Meet The Team
Experienced and Strategic.
 Zelmari Kern - DirectorThe firm was founded by Zelmari Kern in 2014. Zelmari is an admitted attorney from Johannesburg and holds a Bcom Law Degree and honours LLB degree. She has extensive experience in labour law, commercial law, corporate governance, insurance law and has also completed an advanced course in labour law at the University of Pretoria and UCT and further completed an advanced course in the Companies Act at the University of Johannesburg. |  Gregory Armstrong - DirectorGregory Armstrong (LLB) is an admitted attorney, with High Court appearance, and has a general legal practice with extensive experience in High Court and Magistrates Court litigation; he practiced as a partner at a medium sized firm in Melrose Estate before joining Kern, Armstrong & Associates late in 2016; he heads up the general litigation, family law and criminal law department at Kern Attorneys. |  Michelle Toxopeüs - Candidate AttorneyMichelle Toxopeüs is currently serving her articles at Kern, Armstrong and Associates. Before joining the firm, she was a legal researcher at the Constitutional Court of South Africa and worked at the Helen Suzman Foundation, also as a legal researcher. She holds a master's degree in environmental law and governance from the North West University. |
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 Mark Eccles - ConsultantMark Eccles was admitted as an attorney in 2001. He obtained his BCom and LLB from the University of Witwatersrand, LLM from University of South Africa and his Higher Diploma in Tax Law from University of Johannesburg. Mark has worked in the corporate world, private practice and in entrepreneurial ventures. From 1993 to 1998 he was a legal advisor at Gold Fields of South Africa, rising to group legal officer. |  Christian Schietekat - Junior AssociateChristian M. Schietekat is an admitted attorney and holds a B.com (law) & LL.B degree from the University of the Free State, with High Court appearance, and has general legal experience in the High Court and Magistrates Court. He practised as an Associate at Honey Attorneys before joining Kern, Armstrong & Associates in 2021. He forms part of our Commercial, Litigation & Labour department. |  Jacob Sibeko - DriverJacob has joined our team to help ensure that all correspondence is safely transported to and from Kern, Armstrong & Associates's offices and our clients. |
 Nicole van Niekerk - AdministrativeNicole van Niekerk studied at the University of Johannesburg and completed her BA degree in Marketing and Communications. Nicole has over 10 years experience in administration and client relations. Nicole’s role is to assist the Kern, Armstrong & Associates will all admin related tasks, together with maintaining healthy client relations. |  Patricia Kgaregare - AdministrativePatricia Kgaregare holds a N Dip and Btech in Journalism. She has satisfactory experience in business communications and joined Kern, Armstrong & Associates as a personal Assistant. Patricia will be assisting the company with all administration work. Patricia is open minded and always willing to learn. |