Executive Committee

Christiaan Gerhardus Joubert, better known to his colleagues as Tiaan Joubert, was admitted as an attorney in 2000. He received his B.Proc and LLB degrees from the University of Pretoria, and has been based in Pretoria since then. He obtained a Certificate in Advanced Labour Law in 2000. He opened his own firm in 2002 and has since then practised for his own account.

Tiaan is the chairperson of the PAA since 2016 and has served as a member of its Executive Committee since 2008.

He is a founding member of the Gauteng Attorneys’ Association (GAA) and was appointed as one of its first co-chairpersons in 2018. He was appointed as the GAA’s chairperson in 2021/2022 and has now been appointed for a second term for 2022/2023.

Tiaan was a Councillor of the Gauteng Law Society from 2014 until its dissolution in 2018. He was the convener of both the GLC’s Bursary Scheme and Subsidies sub-committees.

He represents the Gauteng Independent Constituents on the Law Society of South Africa. He also serves on the Legal Sector Code Steering Committee, as well as the Human Resources Committee of the LSSA.

Tiaan was elected as a Councillor of the Gauteng Legal Practice Council, where he chairs the Professional Affairs Committee and serves on the Extensions Committee.

Tiaan was recently requested to assemble a task team to assist the Deputy Minister of Justice and Constitutional Development (DM) regarding the problems attorneys face at the offices of the respective Masters of the High Court.

As a legal advisor and general practioner, Tiaan has extensive and broad experience in various areas of legal practice. He was approached by a legal consultancy firm in 2001 and was appointed as an outsourced legal advisor for a major iron ore mining company, steel manufacturer and tertiary institution. During his employment with the consultancy firm, he specialized in drafting of contracts and litigation based on contractual disputes, which continued when he left the consultancy, to act as its attorney.

Email: tiaan@joubertlaw.co.za Tel.: 012 368 1643

With a B.Proc from the University of South Africa, Millie was admitted as an Attorney in 1999, and specialises in all areas of Company Law and in particular with the registration of all types of Companies, special resolutions, prospectuses and rights offers, as well as all work related to the Companies Act 71 of 2008, as amended and the Close Corporations Act of 1984, as amended. She was also admitted as a Notary Public in 2000.

She became a partner of Friedland Hart Solomon and Nicolson Attorneys in 2001 and heads the Companies’ department of the Firm.

Millie completed a course in Advanced Company Law at the University of Witwatersrand and is currently the Treasurer of the Pretoria Attorneys Association.

Millie served as vice-chairperson of the Pretoria Attorneys Association since 2016 and has served as a member of its executive committee since 2010. Millie is also the Treasurer of the Gauteng Attorneys Association (GAA) and was appointed as one of its Exco members in 2018. Millie also serves on the Specialist Company Law Committee of the Law Society of South Africa. She is also an appointed examiner for the Legal Practice Council for the notarial practice exams and serves as a member of the Investigating and Disciplinary Committee of the Legal Practice Council.

Members of the Association are invited to address any CIPC concerns or refer any CIPC related problems to her and she will attempt to resolve same.

Email: millie@fhsn.co.za Tel.: 012 424 0200

Bhavna is a Director at VZLR Inc. She completed her LLB degree at the University of Pretoria during January 2010 and completed her LLM degree in Commercial Law at the University of South Africa in 2017. She joined VZLR as a candidate attorney during January 2011 and was admitted as an attorney in March 2013 and became a director in March 2018.

Bhavna’s experience and practice is dedicated to Labour Law and General Litigation with a focus on Administrative Law.

Email: bhavna@vzlr.co.za   Tel.: 012 435 9303

Dawie Bekker is an associate director at the firm Fourie Fismer Inc. He specializes in personal injury claims, Road Accident Fund matters and general litigation in the firm’s High Court Department. He was admitted as an attorney in 2007.

