Peter Lynch is the founding principal of dci lyncon.

He has consulted to firms and individual practitioners within the legal profession since 1996, and has published on practice management issues in Proctor and in Law Practice Management. People who have become principals of firms during this time would be familiar with Peter in his contracted role as Director of the Practice Management Course operated by the Queensland Law Society. During that time he has worked with over 1,400 solicitors either setting up practices in their own right or entering partnership with others. On many occasions, these practice feasibility advices and consultations have led to career-defining decisions. (See What our clients say about us)

As a consequence of his consulting work, his direction of the Practice Management Course, and his development of Australia’s first Graduate Certificate in Professional Practice, Peter is in the privileged position of being exposed to an extremely wide range of practice structures and operating styles from national firms, to boutique partnerships, to sole practitioners.

From July 2005, Peter committed to the full time development and operation of dci lyncon as a premier boutique consultancy for legal practice direction and improvement.

Peter’s qualifications and key appointments are listed below. He has a strong multidisciplinary background in commerce, as a business owner, and as a practising professional. (See What our clients say about us).
His practical down-to-earth orientation is backed up by a capacity for analytical rigour – his PhD theory on itinerant microfirms earning the Australian and New Zealand Academy of Management Best Paper Award.

His qualifications include:

Bachelor of Commerce
Master of Business Administration (Advanced)
Doctor of Philosophy
Chartered Accountant (ret'd 2009)
Member - Australian Legal Practice Management Association
Professional Member - Academy of Management (USA)
Professional Member - Australian and New Zealand Academy
   of Management

Notable current positions of responsibility held include:

Director _ K M Smith Funeral Directors
Chairman - K M Smith Funeral Directors Marketing Committee
Managing Director - dci lyncon Pty Ltd
Director – Tourism Queensland
Advisory Chairman# - KND Web Consultants Pty Ltd

# Not a director of the firm within the ASIC meaning

Notable former positions of responsibility held include:

Director – Queensland Motorways Limited
Chairman - Queensland Motorways Limited Nomination & Remuneration
   Committee
Chairman - Queensland Motorways Limited Business & Development
   Committee
Executive Committee - Australian Legal Practice Management
   Association (Qld)
 Vice President - Australian Legal Practice Management Association (Qld)
 Judge – ALPMA National Business Improvement Awards
 Judge – ALPMA Seldon Gill Business Services Career Development Award
Chairman – Queensland Property Council
President – Housing Industry Association
Director – UQ Business School MBA Program
Academic Director – Queensland Law Society Practice Management Course
Director and shareholder – Dixon Group of Companies

Other memberships:

 United Services Club
Royal Queensland Golf Club

Further details of awards gained and academic papers delivered are
available on request.

Updated: June 2011