About Marty
Estate disputes are rarely about paperwork. They are about families, grief and fairness. This is the story of how I ended up spending my career fighting for people at exactly that moment.
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I have spent my whole career in contested estates on the Gold Coast, acting for beneficiaries who have been left out and executors who need the estate defended.
My ChildhoodShaping My Dream
Long before the wigs and the court lists, there was a kid on the Gold Coast who could not let an unfair result go.
We're all children with a dream
How far I've come…
My Bucket List
- Graduate from Bachelor of Laws(Hons)
- Graduate from Masters ofLaws
- Become an AdmittedSolicitor
- Place Top 10 in Australia for TableTennis
- Become a Level 1 Table TennisCoach
- Registered Qld State Table TennisUmpire
- Travel around theWorld
- Promoted toAssociate
- Promoted to SeniorAssociate
- Become a Partner of a LawFirm
Building My Dream
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Living My Dream
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