Mai Pham/ AKN & Associates

Mai Pham/ AKN & Associates We provide legal services in the following areas:
Criminal Law
Immigration Law
Family Law
Civil Law Our focus is the best outcome.

AKN & Associates was established by its Principal Solicitor, Ms Thi Thanh Mai Pham in 2003. Ms Pham was admitted as a legal practitioner in 1999 upon her graduation from Law School, and thus had begun gaining immediate experience in the practice of law. She now has over 18 years of experience, and is a respected and renowned solicitor. Her passion for getting the best results for her clients, and

her rare natural instinct for promptly discovering the best legal solutions gave her an edge in the legal industry like no other. As is the way with all things good, the firm grew with its successes and reputation. Gradually, more clients, lawyers, barristers and clerks became associated with AKN. Now we are a team of sharp legal minds, who work tirelessly to benefit our clients. Most importantly, our relationship with our clients is one that is based on trust and loyalty. Our current core strengths lie in the legal realms of criminal, migration, family, property, and civil law. Our passion for perfection, and love for what we do is what drives our practice. We will apply our collective experience, and collaborate with each other and you to achieve this. You can be assured that your legal problem will be given attention, treated with confidentiality, respect, and with your cost considerations in mind. We recognise that understanding the law, and legal processes can be quite difficult for anyone, and if English is not your first language, it may seem like you are on own. That is why at AKN we emphasise the importance of first hand communication in a language you understand. Our Solicitors and Paralegals together speak a total of 6 languages other than English. These include:

• Vietnamese
• Tagalog
• Hindi
• Punjabi

We are over the moon with joy today.  We got our client got his student visa back at the ART!!! It was cancelled because...
25/09/2025

We are over the moon with joy today. We got our client got his student visa back at the ART!!! It was cancelled because he failed to enrol for OVER 8 MONTHS. Many solicitors told him to withdraw the ART review and go home!!! But he came to me and I said “lets fight on!” With the help of our team, especially Andrew and many supporters, his family, his fiancee, his manager, our precious Lama Tenzin, our secret weapon, we set our heart on a mammoth task of helping this young man to achieve his goal- finish Studying and obtain his Bachelor degree in Australia!!! And we did!!! Thank you everyone from the bottom of my heart for all your help. Now lets continue to do more good merits and keep studying hard em!!!!! 🎉🎉🎉🎉🎉🎉

Feeling amazing.  My client lost many nights of sleep worrying about their partner visa application because he has commi...
13/09/2025

Feeling amazing. My client lost many nights of sleep worrying about their partner visa application because he has committed an assault against her, what if the department reject him because of that!!! But against all odd we got his visa only after 15 months of lodgement!!! But not just a temporary resident visa, we got PR!!!! Yipeee, they are over the moon and so am I. So worth all the hard work to see their happiness- love always prevail against all odd!!!!

Thank you for an amazing year my awesome AKN team!!!👏👏👏🎉🎉🎉🙏🙏🙏We wouldn’t be so successful this year without all your ded...
20/12/2024

Thank you for an amazing year my awesome AKN team!!!👏👏👏🎉🎉🎉🙏🙏🙏We wouldn’t be so successful this year without all your dedication, hard work and strong desire to achieve the best result for our all clients. Forever grateful to you my entire team and to all our clients who trusted and believed in us.

Trying to all fit into a lift was very hard for our AKN team!!!
20/12/2024

Trying to all fit into a lift was very hard for our AKN team!!!

Feeling so blessed under the 2500 years old holly Bodhi tree that Ananda planted at Jetvana in Sravasti- North India. Th...
07/10/2024

Feeling so blessed under the 2500 years old holly Bodhi tree that Ananda planted at Jetvana in Sravasti- North India. This tree was propagated from the original holly Bodhi tree that Prince Siddhartha mediated under for 49 days and become enlightened. 🙏🙏🙏😇😇😇🥰🥰🥰

We are looking for a conveyancer or solicitor with 4 or 5 years experience in conveyancing.  Please contact Mai Pham 040...
03/07/2024

We are looking for a conveyancer or solicitor with 4 or 5 years experience in conveyancing. Please contact Mai Pham 040455402, we would love to hear from

