Our dynamic team of legal experts range from diverse backgrounds while being highly qualified and experienced in relevant specialisations. The diverse backgrounds make it possible for us to handle any kind of international or domestic legal complications, disputes or legal advice.
We have served and will continue to serve diverse international and national base of clients with our talented team that is competent in every aspect of law related to family law, personal injuries, employment law, business, property, international trade laws, wills and much more.
At Pentana Stanton Lawyers follow the best practices of law in Australia with utmost care given to meeting each of our client’s individual requirements according to the situation.
Penny is a local Melbournite and grew up in the South-eastern Suburbs.
She completed her undergraduate and post graduate double law degree of Bachelor of Jurisprudence and Bachelor of Laws at Monash University in the 1980’s and received early admission in the Supreme Court of Victoria. Her love of the law saw her complete a Master of Law at Monash University, with an emphasis on Family, Commercial and Employment Law areas, a second Masters of Wills and Estate Law and she is currently completing a Masters of Family Law.
Penny is a local Melbournite and grew up in the South-eastern Suburbs.
She completed her undergraduate and post graduate double law degree of Bachelor of Jurisprudence and Bachelor of Laws at Monash University in the 1980’s and received early admission in the Supreme Court of Victoria. Her love of the law saw her complete a Master of Law at Monash University, with an emphasis on Family, Commercial and Employment Law areas, a second Masters of Wills and Estate Law and she is currently completing a Masters of Family Law.
Penny has spent time in both private practice and in academia. She tutored and lectured at Monash University for 10 years, drafting study materials and assessments for students and worked as a marker for local and overseas students. In private practice Penny has worked across a range of areas including Personal Injuries, Employment, Commercial, Contract, Negligence, Wills and Family Law. This broad range of experience has enabled Penny to be in a prime position to assist clients across all their concerns.
She has a passion for full representation including appearing for clients at court to ensure that someone fully familiar with their case is with them at their hearings. She enjoys helping clients achieve positive results and provides practical and focused advice.
Penny currently practices primarily in family law, including parenting and property matters, mediation, negotiation, children protection and intervention orders. She also practices in Wills and Estates and in commercial matters.
When she is not working Penny enjoys spending time with family, including children and grandchildren, running and watching movies and documentaries about history and bygone eras, classics, the 1800’s, true life stories and educational films and books regarding people and personalities.
She completed her undergraduate and post graduate double law degree of Bachelor of Jurisprudence and Bachelor of Laws at Monash University in the 1980’s and received early admission in the Supreme Court of Victoria. Her love of the law saw her complete a Master of Law at Monash University, with an emphasis on Family, Commercial and Employment Law areas, a second Masters of Wills and Estate Law and she is currently completing a Masters of Family Law.
Penny has spent time in both private practice and in academia. She tutored and lectured at Monash University for 10 years, drafting study materials and assessments for students and worked as a marker for local and overseas students. In private practice Penny has worked across a range of areas including Personal Injuries, Employment, Commercial, Contract, Negligence, Wills and Family Law. This broad range of experience has enabled Penny to be in a prime position to assist clients across all their concerns.
She has a passion for full representation including appearing for clients at court to ensure that someone fully familiar with their case is with them at their hearings. She enjoys helping clients achieve positive results and provides practical and focused advice.
Penny currently practices primarily in family law, including parenting and property matters, mediation, negotiation, children protection and intervention orders. She also practices in Wills and Estates and in commercial matters.
When she is not working Penny enjoys spending time with family, including children and grandchildren, running and watching movies and documentaries about history and bygone eras, classics, the 1800’s, true life stories and educational films and books regarding people and personalities.
Jesse has significant experience in commercial matters ranging from finance to building and construction. He is particularly passionate about entrepreneurship, startups and increasing growth in companies. In private practice Jesse has worked across a range of areas including commercial, contract, negligence, employment law, building and construction, criminal defence and family law.
He provides full representation including court work to ensure the clients are represented by someone who is fully familiar with their case. Jesse adopts a very practical, results driven approach to any dispute resolution.
Jesse is currently working in commercial law, professional negligence (Financial Services) and family law, specialising in complex property disputes.
Outside of work, Jesse can typically be found deep sea diving, snowboarding or on the golf course.