Email: dawie@fsf.co.za Tel.: 012 362 1681

Zelda is an associate in the Road Accident Fund Department at VZLR Inc and currently a member of the PAA Executive Committee.  She obtained her LLB degree from the University of South Africa and was admitted in 2016.

Email: zelda@vzlr.co.za Tel.: 012 435 9444

Mr Dawie de Villiers is a duly admitted attorney in the High Court of South Africa and practising in style and manner of Dawie de Villiers Attorney since 2003.

Dawie de Villiers specializes in Criminal and Family litigation and serves on various panels whereby he attends to all Courts in the Gauteng Province, and is also a Military Legal Practisioner in which he obtained the rank of Lt Col.

Dawie de Villiers is also a Member of the Board of S.A.M.P.A., and executive member of the Pretoria Attorneys Association and is currently responsible for the Lower Courts.

We invite all members to bring to his attention any problems, concerns or issues being experienced relating to his portfolio by forwarding an email for his attention and members are also hereby encouraged to submit suggestions, and complaints, that might be of importance.

Email: attorney@hotmail.co.za

Conrad obtained his Bachelor of Laws (LLB) degree at the University of Pretoria, South Africa in 2012 and was admitted as an Attorney to the High Court of South Africa in 2014.

He was also admitted as a Lawyer to the Supreme Court of New South Wales, Australia in 2019.

Tertiary Education:

Post Graduate Certificate in Medical Malpractice Litigation, Legal Education and Development (LEAD) (2015)

Post Graduate Certificate in Cybercrimes and Cybersecurity, University of Cape Town (2017)

International Professional Development, University of Southern Queensland (2019)

– Practical Legal Training (College of Law 2019)

– Equity Law, Property and Trust A and B, Constitutional Law.

Various GDPR (EU) certification courses.

Conrad is a partner at Van Niekerk Attorneys Incorporated since 2015.

Conrad was elected to serve on the Executive Committee of the Pretoria Attorneys Association in 2021 and heads the Road Accident Fund subcommittee.

Email: conrad@vnattorneys.net Tel.: 012 819 1285

Francois Bouwer is a Director of WF Bouwer Attorneys Inc and specialises in Administration of Special Trusts, Deceased Estates and Curatorships.

Francois completed his LLB Law Degree at the University of Pretoria in 2012. He was admitted as an Attorney in 2013 ; Notary Public in 2014 ; and was awarded right of appearance in the High Court in 2014. In 2022, Francois completed his Advanced Diploma in Trust and Estates Administration at the University of the Free State.
Francois is also member of FISA (Fiduciary Institute of Southern Africa) and holds the status as a Registered Fiduciary Practitioner®.

Francois serves on the following committees:
Executive Committee for the Pretoria Attorneys’ Association: Marketing and New Members committee.
Executive Committee for the Gauteng Attorneys’ Association: Masters Office committee.
Committee member for the Law Society of South Africa (LSSA): Estates and Trust Planning committee.
National Stakeholders Committee for the Masters Offices.

For all queries regarding sponsorships of PAA events and the benefits of becoming a members of the Pretoria Attorneys’ Association, please feel free to contact Francois at: francois@wfbattorneys.co.za.

Email: francois@wfbattorneys.co.za Tel.: 012 460 3244

Andre du Plessis is a South African trade mark practitioner and attorney. He was admitted as an attorney in February 2009 working in a wide range of litigation and general matters.

Andre started his Intellectual Property career in 2012, when he joined Spoor & Fisher as an associate. During this period, Andre mainly dealt with trade mark prosecution, enforcement and copyright matters. In April 2016, Andre joined Pieter Burger to establish Burger Law Inc. and shortly thereafter joined PFT Burger Patent and Trade Mark Attorneys as partner. Andre joined Kisch IP in July 2022 where he now practices as director in the trade mark prosecution department. He is also the author of various published articles, as well as the textbook on Procedural Timetables and Prescription Periods published by LexisNexis.

