{"id":448,"date":"2026-08-26T15:05:52","date_gmt":"2026-08-26T05:05:52","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.grieselawyers.com.au\/?page_id=448"},"modified":"2026-08-28T10:36:11","modified_gmt":"2026-08-28T00:36:11","slug":"team","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/www.grieselawyers.com.au\/?page_id=448","title":{"rendered":"Our Team"},"content":{"rendered":"
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Michael Griese - Dip Jurist \/ Dip Law \/ LL.M <\/h3>\n
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Michael is the Founder and Principal of Griese Lawyers, the practice he established in 2011.<\/p>\n

He holds a Diploma of Law from Sydney University and a Master of Laws from the University of Melbourne. In 2008, Michael was admitted to practice as a barrister and solicitor by the Supreme Court of Victoria and the High Court of Australia.<\/p>\n

Michael's experience in family law matters and estate disputes enables him to guide his clients through challenging times with confidence. Supported by strong professional relationships with some of Victoria's leading barristers, he is dedicated to achieving the best possible outcomes while providing practical, down to earth, and professional advice every step of the way.<\/p>\n

Michael hails from Germany, has a German law degree and still speaks fluent German. These talents are frequently utilised by clients in need of having legal documents translated (such as wills or pension letters) and dealing with German authorities.<\/p>\n

In his spare time Michael enjoys weekends amongst nature, music, cycling and catching up with friends and family over a meal.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/div><\/div><\/div><\/div>

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Debbie Tonkin<\/h3>\n
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Senior Leading Law Clerk
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Marilena Thorley<\/h3>\n
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Reception \/ Bookkeeper
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Silvana Chilver<\/h3>\n
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Reception \/ Pexa
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Linda Cunningham<\/h3>\n
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General Manager
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Michael is the Founder and Principal of Griese Lawyers, the practice he established in 2011. He holds a Diploma of Law from Sydney University and a Master of Laws from the University of Melbourne. In 2008, Michael was admitted to practice as a barrister and solicitor by the Supreme Court of Victoria and the High […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"parent":0,"menu_order":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","template":"","meta":{"footnotes":""},"class_list":["post-448","page","type-page","status-publish","hentry","post"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.grieselawyers.com.au\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/pages\/448","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.grieselawyers.com.au\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/pages"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.grieselawyers.com.au\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/page"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.grieselawyers.com.au\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.grieselawyers.com.au\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=448"}],"version-history":[{"count":14,"href":"https:\/\/www.grieselawyers.com.au\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/pages\/448\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":479,"href":"https:\/\/www.grieselawyers.com.au\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/pages\/448\/revisions\/479"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.grieselawyers.com.au\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=448"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}