Brent Goodingham, admitted in 1976 has a long term happy marriage and three adult children.

Brent joined Pippa Colman & Associates when he moved to the Sunshine Coast in 2005, after having spent nearly three decades running a successful country practice in Kingaroy. For many years Brent was a "general practitioner" dealing with a wide range of legal issues including many family law matters.

Brent has always been happy to share his knowledge and mentor his family and colleagues and share his years of expertise and experience.

Brent, after many decades of dealing with legal matters and life in general, is well equipped with the knowledge to help those suffering hard times and has the empathy to understand and help you when you need that help the most – after a family breakdown.

Brent takes pride in his work and is willing to go above and beyond to achieve the best possible outcome for his clients. Brent is a quiet achiever and regularly receives the praise and thanks of his clients.

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Angela Grigg
Family Law Accredited Specialist

Angie Grigg graduated with a Bachelor of Laws (with Honours) in 2003.  Angie has practised exclusively in the area of family law of the past 8 years, joining Pippa Colman & Associates in 2003.   She was admitted as a solicitor of the Supreme Court of Queensland in 2005. 

Angie, as a Qld Law Society Family Law Accredited Specialist, is experienced in all aspects of family law and has conducted cases across the breadth of family law issues including, complex parenting disputes and agreements (where she has a particular expertise) , property divisions and financial agreements (married and de facto),  divorce,  relocation and removal of children, domestic violence, child support and matters involving the Department of Child Safety.   Angie is dedicated to achieving outcomes for her clients in the most time and cost effective manner possible.  This is achieved by utilising alternate dispute resolution methods (negotiation and mediation) where suitable.  She is a passionate advocate for the best interests of children aiming for child focused and practical outcomes to parenting disputes.

Angie is a devoted mother of two teenagers and has life experience to back up her legal expertise.

Like all the solicitors at Pippa Colman & Associates, Angie is committed to ongoing professional development and furthering her legal knowledge.

Angie is a member of the Qld Law Society, the Family Law Practitioners Association and the Sunshine Coast Law Association.

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Amanda Leahy
Solicitor

Amanda Leahy began working at Pippa Colman & Associates as a trainee in January 2008. She completed her law degree through Charles Darwin University in July 2008 and went on to complete the Graduate Diploma in Legal Practice through QUT in 2009. She was admitted to practice as a solicitor of the Supreme Court of Queensland on 27 April 2010.

During Amanda's traineeship she worked closely with our Principal solicitor, Ms Pippa Colman, and each of the senior solicitors, and received a well-rounded practical education. She has worked in all areas of family law and has a particular interest in property disputes and Binding Financial Agreements for married and de facto couples (heterosexual and same sex).

Amanda is a member of the Queensland Law Society, Sunshine Coast Law Association and the Women Lawyers Association of Queensland. She is committed to community service and volunteers her time to the SunCoast Community Legal Service.

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Meaghan Rolfe
Solicitor

Meaghan joined Pippa Colman & Associates in August 2010 as a solicitor. She works closely with the Principal solicitor, Pippa Colman.

Meaghan completed a double degree in Law and Justice at the Queensland University of Technology in 2009. She completed a Graduate Diploma in Legal Practice with the College of Law in March 2010. She was admitted as a solicitor of the Supreme Court of Queensland on 27 April 2010. Meaghan is also a qualified Justice of the Peace.

While she was studying full time, Meaghan gained practical experience working in both the public and private sphere. For 2 ½ years Meaghan was employed as a law clerk in a private law firm in Brisbane practising in criminal law, family law, civil litigation and wills and estates. After obtaining this general experience Meaghan realised her calling was in family law. As a result, in 2009 Meaghan took up a position in the family law team of Legal Aid Queensland in Brisbane where she had the opportunity to gain further experience and knowledge on all matters relating to family law.

Meaghan is passionate about family law. She is committed to developing her knowledge and experience so as to help her clients obtain the best possible outcomes.

Meaghan is a member of the Queensland Law Society, Sunshine Coast Lawyers Association and the Family Law Practitioners Association.

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Kristen Boyce
Trainee Solicitor

Kristen Boyce has worked for Pippa Colman & Associates for nine years.  Kristen commenced employment with us fresh out of school as an office junior.  Kristen is now our trainee solicitor, studying her Bachelor of Laws, and is expecting to be admitted as a solicitor of the Supreme Court of Queensland in 2013. 

Kristen has worked in other areas including local government, town planning, commercial and residential property transactions, personal injuries, criminal, general litigation and veterans affairs appeals.

Her work is supervised by Pippa Colman and the other solicitors at our firm. She is a champion in document organisation and trial preparation.

Kristen organises events for the Sunshine Coast Lady Lawyers. She participates in community activities including volunteering with Lifeline.

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