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Suburban societies

Below are contact details and other information about regional law societies located in the Sydney metropolitan area.

Bankstown & District

President: Bruce Batey
Batey's Family Lawyers
DX 1121 Bankstown
T: (02) 9792 1833
F: (02) 9792 1844
E: bbatey@bateysfamilylawyers.com.au

City of Sydney

President: Mr Victor Berger
Milne Berry Berger & Freedman
DX 11606 Sydney Downtown
154 Elizabeth Street
Sydney NSW 2000
T: (02) 9264 3877
F: (02) 9267 8639
E: vberger@legalmbbf.com.au

Executive Officer: Ann Parisi - Ph: 9266 0012 Email: info@sydneycitylawyers.com.au
Website: www.sydneycitylawyers.com.au
Area: Sydney CBD.
Objectives: Communication and fraternity.
Programme: Weekly one‑hour MCLE seminars free to members at 5:30pm every Wednesday from February to early November. Law Week Breakfast in May, October Cocktail Evening with judges and magistrates and Annual Dinner in November.
Annual Fees: $ 85.00 for 2009‑10 (or $ 45.00 if admitted less than 4 years). Discounts for joining mid‑year.

Eastern Suburbs

President: Mr Ben Noonan
Lang Noonan Legal
Level 1, 9-13 Bronte Road
Bondi Junction NSW 2022
T: (02) 9389 8332
F: (02) 9389 3966
E: bennoonan@langnoonan.com.au

Treasurer: Patrick Lim
Young Lawyers Rep: Melanie Stern
Area: South of Sydney Harbour, east of the CBD and north of Botany Bay.
Objectives: To provide CLE, social events and networking opportunities for members and raise funds for charity.
Meetings: Quarterly dinner seminars; Annual Conference held at Bondi Beach in August; Annual General Meeting held in March.
Membership: Open to all legal practitioners and law graduates living or working in the Eastern Suburbs and members of the Law Society of NSW.
Annual fees: $50 for individuals; $150 for corporate membership (unlimited members of the same firm); free for Young Lawyers (registration is required). 

Inner West

President: Maria Daniele
Daniele Scott
DX 21813 Leichhardt
T: (02) 9560 9511
F: (02) 9564 1531
E: maria@danielescott.com.au

Area: Glebe to Strathfield and Marrickville to Canada Bay shore line.
Objectives: To get busy members out of their office and to meet face-to-face at monthly seminar dinners and/or breakfasts.
Meetings:  Annual General Meeting held in August; Christmas party held in early December.
Membership: To join supply your email address.
Annual fees: None, although seminar dinners and breakfasts usually cost about $65 each.

Liverpool-Fairfield District

President: Andrew Lee
Andrew Lee Lawyers
Cal Vion Legal, 1st Flr 90 Broomfield Street,
Cabramatta
NSW 2166
T: (02) 9755 0088
F: (02) 9755 5007
E: calvionlegal@gmail.com

North Metropolitan

President: Danny Bricknell
Bricknell Legal
PO Box 422
Gladesville NSW 1675 T: (02) 9879 5100
F: (02) 9879 5299
E: danny.bricknell@bricklegal.com.au

Area: The Harbour Bridge to Hornsby in the north and from Mosman to Ryde in the west.
Monthly MCLE meetings: Held on the last Tuesday of each month at the Chatswood Golf Club, Beaconsfield Road, Chatswood at 6.30pm for 7pm. The meetings cost $55.00 for members, and $65.00 for non-members, and include dinner, wine and a presentation by a speaker. 
Practice forums: Informal discussions on matters of interest to practitioners, held every two months at the Chatswood Club, 11 Help Street, Chatswood, commencing at 6pm. 
End-of-year meeting: Held each November at the Royal Sydney Yacht Squadron, it includes the annual general meeting, followed by dinner with entertainment.
Membership: To join complete the Membership Application Form and return it to the North Metropolitan Law Society.
Annual fees: $60 for individuals; $50 for four or more members from the same firm (per member); $30 for Young Lawyers (under 30 or admitted less than two years or law students in final two years of course).

Northern Beaches Solicitors' Association

President: Philippa Grant
Medcalf Grant Lawyers
Level 1, 22 Darley Road 
Manly NSW 1655
T: (02) 9976 0231
F: (02) 9976 0232
E: pip@mglegal.com.au

Parramatta & District

President: Christopher Dunn
Matthews Folbigg
DX 8233 Parramatta
T: (02) 9635 7966
F: (02) 9689 3494

St George-Sutherland

President: Peter Fowler
Haydon Fowler Corbett Jessop Solicitors
L2, 34 Banksia Road
Caringbah NSW 2229
T: (02) 9525 0455
F: (02) 9540 1321
E: peter@hfcj.com.au