Meet the team
About us
Andrea Goldman
Andrea obtained her LLB (Bachelor of Laws) at the University of Natal, Pietermaritzburg in 2003.
Andrea completed her Articles at Deneys Reitz Attorneys in 2005, in their Durban Office and then joined Woodroffe and Kleyn Attorneys in 2006 as an Associate. At Woodroffe and Kleyn Andrea quickly moved through the ranks from Associate to Partner. In this time Andrea built up a substantial litigation practice including a number of blue chip clients. It was at Woodroffe and Kleyn that Liezel Schultz and Andrea forged a friendship and a mutual respect for each other’s abilities within their respective area’s of practice.
Andrea is experienced in many areas of the litigation field including General Litigation, Family law, Professional Indemnity Insurance Litigation, Third Party claims, Maritime claims, Labour law, Constitutional Law, Estate Agent Commission Claims, Residential and Commercial Rental and Eviction, General Commercial Litigation and Construction Law.
Andrea graduated with her Master of Laws degree in Advanced Constitutional Law in April 2011.
Wanting a closer and more hands-on relationship with clients, Andrea saw the benefits of a boutique styled law firm. With the vision of making legal services more affordable, having meaningful and long-term relationships with clients. Liezel shared this vision and in January 2010 Goldman Schultz Attorneys commenced practice.
Andrea has continued to develop her skills, having trained as a Mediator in Family Law matters. Andrea has a 90% success rate in settling disputes through mediation. In addition, in 2021, Andrea was nominated as the Chairperson of the KZN Family Law Forum. In August 2022, Andrea was shortlisted in the top 10 finalists in the categories of “Family Law Attorney” and “Alternate Dispute Resolution Attorney” in the WOZA Africa Women in Law Awards.
Liezel Schultz
Liezel Schultz is an experienced Conveyancer and Specialist Property Attorney having practiced in this field for 27 years.
Liezel participated in a partnership at Prior and Prior Attorneys from 1996 until 2000, at which stage she joined Woodroffe and Kleyn Attorneys and successfully headed up their expanding Conveyancing department, consisting of 3 branch offices and 10 para-legal secretaries.
After 13 years at Woodroffe and Kleyn Attorneys, Liezel felt compelled to undertake a new challenge and start a firm in which the one-on-one nature of Conveyancing was rekindled and where new and dynamic technologies would be embraced to expedite bond and transfer instructions.
Besides the usual transfers of property and registration of mortgage bonds, Liezel’s experience in the Conveyancing field also includes integral involvement in a number of development schemes comprising residential and commercial township developments as well as sectional title developments. Liezel assists with the drafting of the necessary sale agreements in respect to the schemes and follows the process through to the registration of the transfers in the Deeds registry.
As a Notary Public, Liezel drafts and notarizes all documents requiring a notarial seal, including antenuptial contracts, notarial bonds and servitude agreements.
Liezel, like Andrea, also has extensive experience in commercial transactions and regularly assists clients with the drafting of a wide variety of commercial agreements, including asset-for-share transactions.