Four lawyers, namely Alison Brooks, Henrik Eklund, Ken Grunder and Ann Spencer, have been made associates at Kott Gunning Lawyers.
Family law practitioner Ms Brooks joined Kott Gunning in March 2009, with a background including commercial litigation, property and criminal law. She now practises exclusively in Family Law.
Mr Eklund joined Kott Gunning in June 2014, and his practice focuses on defendant workers' compensation law for large international and national insurers, large national and local self-insurers and employers in a variety of industries. Mr Grunder commenced with the firm in November 2013, practising predominantly in insurance and risk for large international and national insurers, national and local self-insurers and employers in a variety of industries. He is acting in a range of insurance related matters in the state compensation, liability and professional indemnity areas. His current focus is on claims involving physical and psychiatric injury as well as property recovery claims, which are being litigated at WorkCover and in the District Court. Both of them join the Insurance team.
Ms Spencer has been made an Associate in Commercial Dispute Resolution. Since she joined the firm in August 2014, Ms Spencer has practised in a broad range of commercial litigation matters including compliance, property leasing disputes and contested estates.