Our Professional Staff:

BARRY COSIER - Principal
Dip Law SAB

Barry Cosier Our principal solicitor has some 27 years experience he has significant experience in various fields of law including:-

Conveyancing in respect to:-
Domestic real estate, commercial premises and larger grazing holdings
Subdivision and Local Government work
Liquor law including hotel and restaurant transfers, liquor licensing
disputes
Purchase and Sale of Business
Commercial Leases and disputes
Wills, Probate and Administration
Family Provision Act applications
District Court claims
Supreme claims in both Common Law & Equity
Land & Environment Court disputes
Insurance Law claims

Barry has for some years been principally involved in claims relating to the coal mining industry for the Western & Southern coal miners and continues to proudly represent those clients. He represents clients enthusiastically and has a reasonable understanding of underground and open-cut coal mining activities. Such claims are completed personally and not by a series of lawyers who do not have the necessary experience and understanding.

SONYA TEERMAN - Solicitor
BA. LLB.

Kay Ross Sonya is presently with Barry F Cosier & Associates as an employed Associate Solicitor. Sonya has been in the Legal Industry for 23 years, 17 of them as a Solicitor.

Sonya has extensive legal experience in workers compensation and personal injury matters, for both the workers and for the insurers. Sonya started her career as a paralegal with Zurich Insurance in the workers’ Compensation claims department. Sonya has worked for several large firms including, G H Healey & Co, Pieterse & Pieterse in Sydney which was a firm that specialised in Workers Compensation and Common Law matters on behalf of insurers and self insurers including Mayne Nickless and several local councils. Sonya was an Associate with Matthews Dooley & Gibson, solicitors who provide extensive legal services to a vast area of Western Sydney.

Sonya has provided legal services to our client’s since commencing with our firm three years ago. Sonya and our firm were nominated by a local community entity and was a runner up for the community service category, in the 2007 the Law and Justice Foundation, Legal Services and Pro Bono awards. Not only was this a privilege but also a big achievement considering the other reputable firms which were also nominated.

By virtue of her expertise, Sonya has an extensive practice in Family Law and Criminal Law matters, so as to cater for such needs for the members and their families. Sonya appreciates the sensitivity and individual differences in family law matters and seeks to minimise stress which is an inevitable consequence in these matters. Sonya ensures that these matters are dealt with as expeditiously as possible and engages in alternative dispute resolution wherever possible. Sonya has many years of family law experience, but has as indicated earlier carried high volumes of personal injury cases before she joined our firm. She provides advice in matters such as

Divorce Applications.
Family Law Property matters
De facto relationship matters
Children’s issues
Pre-nuptial and Lifestyle agreements
Termination Agreements
Guardianship
Family Provision Act matters
Wills and Probate
Domestic violence issues
Civil matters
Criminal law matters

SCOTT WILLIS - Solicitor
BA. LLB.

Kay Ross Scott decided to study Law after gaining qualification as an electrician at Baal Bone Colliery, near Lithgow. He practiced for a number of years in South West Sydney principally in the area of Local Government and Planning Law. Advising numerous client Councils (including Bankstown, Camden, Campbelltown, Liverpool and Wollondilly) in all areas under their control, Scott has advised and appeared in the following Jurisdictions;

Local Court:-
• Prosecution of Environmental Offences on behalf of Council.
Land and Environment Court:-
• Environmental Planning and Protection Appeals;
• Local Government and Miscellaneous Appeals and Applications;
• Land Tenure, Valuation, Rating and Compensation Matters;
• Appeals from the Local Court in respect of Environmental Offences.
Independent Commission Against Corruption:
• Investigations into corrupt conduct in the NSW public sector.
Administrative Appeals Tribunal:
Court of Appeal: and
Supreme Court.

Upon the retirement of his father, Scott returned to Lithgow to help run his local family business. before returning to the Law with Barry Cosier & Associates in early 2011. Scott is now taking Instructions in matters including;

Conveyancing
Wills and Estate Planning
Local Government Planning and Subdivisions
Commercial Matters and Personal Claims

KIM RICKARDS - Consultant
B.Comm., LL.M.

Kim has practised as a litigation lawyer for many years and left the city some years ago to raise his family in the Central West. He has extensive experience in litigation and is an accredited specialist in Personal Injury law. Kim is a great communicator and is highly skilled in respect to claims resolution.

SUPPORT STAFF

Our staff is our greatest asset and excellence can only be achieved through experienced staff that are committed to the business. In 1987, Barry Cosier started his business, with one staff member to assist him with his appointments and typing. In the years since, Barry Cosier’s name has been passed on throughout the region, by “word of mouth” and the business is now well known. From a staff of two, we have grown to a complement of thirteen.