Jesse completed his degrees in law at Monash University and in business at La Trobe University before gaining admission as a Solicitor of the Supreme Court of Victoria and the High Court of Australia.
Jesse has significant experience in commercial matters ranging from finance to building and construction. He is particularly passionate about entrepreneurship, startups and increasing growth in companies. In private practice Jesse has worked across a range of areas including commercial, contract, negligence, employment law, building and construction, criminal defence and family law.
Jesse completed his degrees in law at Monash University and in business at La Trobe University before gaining admission as a Solicitor of the Supreme Court of Victoria and the High Court of Australia.
Jesse has significant experience in commercial matters ranging from finance to building and construction. He is particularly passionate about entrepreneurship, startups and increasing growth in companies. In private practice Jesse has worked across a range of areas including commercial, contract, negligence, employment law, building and construction, criminal defence and family law.
He provides full representation including court work to ensure the clients are represented by someone who is fully familiar with their case. Jesse adopts a very practical, results driven approach to any dispute resolution.
Jesse is currently working in commercial law, professional negligence (Financial Services) and family law, specialising in complex property disputes.
Outside of work, Jesse can typically be found deep sea diving, snowboarding or on the golf course.
Nick Lionakis graduated from Monash University Melbourne in 1990. He completed a double degree in Arts /Law
Nick is a senior solicitor at Pentana Stanton Lawyers with experience in personal injury law in Victoria and Queensland (2006 – 2013).
For more than 20 years Nick has been improving the lives of injured claimants wronged by the actions or inactions of others. Nick is an advocate for social justice and common law solutions for those disadvantaged by injury or an illness.
Nick has local and interstate experience in preparing and presenting statutory claims and common law damages claims in the areas of work, transport accident and public liability injuries and superannuation disability insurance claims.
Nick advises injured claimants on their rights under;
Victoria
Accident Compensation Act 1985
Workplace Injury Rehabilitation and Compensation Act 2013
Transport Accident Act 1986
Wrongs Act 1958
Queensland
Workers Compensation and Rehabilitation Act 2003
Personal Injuries Proceedings Act 2002
Motor Accident Insurance Act 1994
Civil Liability Act 2003
Nick is fluent in the Greek and Spanish languages.
Nick is a volunteer solicitor and supervisor at the Springvale Monash Legal Service.
Senior Solicitor
She is passionate about family law and more specifically matters involving children. Having worked in both the private and the community sector, Veronica has the requisite knowledge and background to deal with highly complex and diverse matters whilst achieving the best outcome for her clients.
Veronica primarily practices in family law, including but not limited to property and children’s matters, mediation, litigation, child protection and intervention orders. Her other areas of practice include youth and adult crime, contracts, and independent children’s work.
In her personal time, Veronica avidly reads true crime books and enjoys listening to podcasts.
Senior Solicitor
Masters in Applied Law (Family Law & Commercial Litigation).
David is one of our experienced Senior Lawyers.
He is a keen advocate and has appeared at interim and final hearings and across various jurisdictions such as VCAT, Magistrates Court, Federal Circuit Court, Family Court and Supreme Court.
He is a former editor of the Computers & Law Journal and a member of the Maintenance and Property Committee.
His interests include basketball, martial arts and true crime. He enjoys travelling, dining out, reading, horror movies and spending time with family.
David is originally from Hong Kong and speaks conversational Cantonese.
David has been working with Pentana Stanton Lawyers since April 2020 and works predominantly in Family Law.
Senior Solicitor
Seren is compassionate and works to reach resolution for her clients and help them navigate through the emotional aspects of family law. Seren’s experience in court appearances gives her the ability to provide detailed legal advice in relation to the legal rules and procedures.
Seren is fluent in Turkish, both written and spoken and can assist clients who prefer communicating in the Turkish language.
In her spare time, Seren enjoys spending time with her family and friends and experimenting with different cultural foods.
Solicitor
Rhiannon has worked primarily in the area of family law since her admission. She has experience in advising clients on all areas of family law including divorce, parenting matters, complex property matters and financial agreements. Rhiannon also has experience in advising clients in relation to Children’s Court matters, Wills, and both Personal Safety and Family Violence Intervention Order matters.
Rhiannon is focussed on assisting clients to achieve a desirable and fair outcome without the need for ongoing litigation. She has great empathy for her clients and will take the time to listen to them and carefully formulate advice, offering a practical and cost-effective approach to resolving disputes.
