Amy Sheggerud-Woods
Senior Consultant
Amy is a senior consultant at Elit Lawyers by McGirr & Snell.
Biography
A highly experienced litigator, Amy Sheggerud-Woods is accredited as a Commercial Litigation Specialist by the Law Institute of Victoria.
Amy’s practice involves disputes relating to contracts, property, trusts, leasing, partnerships, directors and shareholders of companies, consumer law, franchising, wills and estates litigation, as well as the recovery and enforcement of debt.
Amy has worked on a variety of commercial litigation matters for corporate, government, and individual clients. She has also advised on risk mitigation strategies to assist clients in avoiding costly disputes.
Amy has been advising insolvency practitioners and commercial clients in relation to the Personal Property Securities Act 2009 since its commencement, including consequences of defective or non-registration on the Personal Property Securities Register.
With the objective of achieving commercial results for clients, Amy is dedicated to providing thorough, timely, and cost-effective representation.
Amy was admitted by the Supreme Court of Victoria in 2018 as a public notary and regularly conducts litigation in the Federal Court, Federal Circuit Court, Supreme Court, County Court, Magistrates’ Court, Family Court and VCAT.
Amy is a professional member of ARITA and has expertise in corporate and personal insolvency, acting for administrators and liquidators of insolvent companies and trustees of bankrupt estates, as well as for parties defending claims by administrators and liquidators under the Corporations Act 2001, and by and trustees under the Bankruptcy Act 1966 and general law.
Major Matters
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"Aggie is the best lawyer in Common Law Claims I have ever worked with. Aggie helped me achieve an extraordinary outcome."
Common Law Claim
Ian
Aggie is the best lawyer in Common Law Claims I have ever worked with. Having seen a couple of large Law Firms l felt let down, being quickly shown the front door. Luckily for me a friend suggested seeing Aggie Vlahos (Partner).
Having engaged Aggie Vlahos gave me the confidence to continue with the injuries l knew were caused by heavy physical and repetitive work. I am also indebted to Brendan Johnson (Barrister) for his outstanding efforts!
She explained everything in a way I could easily understand and always got back to me quickly when I had questions even outside her working hours.
Aggie helped me achieve an extraordinary outcome. However, only charged fair fees.
If someone is seeking a legal help, I highly recommend Aggie Vlahos and Elit Lawyers.
P.S. Thanks to you so much Aggie
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"I had the good luck to be recommended to Aggie Vlahos for handling my Estate Litigation Case. Through Aggie I achieved a very satisfying result."
Estate Litigation
Jan
I had the good luck to be recommended to Aggie Vlahos for handling my Estate Litigation Case. She was always available to me, no matter how big or small my concern was. She was kind, patient, easy to talk to and very understanding regarding my troubles.
The case was resolved within only 5 months, which I was grateful for. Through Aggie I achieved a very satisfying result.
I would have no hesitation in recommending her to others.
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"If you want a safe, caring, professional group of lawyers and company, look no further than Aggie Vlahos and Elit Lawyers."
Family Law Matter
Michael
Thank you to Aggie Vlahos (Partner) and the staff at Elit Law, also James Eley (Barrister). You did a marvelous job in representing me in relation to my family matter and most importantly caring about me and providing a secure environment for me to navigate a very difficult situation.
The result you achieved was nothing short of amazing. The professionalism displayed on the day by Aggie and James blew me away. With their invaluable guidance and support we achieved a extremely favourable result.
If you want a safe, caring, professional group of lawyers and company, look no further than Elit Lawyers.
Great people, Great Service, Great Company.
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"The best of the best plaintiff lawyers against insurance companies. We had a very tough and complex case and Danielle and her team settled with the insurance company for an optimal outcome."
Insurance Policy Holder
Home owner
The best of the best plaintiff lawyers team against insurance companies.
We had a very tough and complex case against insurance company that we lost our home and contents. After disappointing and frustrating process from another law firm and firing them we found Danielle Snell and her team.
They are very dedicated, knowledgeable, passionate and possess great communication skills. We couldn’t ask for more and settled with a optimal outcome.
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"It’s great to be able to confidently refer clients to someone who can help and support them, and to feel that they are receiving the best service."
Senior Adviser
Financial Planner
We are so glad to have you in our referral channel.
It’s great to be able to confidently refer clients to someone who can help and support them, and to feel that they are receiving the best service.
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"This was a “David v Goliath” fight as our dispute was with a large global corporation. The attention, compassion and guidance that Danielle and the team showed us was absolutely incredible."
CEO & Founder
National mental-health support organisation
We recently instructed Danielle from Elit Lawyers by McGirr & Snell to help with a legal dispute. As a small purpose led business, this was a “David v Goliath” fight as our dispute was with a large global corporation. This dispute was during a very emotional time as we were in the middle of a global pandemic, Melbourne’s sixth lockdown, homeschooling and no childcare – all while trying to keep our small business alive.
The attention, compassion and guidance that Danielle and the team showed us was absolutely incredible. I have 10 years legal experience myself and even with that, I was reluctant to litigate, especially during such a difficult time. However Danielle always gave us confidence in knowing that she was in our corner and always working for our best interests, so my reluctance was quickly appeased.
Today I am pleased to share that David defeated Goliath and we could not be more thrilled with the result we received thanks to Danielle and the team from Elit Lawyers. Danielle not only saved our company, but ensured that we could continue doing the good work we were previously and helping improve the lives and mental health of mothers across Australia.
I could not recommend Danielle and the team from Elit Lawyers more highly. I am *hoping* that I will never need their services again, but feel very reassured knowing they are there and always in my corner.
Thank you Danielle and team.