Our People
Partners
Michael Kyle
Michael Kyle is ABKJ's most senior lawyer and is one of the founding partners of the law firm. He has extensive experience as a Commercial Lawyer, representing both small and large business clients on the Gold Coast. Read More
David Brown
David Brown was admitted as a Solicitor of the Supreme Court of Queensland in 1978 and practices predominately in the areas of commercial and property law, commercial litigation, estate planning and estate litigation. He has extensive experience in the sale and purchase of businesses, property development, and commercial litigation. Read More
Tony Kyle
Tony Kyle practices in the areas of commercial and business law, property law, body corporate matters and wills and estates. He is a Queensland Law Society Accredited Specialist in the field of business law. Read More
Andrew Kyle
Andrew has particular expertise in body corporate matters, where he regularly takes instructions from bodies corporate in advisory, transactional and dispute resolution matters. Read More
Daniel Madden
Daniel Madden was recently appointed as a Partner of the firm, and practices primarily in commercial litigation, property law including leasing and conveyancing, wills and estates including estate litigation and commercial and business law. He is also experienced in body corporate matters, and employment law. Read More
Professional Staff
Michelle Felderhof
Michelle Felderhof is an Associate Solicitor, a Family Dispute Resolution Practitioner (FDRP) and a Nationally Accredited Mediator. Michelle is a passionate Family Lawyer and an experienced Domestic Violence Advocate. Read More
Kim Kyle
Kim Kyle, an Associate of the firm, is one of the firm’s longest serving employees, starting as an Articled Clerk in 2002. After completing her 5-year Articled Clerkship, where Kim worked full-time and studied externally part-time, she obtained a Bachelor of Laws from the Queensland University of Technology with Honours and was admitted as a Solicitor in 2006. Read More
Nielan Lesko
Led by Nielan as the conveyancing manager, and under the supervision of our partners Michael Kyle, David Brown and Tony Kyle, our conveyancing team provides an experienced service for the buying and selling of property. Read More
Kathryn Schmidt
Kathryn holds a Bachelor of Laws and a Bachelor of Arts (Communications and Philosophy) from Bond University. Kathryn became a Gold Coast local in 2014 when she moved from Cairns to attend Bond University on a prestigious Corporate Scholarship. Read More
Anthony Palella
Anthony is the Practice Manager at ABKJ Lawyers and is responsible for the firm’s day-to-day operations, recruitment and retention, and organisational development. Read More
