Hilary Searing

Dan is a Queensland Law Society Accredited Family Law Specialist and Director at BGM Family Lawyers , an award-winning family law firm based on the Gold Coast. With over 20 years of experience, Dan has guided thousands of individuals and families through separation and divorce, providing clarity, compassion, and practical solutions during some of life’s most challenging moments. Throughout his career, Dan has represented a diverse range of clients, including business owners, entrepreneu...

Sophie is a media lawyer and litigator with extensive expertise in media and defamation matters. She specialises in defamation, contempt of court, suppression orders, freedom of information and court access applications, confidential information claims, privacy law, pre-publication advice, copyright and cyber safety law. She has acted for and advised many of Australia’s largest media organisations, large corporations and politicians, authors, and high profile/high net worth individuals ...

Zinta is the owner of Resolve Estate Law, a Brisbane-based boutique law firm specialising in contested estates and complex estate administrations. She is the only dual-accredited specialist in succession law and business law in Queensland, and the only specialist of this kind in Australia who is also a nationally accredited mediator and an accredited collaborative practitioner. Over the last 25 years in practice, Zinta has helped steer dozens of complex and bitter estate battles to resolution...

Kathy Prince is a top attorney recognized by Best Lawyers in the practice area(s) of Real Property Law. Kathy, who practices law in Brisbane, Australia, has been recognized since 2024. This recognition is based on an exhaustive peer-review survey, reflecting the high esteem in which Kathy is held by other top lawyers in the same geographic and legal practice area.

Greg leads HopgoodGanim Lawyers’ Estate Planning practice and offers more than 25 years’ experience in estate planning, administration and litigation. Greg’s practice includes drafting Wills and memoranda of directions, from the most simple to the very complex; drafting powers of attorney and estate plans; and in the unfortunate incidence of an estate dispute, advising on the most effective dispute resolution strategy. He also has a comprehensive understanding of Elder Law a...

Anna is a Partner in HopgoodGanim Lawyers' Insurance practice who advises exclusively in insurance litigation, acting on behalf of major public liability insurers, workers’ compensation insurers and self-insurers, compulsory third party insurers and professional indemnity insurers. Anna has been a WorkCover Queensland panel solicitor since September 2011 and was an approved delegate solicitor from 2008. In her capacity as a panel solicitor, Anna is involved in all stages of the Pre-proc...

Greg Cahill is a top attorney recognized by Best Lawyers in the practice area(s) of Commercial Law, Mergers and Acquisitions Law, Tax Law and Trusts and Estates. Greg, who practices law in Brisbane, Australia, has been recognized since 2012. This recognition is based on an exhaustive peer-review survey, reflecting the high esteem in which Greg is held by other top lawyers in the same geographic and legal practice area.

Geoff is a Partner and co-manages our Family and Relationship Law practice. He is also a lead Partner of our HG Private practice. Geoff is recognised internationally as one of Australia’s leading family and relationship lawyers. His specialisation includes international family and relationship law, relationship agreements, prenuptial agreements, representation of third parties and high net worth individuals, trusts and property disputes and dispute resolution (particularly arbitration)....

Toby is an Accredited Specialist in Commercial Litigation with the Queensland Law Society (QLS) and is former a member of the QLS’ Commercial Litigation Specialist Accreditation Advisory Committee. He is also a National Accredited Mediator and has been acting as a mediator and facilitator for 20 years. At present, Toby is the Chair of the QLS Alternative Dispute Resolution Committee and is a Member of the Law Council’s ADR Committee. Toby is regularly appointed by parties and nomi...

Stacey has over 15 years’ post admission experience in the area of defendant insurance and personal injuries law. Her experience includes the defence of workers’ compensation, public and product liability matters with a particular focus on proactive claims management in the workers’ compensation area. She has extensive experience in representing clients at compulsory conferences, informal conferences and mediation. Stacey works closely with brokers, claims managers, underwri...