Welcome to the Law Management Journal and our Q&A podcast series. Through these podcast interviews, we are telling the stories – and exploring the leadership and business strategies – of some of the leading minds in the Australian legal sector.
Cameron Cooper, editor of the Law Management Journal, speaks to Tendayi Chivunga, a Zimbabwean immigrant to Australia, who has achieved great success as founder of Tee Legal (https://teelegal.com.au/). It's a multicultural firm with offices across the country that provide legal representation for criminal, family, traffic and commercial matters.
Tendai explains the early challenges of being a young black woman trying to make a name for herself as a lawyer in Australia and she also discusses how she seeks work-life balance through singing and playing golf.
2 Aug 2026
Episode 15: Michelle Oates of Connect Family Law
Cameron Cooper speaks to Michelle Oates, the founder of Connect Family Law (https://www.connectfamily.com.au/), a Mildura-based firm that is really thriving in the regions.
Named the Rural and Regional Lawyer of the Year in 2025 at the Australian Law Awards, Michelle explains her passion for social justice and why opting to no longer be the hero or martyr of her firm has allowed the business to succeed and grow.
She also explains her role as a coach and the quest to develop firms that owners truly love. We start the interview with Michelle's thoughts on the competitive nature of family law.
Cameron Cooper speaks to Alison Shamir (https://alisonshamir.com/), a former tech industry leader who has become acknowledged globally for her work in helping high-performing lawyers and other professionals deal with imposter syndrome.
The author of "Conquer Your Imposter (https://www.conqueryourimposter.com/book)", Alison explains why this debilitating condition is not a confidence issue, rather, it's an identity and belief system challenge.
She also provides advice for law firms and lawyers on how to overcome it.
24 Mar 2026
Episode 13: Dr Patrick Awad of CU Health
Today in our Q&A series, we're speaking to Dr Patrick Aouad, a neurologist and the CEO of CU Health (https://www.cuhealth.com.au/), a provider of employee wellbeing services, including digital solutions. Patrick and his team work with a broad range of businesses, including law firms, to deliver everything from GP telehealth, psychology, dietary, and health coaching services, through to leadership performance coaching.
For a legal sector that suffers from workplace stress and mental health issues, Patrick says we need to transform healthcare and digitise clinical practice so that it's more convenient, effective, and timely for lawyers, and to target preventable mental and physical illnesses. He also believes science-based health models can assist firms with employee morale and talent retention. We start the interview with some thoughts from Patrick on the rationale behind setting up CU Health.
28 Jan 2026
Episode 12: Geraldine Chin Moody of Directors Australia
Today, in our Q&A series, Cameron Cooper speaks to Geraldine Chin Moody (https://directorsaustralia.com.au/our-team/geraldine-chin-moody/), a Board and Governance Principal at Directors Australia. The group provides Board and Governance advisory services, as well as specialist board search and recruitment assistance.
Geraldine got her start with Mallisons and went on to be COO at Baker McKenzie before filling various executive roles for ASX listed companies and professional services firms. She now serves on a range of boards. In this interview, Geraldine explains why setting up boards with diverse skill sets can be an effective way to improve culture and performance in law firms.
And she provides tips on that perennial problem, succession planning for law firm bosses. We start the interview asking Geraldine about the early phase of her career and her law firm introduction.
12 Jan 2026
Episode 11: Belinda Cohen of Gilchrist Connell
In our Q&A series, we're speaking to Belinda Cohen, the CEO of Gilchrist Connell and an executive with great experience in people management roles. In this interview, Belinda shares her strategies for getting the most out of legal practice teams and she explains how intellectual conversations can be the kickstarter for success in firms.
3 Nov 2025
Episode 10: Dave Burnton of Lawlux
In our latest Q&A, Cameron Cooper speaks to Dave Burnton, co-founder of Lawlux, an exciting new Australian firm. In this interview, Dave explains why he jumped from the safety of a big law firm and all its perks to take a chance with a start-up that is using AI and legal tech to reshape legal services.
With co-founder Andrew Yu, they have developed Lixo GPT, an AI paralegal that is helping to better serve SMEs. We start the interview with Dave telling us why old law firm models must be overhauled.