In her spare time, Rhiannon enjoys the challenge of renovating houses. She otherwise loves to read Stephen King novels and spend time playing with her two staffy’s, Buddy and Kora.
Solicitor
Durra first started at Pentana Stanton as an intern and then following a successful internship, she joined the team at Pentana permanently and now works as a Solicitor.
Primarily working in Family Law, being a mother of three allows Durra to relate and empathise well with clients to achieve better outcomes.
Work History
Prior to commencing her career in Law, Durra worked as a Human Resources Officer which provided her with an extensive knowledge of the National Employment Standards and Fair Work Act. Furthermore, during Durra’s time in HR allowed her to refine her skills in mediation and dispute resolution.
Languages
Durra is fluent in the Arabic Language and is passionate about assisting clients who speak little English and/or are more confident in speaking in the Arabic Language.
Solicitor
Masters in Applied Law (Family Law) – Currently Completing
Graduate Diploma in Education (2006) – The University of Melbourne
Bachelor of Arts – History / Philosophy (2005) – The University of Melbourne
Ben’s six year teaching career took him from the suburbs of Melbourne to Central Australia and back. In 2015, Ben began his journey in the legal profession and enrolled to study law.
Ben joined the team at Pentana Stanton Lawyers in October 2018, and was admitted into the Legal Profession on 6 August 2019.
Ben is primarily working Family Law.
Solicitor
Mahalia found her passion for Family Law during University as she wanted to help children and families rebuild after separation as well as focusing on the best interests of the children. She works primarily in the areas of family law and family violence. Her focus is on getting the client’s the best outcomes and ensuring that the Family Law process is not as daunting as it feels.
During her time at Bond University she played AFL for the University and played soccer for Robina City Soccer Club where she played in four Grand Finals winning two. In her free time Mahalia enjoy reading comics, playing AFL at Croydon North MLOC and playing cricket at St. John’s Tecoma. She is a passionate Western Bulldogs supporter and follows NRL, EPL and Cricket closely. At home she is often spending time with her Staffy Lucy and her cat Harry.
Solicitor
Solicitor
Jordyn commenced an internship in our firm in November 2019 and was admitted in the Supreme Court of Victoria as a solicitor in March 2020.
Jordyn commenced work as a solicitor with Pentana Stanton in July 2020.
Jordyn is currently working with the Family Law division.
Solicitor
Forooz comes from Iranian background and speaks Persian. When not working Forooz enjoys reading Persian novels, dancing and watching Bollywood movies!
Solicitor
Solicitor
Amy has assisted our solicitors with a diverse variety of legal files and always looks forward to broadening her knowledge wherever she can.
Amy is intrigued by most legal areas and thoroughly enjoys working with our solicitors on all tasks thrown her way, most particularly those involving Family Law Matters, Intervention Orders and Commercial Litigation.
Outside of the firm, Amy is enjoys reading, live music, and spending quality time with animals and her family and friends.
Legal Assistant
She commenced with Pentana Stanton Lawyers in October 2019, discovered an unexpected enjoyment in working in the legal arena and has never looked back. She is currently undertaking an Associate Degree in Legal Practice from RMIT University to support her career progression and passion as a paralegal.
Nida enjoys working with people, solving difficulties, organising and ensuring good management. She is happy to assist wherever she can.
Being born in Pakistan Nida is multilingual, being fluent in both English and Urdu which she can also read and write proficiently.
Outside of work Nida loves shopping, movies, both Bollywood and Hollywood movies, and spending time with her family, especially her nephew.
Legal Assistant
Receptionist | Legal Assistant
Urooj comes from Pakistani background and speaks Urdu and Hazaragi. When not working, Urooj enjoys watching Bollywood movies, reading Urdu novels and going out with family and friends.
Receptionist | Legal Assistant
Joshua has completed a Bachelor of Commerce with a major in Commercial Law graduating from Australian Catholic University in 2020.
Career driven with a positive attitude who displays a high level of professionalism. A team player proactively working endlessly to ensure our team have the best resources they need to bring the best outcome for our clients.
Joshua loves to travel, whether this is travelling around Europe or driving along the Great Ocean Road. Joshua is a big Essendon supporter who also enjoys playing mix netball during his weekend.
Receptionist | Legal Assistant
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