Yipeeee!!! Bail granted for cultivation of 94,460 plants in 4 farms.  The largest cultivation the court has ever seen.  ...
20/06/2024

Yipeeee!!! Bail granted for cultivation of 94,460 plants in 4 farms. The largest cultivation the court has ever seen. Our client is super happy. He will be able to reunite with his wife and children and return to work soon. Love my work. Thank you my hard working team. 🙏🙏🙏🥰💕

6 weeks for a divorce!! Super fast!!At AKN you’ll always get great service and quick results! Divorce lodged 22 Jan and ...
06/03/2024

6 weeks for a divorce!! Super fast!!
At AKN you’ll always get great service and quick results! Divorce lodged 22 Jan and granted 6 March with the client appearing by phone from the comfort of her home. Despite being complicated with kids, the application it was still approved very quick because our application was very thorough and answer all the questions the Court will ask. Happy client- happier lawyer! Well done Ms Cheryl Khurana 👏👏👏💪💪💪

A couple come to us extremely stress and worried.  They were at risk of loosing their house and life saving as they were...
01/03/2024

A couple come to us extremely stress and worried. They were at risk of loosing their house and life saving as they were being sued by a tenant who slipped on the front porch of their house. The porch tiles are old and worn out and it was built so long ago, it might not met the currently safety standard.

They were represent by another lawyer who advised them that their insurance does not cover this.

We fight for their rights and persuaded the insurance company they are obliged to cover our clients!!

We were right!! The insurance company agreed to take over their case.

Thanks God they did, otherwise my clients were up for at least $300,000 in legals and $300,000 in compensation.

Now they are stress free and super happy.

Please make sure you always have insurance, that your insurance are updated and make sure you have landlord insurance.

Yipppeeee!!! NO Conviction for an assault.Can parents be prosecuted for disciplining their children?It is generally an o...
19/02/2024

Yipppeeee!!! NO Conviction for an assault.

Can parents be prosecuted for disciplining their children?

It is generally an offence to assault or injure another person, even if that person is your child. Parents can be prosecuted criminally if they use unreasonable physical force when disciplining a child. If the physical force use is reasonable, then the defence of lawful correction may be available.

So then, what is regarded as reasonable force?

Reasonable force is force that is applied by a parent, and is reasonable having regard to the age, health, maturity and other characteristics of the child and having regard to the nature of the misbehaviour or other circumstances.

Importantly, the law also tells us what is NOT reasonable. Unreasonable force is the application of force on any part of the head or neck of a child, or to any other part of the child's body in such a way as to be likely to cause harm that lasts more than a short period.

Today, we successfully appealed a conviction for assault against our client. He had been convicted of assault against his nephew. The nephew's father had left the child and his mother to relocate to Vietnam. The uncle had taken on the role of a parent. The "assault" was in the context of the uncle disciplining the child because the child misbehaved.

We are very happy that the Court agreed with our views and dismissed the conviction! The takeaway is this:- parents need to be aware of what is lawfully permissible when it comes to the discipline of children.

My best Valentine pressie ever.  Thank you Natalie. So proud of you.  Thank you for working so hard in 2023.
14/02/2024

My best Valentine pressie ever. Thank you Natalie. So proud of you. Thank you for working so hard in 2023.

What a day- first day of Court for 2024; 1 serious charge dismissed, and only a small fine for second time offender at H...
14/02/2024

What a day- first day of Court for 2024;
1 serious charge dismissed, and only a small fine for second time offender at Hornsby Local court for domestic Assault.

Section 10- no conviction for domestic assault for another client at Burwood Local Court.

A short bond for Assault Occasion bodily harm at Liverpool Local court.
Time to celebrant our good results. Yipeeee🎉🎉🎉🥳🥳🥳

ps. The roses in front of Hornsby Local Court are so beautiful.

Address

Level 3, Suite 2, 402-410 Chapel Street
Bankstown, NSW
2200

Opening Hours

Monday 9am - 5pm
Tuesday 9am - 5pm
Wednesday 9am - 5pm
Thursday 9am - 5pm
Friday 9am - 5pm

Telephone

+61297093335

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