Our Team

Serina Pace is our Principal practitioner, starting the Adelaide Legal and Pace Lawyers  practice in 1998. She read law at Adelaide University Law School where she gained a Bachelor of Laws (Honours), along with a Bachelor of Commerce with an accounting major. Serina oversees the work of our legal team, ensuring the best possible results along with the best quality legal services for our clients.

Practising in property law, commercial and corporate transactions, commercial dispute resolution and litigation, personal and corporate insolvency law, liquor licensing and intellectual property law, Serina is an accomplished litigator and negotiator. With a wealth of industry experience, she ensures your legal transactions are seamless and stress-free.

Serina’s unrivalled leadership skills and passion for the legal profession have allowed her to create an environment where her team are constantly achieving commendable results.

Serina also sits on the Board of Down Syndrome SA and recently won the Telstra Business Women’s Award for Business Owner SA in 2012.

Serina’s unique oratory skills are matched by unique foot-in-mouth moments, holding the office Golden Goose Award close to her heart for the last 3 years.

Jessica joined the team at Adelaide Legal in March 2022. She read law at Charles Darwin University where she graduated with Honours 2A.

Jessica has a strong interest in Family Law and graduated from The College of Law with a Master of Law (Family Law).

Having been admitted to practice in 2015, Jessica has an extensive background in assisting clients with disputes about children and is a qualified Independent Children’s Lawyer.

She knows that each family is different and by previously practising in criminal law, child protection and intervention orders means that invariably Jessica can help you to overcome issues specific to your family.

Jessica has experience in financial matters relating to the division of assets during and after a relationship and takes a considered future focused approach.

Jessica knows going through a separation is difficult and provides direct, realistic, and honest approaches to minimise the need for protracted involvement with lawyers. Jessica prefers to resolve disputes through mediation and negotiation however, if necessary, has significant litigation experience.

For our sister firm Pace Lawyers, Jessica practices in Wills and Estates.

Jessica is a member of the Family Law Section of the Law Council of Australia; Law Society of South Australia and sits on the Law Society of South Australia’s Family Law Committee.

When not assisting clients with their disputes, Jessica is often planning her next big adventure and spending time with those important to her.

Eve Caton is the newest recruit to the Pace Lawyers and Adelaide Legal team, joining us as a Law Clerk in January 2020.

Eve is currently studying a Bachelor of Law and Commerce double degree at the University of Adelaide, and is delighted for the opportunity to put all that learning into practice with us.

She will be in the office for 4 hours every day assisting the legal team with calls, research, searches, rounds, precedent and business development, social media, as well as paralegal tasks like conveyancing and commercial leasing. Oh, and she’ll also be providing administrative support to our accounts team. Just keeping it all running smoothly for us really.

Eve is also ‘chief carer and beach walker’ for her two super-spoilt family doggos, Tess and Mikey and in her ‘spare’ time, she also works as swimming instructor and sports coach. She volunteers as a surf life saver too, so we all feel VERY, VERY safe around water these days.

And just in case you were wondering, no, she’s not completely perfect. Word has it she can’t walk past an ice cream without inhaling it.