Dennis Staunton established the firm in Manly in 1970 and was joined by Bruce Thompson in 1976. A branch office was opened at North Sydney in 1999 which closed in 2014.  A new branch office opened in Dee Why in 2018.

Michael Adamo joined the firm as a Partner in 2018 after 16 years practising as a Barrister at the New South Wales Bar where he practised in a wide variety of law practice areas such as Commercial Law, Criminal Law/Traffic Law, Employment/Industrial Law, Family Law, Family Provision/Probate & Contesting Wills Litigation, Personal Injury Claims (including Motor Accidents and Workers Compensation), etc.

Our orientation has been to foster long term relationships and we continue to advise and act for many personal and business clients we have had for up to 3 decades, as well as many others acquired more recently.

A key element in this has been to find and then retain loyal and long serving staff of the highest calibre, to provide continuity of personal contact for our clients, as well as knowledge of their affairs and empathy with their situations.

While most of our clients are based in the Northern Beaches and North Sydney areas, it has been gratifying to find that many people continue to instruct the firm after leaving these areas.

The firm has extensive experience in many areas of law. While on occasions it will be necessary to obtain special expertise outside the firm or to refer a client on, we aim to be able to provide a complete legal service for most occasions with our own resources and at a competitive cost.