Jemima Fernandes


Jemima Fernandes’s family always said she’d make a great lawyer because she was good at arguing with her sister. She joined Ward Keller as a Law Clerk in September 2020 during her first year studying […]

Luisa Mulitalo


Luisa joined Ward Keller in May 2020 after three years on reception for an Alice Springs hotel. ‘I wanted a new challenge and to try something different’, said Luisa, who has lived in Alice Springs […]

Jessica Lena


Jessica Lena came to Ward Keller in May 2020 as a Graduate Law Clerk. She graduated with her law degree from Adelaide’s Flinders University in April 2020. Jess was born and raised in Alice Springs. […]

Rachael Adolphe


Rachael Adolphe has been registered as a migration agent since 2012. She joined the Ward Keller migration team in February 2020. Rachael was previously a reviewer at the federal government’s Administrative Appeals Tribunal, which deals […]

Bettina Kobelt


Bettina Kobelt graduated with a Bachelor of Laws (Honours) from Queensland’s Bond University in 2019 and joined Ward Keller as a Graduate Law Clerk in February 2020. Bettina was admitted to the Supreme Court of […]

David Qin


David Qin started his legal career in Adelaide, where he graduated from university with degrees in both law and accounting. He worked as a clerk at Finlaysons lawyers before moving to Darwin, where he worked […]

Michael Grove


Michael Grove looks after, with Kaliopi Hourdas, the firm’s litigation practice. He has considerable expertise developed over 20 years of legal practice primarily in the areas of workers compensation, employment law and complex litigation (predominantly […]

Kaliopi Hourdas


Kaliopi joined Ward Keller in July of 2013. Kaliopi progressed through the ranks of Ward Keller and in July 2017 commenced as Partner. Kaliopi has grown up in Darwin and so she understands the unique […]

Tony Whitelum


Tony Whitelum brought almost 35 years of litigation experience to Ward Keller’s Alice Springs team when he joined the firm in September 2017. Tony has been a litigator since 1980 and has many years of […]

Max Stretton


Max Stretton first started with Ward Keller as a Law Clerk in 2015. He has experience working in Ward Keller’s Indonesian LAW partner firm, AKSET Law in Jakarta, and as a judge’s associate in the […]

Michael Penman


Michael Penman joined Ward Keller’s Alice Springs team in November 2019 after a total of nine years practising in private practice then with the Aboriginal Legal Service and the NT Director of Public Prosecutions. Originally […]

Melanie Ralph


Melanie Ralph joined Ward Keller in August 2019 as a Law Clerk during her second year of her law degree with Charles Darwin University. After a career in the Defence Force as a combat systems […]

Mandy Thorneycroft


Mandy Thorneycroft joined Ward Keller in 2019, bringing a wealth of knowledge and experience from a diverse career within both government and private sectors to our mining and resources team. Mandy has a strong client […]

Anke Nagel


Anke Nagel ran her own migration agency in Alice Springs for 10 years before joining the Ward Keller team in July 2019. ‘As the business owner, I found I was spending more time managing the […]

Kim Zindel


  Kim Zindel was a lawyer in Switzerland for several years before she decided to explore Australia in 2014. After falling in love both with the Top End and one of its residents, she lives […]

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