Dinesh Weerakkody LLB; PDLP

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Breaking Announcement: Dinesh and DLEGAL staff have joined Madison Marcus [MM]
Our Principal Partner - About Dinesh Weerakkody

1. Breaking Announcement: Dinesh and DLEGAL staff have joined Madison Marcus [MM] 12/02/2024

To our valued and respected clients;

We are delighted to announce that Dinesh Weerakkody and DLEGAL staff have joined Madison Marcus [MM], a full-service firm with a significant reputation in:

Banking & Finance
Commercial & Corporate law
Construction & Infrastructure
Commercial Litigation
Criminal Law
Employment Law
Family Law

Financial Services
Global Mobility & Immigration
Planning, Environment & Governance
Real Estate & Development (Property)
Strategic Advisory & Special Projects
Strata Law
Wills & Estates

Our companies have worked together frequently, and we are longtime business associates. We share comparable values and philosophies for producing high-quality work for our clients.

Madison Marcus [MM]

MM is a leading law and advisory firm with a nationwide presence in Australia, including offices in major cities across all states.
We also have affiliate firms in New Zealand, the Asia-Pacific region, and the Middle East, enabling us to serve clients with businesses spanning multiple regions.
Please refer to our capability statement for more details on our capabilities, expertise, and broader MM team.

Our practices and services are certified by SAI Global Limited as follows:

Quality Management Systems Certification - AS/NZS ISO 9001:2008
Legal Best Practice Certification - LAW900:2010
These international professional management standards guarantee service and benchmark best practices.

Moving Forwards

Dinesh and the DLEGAL team will operate as MM and ensure the same high-quality work, maintaining our close working relationship with you. We will communicate with you using MM emails and insignia. Transition plans are in place for a seamless process.

New Cost Agreements

We will continue with the same fee structure; however, we will send you a cost agreement for your matter to be conducted under MM. You will get this in due course. Please join us as we look forward to an exciting and prosperous future for our employees, project partners and clients.

Barrister & Solicitor (An Australian Legal Practitioner # 5511061)
An Australian Migration Lawyer (Former MARA # 0742843)

Adjunct lecturer - The College of Law
Law Institute Migration Law Committee - Member
President - LawHelp Australia
Former Lecturer │ Unit Convenor │ Swinburne University Law School
Former Academic in Law│ Deakin University
Former Treasurer - Eastern Suburbs Law Association (ESLA) of LIV

Dinesh graduated from Deakin University in 2004 with a Bachelor of Laws (LLB). Dinesh was admitted to the Supreme Court of Victoria as a Solicitor & Barrister. He completed a post grad: Diploma in Legal Practice. He started in the property law section and initiated the Migration Law Practice at Oates Rennick Lawyers.

Dinesh is the producer of the CH 31 TV LawHelp programme.

I am delighted to announce that that I have assumed the role of Managing Partner at Madison Marcus [VIC], a full-service firm with a significant reputation in:

§  Banking & Finance
§  Commercial & Corporate law
§  Construction & Infrastructure
§  Commercial Litigation
§  Criminal Law
§  Employment Law
§  Family Law

§  Financial Services
§  Global Mobility & Immigration
§  Planning, Environment & Governance
§  Real Estate & Development (Property)
§  Strategic Advisory & Special Projects
§  Strata Law
§  Wills & Estates

Dinesh formed DLegal and Victory Law to incorporate multidisciplinary legal practices. He is experienced in a variety of practice areas including Criminal Law, Family Law and Immigration Law. Dinesh is the President of LawHelp Australia and the former treasurer of Eastern Suburbs Law Association (ESLA) of LIV. He is also a committee member of the Law Institute of Victoria’s Administrative Law and Human Rights Section’s a Migration Law Committee

His academic career involved developing the initial Evidence law curriculum and tutorials for Swinburne University Law School as the Unit Convenor.

He is an Academic in Law at Deakin University and an adjunct lecturer at the College of Law. Dinesh enjoys delivering lectures on theoretical as well as practical aspects of evidence law to law students at the University Law School.

Dinesh is fluent in Sinhalese and easily relates to clients from various culturally and linguistically diverse communities.

Check Dinesh on ch 31 TV Facebook or Youtube