor Law/Bachelor of Arts at the University of Western Australia in June 2007. Read More...

James Berman
James recently joined Holley Nethercote as a full time commercial solicitor. James completed Bachelor Degrees in Commerce and Law at Deakin University in 2006 and a Diploma of Practical Legal Training at the College of Law in 2007. Read More...