STOKES LAWYERS - Key Persons

Garry Stokes

Job Titles:
  • Accountant
  • Director
Garry is an accountant with more than 40 years experience in Public Practice. He sits on the Board of Stokes Lawyers as a non-executive director.

James Stokes - Managing Director

Job Titles:
  • Managing Director
  • Director of Rivermount Education Limited
James is the Managing Director and the founder of Stokes Lawyers, having previously spent time in small and very large firms in business and taxation. James is a director of Rivermount Education Limited and the Economics and Law Research Institute Limited. James is a private client and commercial lawyer specialising in assisting families, business owners and aspirational individuals to build and protect wealth. As a dual-qualified professional, James is able to bring a broad experience to assist with - James is a heavily involved in the Logan business community, being involved as a committee member of the Logan Chamber of Commerce Inc since 2016, including service as vice president. He is the founding President of Logan Angels Inc and was an inaugural director of Invest Logan, Logan City Council's investment entity. He has been a resident of the Logan area for over 30 years.

Paddington Stokes

Job Titles:
  • Wellbeing Consultant
Paddington Stokes is self-made, having ignored the traditional pathways of puppy school for a career of on-the-job training. He is experienced in building team synergies, change management and morning teas. While Paddington is somewhat cavalier about Social Distancing, Paddington will not bite, though he may follow and try and lick people he meets for the first time. Generally, he will greet people with a tail-wag and a smile, then curl up in the corner. We cannot guarantee that Paddington will be at the office for your consultation - likewise Paddington appreciates that not everyone wants a cavoodle-lawyer* and will sit out of meetings on request. Paddington does not shed and you will not otherwise know he has been there. *While a valued-team member, Paddington is not a legal practitioner.

Why Stokes

James founded Stokes lawyers in 2013 to provide quality, pragmatic advice to family businesses. He still likes it here.