Morris Succession Lawyers (incorporating Searson Shannon & Co)

Morris Succession Lawyers, incorporating Searson Shannon & Co, is a family law firm based in Port Macquarie, New South Wales. The firm practises primarily in succession and estate law. Richard Morris is the Principal Solicitor and holds the TEP designation. Brooke Genders is a Partner, Gilbert Olzomer is a Senior Associate, and Michelle Gow and Cheree Evans are Licensed Conveyancers. Ellarose Osborne and Julie Thomas are Paralegals, Jessica Gow and Erin Globits are Legal Assistants, Penelope Yeo works in Reception, and Carla Morris is Account Manager & Administration.

The firm has offices in Port Macquarie and Laurieton, and assists clients across the Mid North Coast and New South Wales. It regularly acts in high-value estates, blended family matters, capacity disputes and contested proceedings, and is frequently engaged for second opinions and specialist support by accountants, advisers and legal professionals. The firm provides estate planning advice including wills, testamentary trusts, enduring powers of attorney, appointments of enduring guardians, superannuation nominations, corporate powers of attorney and succession strategies.

It assists executors and administrators with deceased estate matters, including probate, letters of administration and estate distribution. The firm acts in estate litigation matters across Port Macquarie and New South Wales, including contested wills, family provision claims and capacity disputes. It assists clients with residential and commercial property transactions, and advises on business law matters, including business purchases and sales, contracts and related legal documentation. Appointments are available in person, by telephone or via video conferencing.

Conveyancing, estate planning and the administration of deceased estates emerge as the principal areas of work described by clients of this Port Macquarie firm. Richard Morris is named repeatedly for his command of estate planning, including an account of the options he set out for a complicated matter. Two conveyancers are credited with handling a property sale carefully and professionally, while Brooke, Ellarose and Elloise also feature in feedback about wills and the winding up of estates. A point that comes up often is how matters were progressed without clients needing to chase updates, with questions answered and contact maintained from instruction through to completion.

Reviewers describe the team as approachable, courteous and calm, qualities said to have made stressful processes more manageable. Fees are characterised as fair for the work involved, and long-standing clients who stayed with the practice through its earlier incarnations report steady satisfaction across family estate matters. Careful attention, prompt handling and a considerate manner at difficult times recur throughout the feedback, alongside confidence in the firm's reliability and expertise.