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Our Mission

Our mission is to provide efficient and professional legal services to both private individuals and corporate entities and to enhance the capabilities of our professional staff to enable them to provide a comprehensive and effective service to the communities that we serve. Our firm evolved over the years from being a primarily human rights firm to a commercial practice, representing a variety of private and public entities and persons, although not renouncing the principles that formed the cornerstone of our formation.

Reliable

At Dev Maharaj and Associates, each file is electronically stored on Legal Suite and our own Servers.

Consistent

All Attorneys consult with each other on all high profile matters.

Professional Legal Help

Further, clients have a lead attorney with support staff. Our staff members are constantly reviewing files and projects

AFFIRMATIVE ACTION & B-BBEE POLICY

DMA Inc is a proudly 100% black owned level 1 B-BBEE law firm with 135% B-BBEE Procurement Recognition level.

DMA Inc is a proudly 100% black owned level 1 B-BBEE law firm with 135% B-BBEE Procurement Recognition level. In view of the firms’ history of human rights and commitment to uplift the lives of previously disadvantaged persons and all employees hail from previously disadvantaged communities. Employees of colour that were previously employed by Mr. Maharaj have been retained and have been given the opportunity to grow financially with the firm, indicating a genuine and sincere effort in empowering previously marginalized persons.

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LEGAL PROJECT MANAGEMENT APPROACH  

  1. Set Objective and Define Scope
  2. Identify and Schedule Activities
  3. Assign Tasks and Manage the Team
  4. Assess the Risks to the Schedule of Work
  5. Budgeting (Plan and Managing)
  6. Managing Quality
  7. Manage client communication
  8. Negotiate changes in Scope
  9. After Action Review
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Human Resource Business Continuity Plan

As a law firm with two (2) offices in Gauteng and one (1) Office in Pietermaritzburg. All offices work together with the resources communicating with each thus keeping its staff members abreast of all matters dealt with by the firm. Having realised that staff turnover is a risk to the law firm and while the firm is always on the lookout for talented and experienced legal professionals, retaining our staff compliment is important to the success of the business operation of the firm as it grows

At Dev Maharaj and Associates, each file is electronically stored on Legal Suite and our own Servers. All Attorneys consult with each other on all high profile matters. Further, clients have a lead attorney with support staff. Professional and support staff members are constantly reviewing files and projects so that each staff member is familiar with key files and engagements.

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As we concentrate on Commercial, Corporate and Litigation matters, we ensure that staff members at the firm have sufficient knowledge to take over a file seamlessly from a staff member who for any reason whatsoever cannot continue with a particular file or engagement. The staff member will appraise each other of the necessary and relevant facts by way of reports and direct engagement. Employees are managed in a manner to understand what they require in order to further their skills, expertise and careers in law. Harvesting employee knowledge on a periodic basis so as to keep critical legal precedents and opinions for future use by the firm in its knowledge management. A program is in place to reward and incentivize staff members in respect of their remuneration. Care is also taken to respect personal and cultural beliefs. It is our fervent belief that furthering the education of our staff is an important aspect to retaining staff.

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