McGroders Solicitors is a small and friendly law firm with a focus on providing quality legal advice to the local community.
Our staff have extensive local knowledge and we enjoy being able to help the local community by providing timely, professional and cost effective services to our clients. We truly care about each and every client.
We provide a diverse range of services to meet the community’s needs. Whether you need assistance in buying or selling property, to draft a Will, need someone to represent you in Court and everything in between; we can help you.
We understand the needs of the community and that life is busy. We open earlier and stay open later to ensure all our clients can meet with us before and after work hours.
Our Values
McGroders is dedicated to providing the best legal service in the area and delivering on our promises.
The staff at McGroders take an ethical approach to all matters. We conduct ourselves, at all times, with integrity.
We want to help our clients to make informed decisions and leave feeling like they truly understand the advice we have given and why.
We do not pursue court based resolution at all costs and provide our clients with realistic advice.
Our History
The building at 155 Lachlan has a rich and varied history as the long-time residents of Forbes would recall.
It has been a well-appointed and accessible legal practice since 1977. Prior to this, it was once a beautiful building with a grand entrance. Many Forbes residents have relatives who were born here when the building was the historic Crombie Maternity Hospital.
“McGroders Solicitors & Conveyancers” started trading under its current name in 2004 with Dennis McGroder as the firms Principal.
In recent years McGroders has enjoyed great success and attracted talented and experienced Solicitors. The defining feature of McGroders is the quality, competence and loyalty of it’s staff. The team at McGroders are committed to working together to provide the community with affordable, ethical and quality legal advice.
McGroders has a strong involvement in the local community. We do our best to support and sponsor as many organisations and charity events as possible each year. With many of our staff growing up and living locally; we are part of the community and understand local needs and issues.
Our Solicitors
Dennis McGroder – Principal
Dennis grew up in Moree and has developed a great sense of justice for all people. Dennis has an ability to develop rapport with the breadth of the community.
After school he commenced work with the Attorney General’s Department and worked in Magistrates Courts as a Clerk of Petty Sessions for over 10 years. This strengthened his commitment to justice and also encouraged him to complete his law degree while employed with this department.
Dennis was admitted as a Solicitor in 1988 and moved to Forbes with his wife Helen after taking up a position as a Solicitor at “Palmer, McCallum and Akon” in Forbes . Dennis and his wife Helen have raised a family in Forbes and are proud to call Forbes their home.
Dennis is a very experienced, successful and knowledgeable Solicitor. There a few practitioners as experienced in the Court system and he has a wide experience in most legal matters. He is still as passionate today about justice as he was when he started his law degree. Dennis continues to strive for better things and leads the firm by example.
- Sarah Black
- Georgie Sutherland
- Jessica Bourke
- Simon Flynn
Our Staff
- Kerrie Hessel
- Frances Parry
- Betty Trevorrow
- Kristina Norcic
- Emma West
- Felicity Hall
- Jayde Falconer