2 Sept 2025
Episode 09: Emma Maxwell of Anchored Family Law
Cameron Cooper, editor of the Law Management Journal, speaks to Emma Maxwell, founder of Anchored Family Law. In this interview, Emma explains how she started out with a major national firm working on class actions before moving into family law and ultimately setting up her own firm a few years ago.She says a subscription model has helped keep the cash flow running and she discusses how she's using technology to power her business. Emma beings by telling us why she set up Anchored Family Law.
2 Jul 2025
Episode 08: Sarah Cappello of Hunt & Hunt Lawyers
Cameron Cooper interviews Sarah Cappello, Managing Partner at Hunt & Hunt Lawyers, about leading the firm, the AI-driven merger with Hicksons Lawyers, and overcoming a cyber attack and embezzlement case.
13 Apr 2025
Episode 07: Jordan Furlong of Law21
In our latest Q&A, Cameron Cooper speaks to Jordan Furlong (https://www.law21.ca/), a respected Canadian law firm consultant. In this interview, Jordan explains why his career shows that there are many ways to make a difference in the legal industry without being a lawyer, and why measures such as productivity and growth are not the be all and end all for firms.
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16 Feb 2025
Episode 06: Regie Anne Gardoce of Sprintlaw
In our latest Q&A, Cameron Cooper is speaking to Regie Anne Gardoce, an award winning innovator in the legal sector. Until very recently, Regie was the Legal Transformation Lead for Sprintlaw, an online legal firm based in New South Wales.
In this interview, Reggie lets us in on some of the tech secrets behind Sprintlaw's success. She also explains how a new generation of tech savvy lawyers in tandem with ChatGPT and other large language models is ready to shake up the industry.
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24 Nov 2024
Episode 05: Will McCullough of MCC Advisory
Cameron Cooper interviews Will McCullough, a UK-trained lawyer turned Australian success, on his journey to efficiency with a tech platform and his decision to keep MCC Advisory small.
15 Sept 2024
Episode 04: Sam Nickless of Gilbert + Tobin
In this episode of the ALMJ podcast, Cameron Cooper speaks to Sam Nickless (https://www.linkedin.com/in/samnickless/), CEO of Gilbert + Tobin (https://www.gtlaw.com.au/), about the secrets behind the firm's long term success and the lessons he brings from his time at McKinsey and why Gen AI will require retooling across many aspects of law firm operations.
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26 Jul 2024
Episode 03: Joanna Oakey of Aspect Legal
Cameron Cooper speaks to Joanna Oakey, the founder and managing partner of Aspect Legal (https://www.aspectlegal.com.au/), a commercial law firm that specialises in helping SMEs across the country and which is headquartered in Sydney.
In this interview, Joanna tells us the secrets to the success of her own two podcasts, "Talking Law (https://www.aspectlegal.com.au/talkinglaw/)" and "The Deal Room (https://www.aspectlegal.com.au/thedealroom/)", why she wrote her book called "Buy, Grow, Exit (https://www.aspectlegal.com.au/buygrowexit/)", and how the firm's security officer, Chloe the Cavoodle, is helping to make the firm a happy place to work.
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11 Sept 2023
Episode 02: Melissa Barlas of Conveyed
Welcome to the Australasian Law Management Journal and our Q&A podcast series. Through these podcast interviews, we are telling the stories – and exploring the leadership and business strategies – of some of the leading minds in the Australian legal sector.
Our guest is Melissa Barlas, director and founder of Conveyed. She explains how a family passion for the property market has morphed into a successful legal career – and why it pays to be good to people around you.
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24 Jul 2023
Episode 01: Anthony Bekker of Biztech Lawyers
Welcome to the Australasian Law Management Journal and our Q&A podcast series. Through these podcast interviews, we are telling the stories – and exploring the leadership and business strategies – of some of the leading minds in the Australian legal sector.
Our first guest is Anthony Bekker of Biztech Lawyers. He discusses the value that an entrepreneurial background and a global mindset can bring to modern law firms – and why AI and other technology can be invaluable if the right guard rails are in place.
If you enjoyed this episode, please consider subscribing. For more law management insights, visit lmhub.com.au (https://lmhub.com.au/).
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