About Us
We Bring The Law To The People – the law is here to serve you
We make the law simple, accessible, understandable and affordable for business owners, business associations, business chambers and you.
Due to the evolving nature of our digital footprint, we will continue to ensure that your legal matters include digital protections such as, your Social Media (personal and professional), Artificial Intelligence and Policy and Compliance which forms a critical aspect of the firms Commercial Law services and education.
Our web-enabled documents mean that you can self-serve at your own leisure and via our subscription based services we give you the control of decision-making as the client and this in turn demystifies the law.
As a result of this your fees as a client are reduced and legal services become more accessible to a broader range of people. More accessible legal services leads to earlier intervention in legal matters where a robust Legal Strategy prevents escalating costs to remedy situations, avoiding costly court and mediation time.
Simply put, we are here to help you rest easy and ensure you and your loved ones remain protected, are on the leading edge of all advances in digital technology and that your valuable assets remain protected.
Our Customer Service Charter
Responsiveness: we will be – Timely response to calls, emails and texts Deliver what you say you will on time Provide support appropriately |
Communications: we will be – Simple and Concise Approachable and listening High level of verbal communications |
Engagement: we will offer – Self-service where appropriate Solution based Technologically advanced |
Embracing Diversity: we will be – Across social issues of the day Conscious of cultural differences Understand different abilities |
Service Standard: we will commit to – Knowledgeable, consistent & think outside the box Prepared for consultations, conferences and court Legal Strategy to obtain focus and manage expectations |
Our Approach: will be – Proactive and collaborative with integrity Reasonable pricing for services Value our team |
Recognition for Katherine Hawes & Digital Age Lawyers
Western Sydney Women Awards
Small Business Growth category
Finalist: 2018 Excellence in Innovation – Blue Mountains Business Awards
Finalist: 2018 Business Leader – Blue Mountains Business Awards
Finalist: 2018 Excellence in Small Business – Blue Mountains Business Awards
Finalist: 2017 Startup Superstar – Blue Mountains Business Awards
Meet Katherine Hawes
At Digital Age Lawyers, Katherine focuses on making legal information understandable and actionable for both small business clients and individuals. Katherine focuses on commercial law with the associated family and estate protection. She has primarily differentiated Digital Age Lawyers as a virtual law firm with a focus on digital and social media law, policy and compliance for small business, robotics, artificial intelligence. These form the the core of our commercial law services and education.
Katherine is an experienced litigator and can offer her Solicitor Advocate services if you find yourself with a Court or Tribunal Hearing that requires expert management. Not only is Katherine experienced but her training as a Barrister means that her Solicitor Advocate services come with a solid education background. Katherine has also holds three Master Degrees and two post-graduate diplomas in both business and the law. She is currently on track to be admitted to the New York Bar Association next February.
Her natural talent, intellect and humour combine to attract and retain people to her media and speaking engagements as she creatively steers people to success.
Katherine’s belief that anything’s possible paves the way for creative thinking for an innovative application of the law to your matter and both these aspects require a boldness to have fun and uncover what you do not know!
And the Digital Age Lawyers Team
Practice Manager, Marketing & Business Development
Julie Bargenquast
Practice Manager
Business Lawyers
Anthony Sangster Robles
Senior Solicitor
Suhayl Ali
Senior Solicitor
Nicholas Fisher
Graduate Solicitor
Yuyi Zeng
Junior Solicitor - Property
Family Lawyers
Nick Robertson
Senior Solicitor
Natasha Ellem
Graduate Solicitor
Legal Support
Kimi Liu
Paralegal
Introducing: Digital Business Bytes
Katherine is a guest speaker in demand, undertakes media engagements and provides educational workshops through Digital Business Bytes. Katherine runs workshops such as “Get Legal on Social Media” and “Bubbles and Business”. Our workshops are designed to make the law understandable. We also offer a range of webinars to our clients.
As a member of the Law Society, Katherine receives regular updates on emerging areas and changes to legislation that impact her clients alongside and marries this to her day to day experience as a practising solicitor working with her client base.
She has memberships of 7 Chambers of Commerce, Women with Altitude, and Business in Heels where she receives and dispenses emerging small business trends information.
As a member of the Centre for Legal Innovation, Katherine can lobby for an Advisory Panel to explore the legal changes required for emerging trends, such as, blockchain technology, robotics, applying Artificial Intelligence and social media.
Katherine can provide you with the benefit of her Digital Business Bytes services and is a media personality who is approachable, grassroots and always focused on making the law contextual and understandable.
Call Katherine if you require any of the following:
- Business Owners Guide to the Law
- Social Media & The Law
- Essential Document Framework for Small Business
- Sexually Transmitted Debt: do you have it?
- Contract Law for Non-Lawyers
- Get Legal: Estate Planning
- Planning the Future: Separation, Parenting, Property & Divorce
- 2020: Professional Practice Management in the Digital Age
Keynote Speaker
Some recent examples of her speaking engagements:
Doing Business in the Digital Age – Growth Gen Live Virtual Summit 14 June 2022
Social Media and the Law – Spotlight Podcast 13 April 2022
Business Structure and Protection – Blacktown Bouncing Back 16 November 2021
Practice Management in the Digital Age, Legalwise – February 2020
Sexually Transmitted Debt: are you partnered? – October 2019
Start Me Up, Women with Altitude – March 2019
‘Get it Legal’, Western Sydney Business Centre, Penrith – October 2018
‘How to Protect your Digital Assets?’ Women with Altitude – October 2018
‘Legal Issues for Business in the Digital Age‘, BEC Australia, Canberra – October 2018
‘Social Media Impacts on Business’, Digital Business Solutions – Australian Small Business Advisory Services, Penrith, September 2018
Media Personality
Some recent examples of her media engagements:
Host of IN SESSION, Western Sydney TV
Co-host of The Business Show 2017-March 2019, Blue Mountains Regional Business Chamber
Village Walkabout Katoomba, Episode 1
Educational Workshops
Some recent examples of her workshops:
Essential Document Framework for Small Business, Alternative Board, March 2020
Business Owners Guide to the Law, Hunter Economic Development Forum, February 2020
Girls Night In, Cancer Council sponsored by Digital Age Lawyers, November 2016
Social Media for the Tourism Industry, Attention Experts, Sydney – October 2018
Start-up Sessions, Women with Altitude, Penrith – August to September 2018
Wills and Wine, Various Greater Sydney locations, 2018
Business and Bubbles, Various Greater Sydney locations, 2018
Social Media and Snacks, Various Greater Sydney locations, 2018
Host of Multiple business focused Webinars
Publisher
Some recent examples of her publications:
Cybersecurity: Is it important to your business? – Hills Independent Magazine July 2021
Buying a Property? What you need to know about Underquoting Laws! – Western Property Magazine, July 2021
What a Business Legal Strategy Session can do for you? – Hawkesbury Independent, June 2021
Asset Distribution When Separating: Wastage, Recklesness & Addbacks – Blacktown Independent April 2021
Your Separation, Your Business – Hills Independent Magazine February 2021
Social Media Policy, Brave Magazine, Women with Altitude, October 2019
Willpower, Sydney Hills Living Magazine, 2019
A Guide to GDPR For Australian Businesses, 2018
Game Changers: Entrepreneurs Leading Change, 2016
Small Business Law: Key Legal Issues for Small Businesses, 2014
Media Kit
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