About Katz Silver

Jake Kawecki began practising law in Richmond in 1971. Since then, he has been the principal or managing partner of a number of law firms based on the city and country. Jake’s pragmatic and resourceful approach has enabled him to act as counsel to a wide variety of clients and with diverse and often difficult legal problems. In the profession, he is a well-respected general practitioner. In 2003, following the demerger of McGrath Carey Katz, Jake and a number of his colleagues established Katz Silver Lawyers in Elsternwick to focus on servicing the rapidly growing small to medium business sector in the inner south east.

In 2004, John Adams joined Katz Silver as an articled clerk and served as a junior solicitor for two years before returning to University to finish his Masters degree in Commercial Law. After working as writer for a law publication company and as a compliance advisor for a listed A-REIT, John returned to Katz Silver to assist Jake with his transition to retirement. While John’s primary areas of practice have been litigation and intellectual property, he has experience in most areas of commercial and property law, and has learned a lot about general legal practice from Jake.

Serge Saubern has been practising law for over 50 years. He is now retired but attends the office frequently to look after a small coterie of clients and give us the benefit of his extensive experience. He specialises in probate, wills, leases and property law.

Clare Spicer looks after our conveyancing division, DPC Conveyancing. She has extensive conveyancing experience as well as the excellent attention to detail that is so essential to ensuring that everything is accomplished smoothly and accurately in what is a very technical area of law. She often assists the others in matters relating to property law and conveyancing.

Peter and Robyn both work part time to provide the administration, clerical and accounting support so necessary for a modern law practice.