Ronald
Bellman
Principalron@bellmanlawyers.com.au
Ron’s main area of practise has been in the high end commercial and construction space. Ron has worked on many projects in Australia and abroad on projects such as the rebuilding of East Timor after the uprising, the Sydney 2000 Olympics (2 year project), Hong Kong, Australian Embassy Bangkok and Australian Embassy Hanoi in Vietnam and Middle East. Most of these projects were managed in a largely collaborative environment as a lot of Ron’s work has been at the front end of the project crafting terms and conditions of contracts, vetting tenders for large infrastructure projects and also small projects and in recent times has undertaken a commercial management role in major infrastructure works in Sydney and Melbourne.
Ron has a lot of practical industry experience and has undertaken training courses for contract administrators of various large contractors, dealing with such topics as the pitfalls in contracting, traps for the unwary and the proper use of the contract document so as to achieve a good result without destroying the relationship with the client whilst maintaining profitability in the project.
Ron has also appeared in all State and Federal jurisdictions and is a Graded Arbitrator and Mediator.
Ron is also a member of the Law Society of South Australia.
Tony
Zhao
tony@bellmanlawyers.com.au
Tony is the Chief Financial Officer of Bellman Lawyers and the Business Development Manager of the firm. Tony has a wide experience in property development and construction, having been involved in some large projects in South Australia and in Vietnam.
Tony has been with the firm for over 15 years with the last three of those years with the newly created Bellman Lawyers, a practice which recently incorporated the practice of Johnson Lawyers.
Katie
Constantinides
katie@bellmanlawyers.com.au
Katie joined Bellman Lawyers in 2018 as a Property, Construction and Estates Lawyer.
Katie graduated from Charles Darwin University with a Bachelor of Law and was admitted as a legal practitioner in 2015. Before pursuing a legal career, she gained experience in a range of business and management roles having worked in various Adelaide based law firms for over 20 years as a para legal and registered conveyancer. In those roles, she worked in various commercial litigation, insolvency, debt recovery and family law matters.
In her property role, she has worked on many building and construction projects in Australia and internationally and has assisted in the drafting of major infrastructure work contracts as well as document control required for effective contract administration, leasing and joint ventures.
Katie is a compassionate lawyer committed to achieving excellent outcomes for her clients in a cost effective manner.
Katie is also fluent in English and Greek. She is a member of the Law Society of South Australia and the Australian Institute of Conveyancers and is on the Board of Management of Coast-FM and is legal counsel for that community radio station with a significant listenership.
Grace
Hammer
grace@bellmanlawyers.com.au
Grace is a key member of the property and conveyancing team and works closely with lawyers in the firm and deals with various conveyancing matters including all aspects of residential, commercial, agricultural land and land division settlements and various standalone real property transactions including mortgages, caveats, and workers liens.
Having joined the firm in February 2012, Grace initially worked as Legal Secretary/Paralegal assisting lawyers in various areas such as estate planning, contract law, general commercial law including leases and performing various administrative tasks. To date, Grace continues to provide legal support to the lawyers with the firm.
Grace likes cooking, listening to 80’s and R& B music, dining out and going for long walks with her husband and three German Shepherds. Occasionally, she enjoys playing the keyboard.
Grace is fluent in English and Tagalog (Filipino) written and spoken. Grace is also a member of PEXA and the Australian Institute of Conveyancing in South Australia (AICSA) and has been designated as Certified Practicing Conveyancer (CPC) since 2019.