Criminal, driving & estate lawyers you can talk to
Clear advice, fixed fees available, and a team that knows your matter. Call 08 8266 2955.
McDonough Cole Legal is a local law firm at 588 North East Road, Holden Hill, in Adelaide's north-eastern suburbs. We help people charged with criminal and driving offences, and families planning ahead or dealing with a loved one's estate. Fixed fees are available.
How can we help?
Criminal Law
Charged, or expecting to be? Get advice early. It can change the outcome. We defend drug, assault, firearms, theft, property, sexual and Commonwealth offences, and act in intervention order matters.
Driving Offences
Your licence matters. We'll help you keep it, or get it back sooner. Drink and drug driving, speeding, dangerous driving, driving disqualified, demerit points and licence appeals.
Wills & Estate Planning
Look after the people you care about, and make sure your wishes are followed. Wills, Enduring Powers of Attorney, Advance Care Directives and SACAT orders.
Deceased Estates
Caring, practical help after you lose someone close to you. Probate, Letters of Administration and claims under the Succession Act.
Need urgent help after hours? Call 0418 893 884.
Estate planning packages
Get your affairs in order in one go. We prepare your key estate planning documents together, for one fixed fee:
Will: decide who receives your estate and who looks after it
Enduring Power of Attorney: choose who manages your finances if you can't
Advance Care Directive: record your wishes for future health care and lifestyle
Safe custody: we can keep your original documents secure
Ask us about our estate planning packages.
Why choose us
More than 50 years of combined experience
We appear in all courts in South Australia, and can appear interstate
Fixed fees available
Appointments in person, by video or by phone
Led by Director Oliver Cole since 2023, McDonough Cole Legal (formerly C B McDonough & Co) values being professional, reputable, approachable, experienced and diligent. Read more about us.
Meet the team
Oliver Cole, Director · Josh Chahoud, Associate Solicitor · Meg Chantler, Office Manager