Email: andred@kisch-ip.com

Nicolette de Witt has been an admitted attorney of the high court for in excess of 22 years (since 3 August 2000).

Born and bred in Pretoria, she matriculated at Hoërskool Garsfontein in 1993 and holds a BLC.LLB degree from the University of Pretoria.

She started her career as Candidate Attorney at Pretoria law firm then known as Gildenhuys Van der Merwe in September 1999.  After her admission as attorney on 3 August 2000 she joined the firm’s litigation department as Associate, where she spent her first eight years of practice defending liability claims against the firm’s major clients such as Santam, Mutual & Federal (now Old Mutual Insure) and the Road Accident Fund.  It was during this time that she gained specialised knowledge and insight into the world of liability litigation.  Having come through the proverbial ranks, she was appointed as Director in January 2007.  In the years that followed, Nicolette continued to extend and deepen her skills set for a further 12 years, during which time she held the position as the operations Director of the firm, spent a number of years practicing in the firm’s commercial litigation and public law department, and then re-joined the firm’s personal injury- and general litigation department, acting mainly on behalf of Plaintiff clients in liability matters.

In February 2020 Nicolette joined Gert Nel Inc. attorneys, where she further honed her skills, especially when it comes to dealing with high volumes of matters, and correspondent referral instructions from all over the Republic of South Africa.

In a move that would allow her to focus more on the practice of liability law, and her fervent passion for client care and service excellence, Nicolette founded DWM Attorneys along with seasoned liability law attorney Adél van der Merwe in 2022.

Email: nicolette@dwm-attorneys.co.za; Tel.: 012 786 0160

Courtney obtained her BCom Law and LLB degrees from the University of Pretoria in 2020 and 2021. She is a newly admitted Attorney of the High Court of South Africa and specialises in Commercial and Taxation at VZLR Inc.

Courtney is part of the Executive Committee of the Pretoria Attorneys Association (PAA) and is responsible for Candidate Legal Practitioners & Bursaries.

Email: courtney@vzlr.co.za Tel.: 012 435 9444

Flora Modiba graduated from the University of the Witwatersrand with an LLB degree in 2003. She joined Stegmanns Incorporated as a candidate attorney in 2004. She was admitted as an attorney in 2005 and as a Conveyancer in 2008. Flora was appointed as a Director of Stegmanns Incorporated in 2008.

She obtained a certificate in Sectional Title Management from University of Cape Town in 2012. She is currently pursuing her Masters in Property Law through UNISA.

Email: flora@stegmanns.co.za Tel.: 012 460 1555

After obtaining a B. Iuris degree, Jodie began his career at the Pretoria Deeds Office in 1995. He was a Snr. deeds examiner and also involved in presenting training in the field of sectional titles to the Pretoria and Botswana deeds offices and in updating and compiling deeds office records after the Municipal Structures Act came into operation. In 2003 he was awarded the highest merit award for senior examiners.

Jodie joined MacRobert Attorneys as a paralegal / candidate attorney in 2005 and completed his LLB degree at the University of Pretoria two years later. In 2007 he was admitted as an attorney, conveyancer and notary. He was an ad-hoc lecturer at LEAD until 2015, presenting Conveyancing admission and preparation lectures.

He is currently a director and head of the Property Law Department at MacRobert attorneys.  Jodie serves as member the Pretoria Property Law Committee.

Email: jvbroekhuizen@macrobert.co.za Tel.: 012 425 3520

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Ndangi is a Director at NN Thovhakale Incorporated trading as NNT Incorporated. He specialises in Corporate and Commercial Law and High Court and Magistrate litigation. He obtained his LLB degree from the University of South Africa in 2016. He was admitted as an Attorney in 2019 and was awarded the right of appearance in 2021. He completed Practice Management Course in 2021and is currently a candidate for master’s degree in Corporate and Commercial Law.

Email: ndangi@nntinc.co.za   Tel.: 012 433 6482