Nola McGowan

Nola was a partner at Denham Bramwell from April 2021 to April 2025 when she stepped into a consulting role.

She is a dedicated and experienced lawyer whose clients find her easy to deal with and focused on their needs. Her general practice serves both personal and commercial clients.

Nola worked in two Queen Street firms after qualifying as a solicitor and went on to set up a legal practice in her hometown of Whangaparaoa in 1984. A trailblazer for young women in law, she was the youngest female sole practitioner at the time.

She later went into partnership with her husband and brother-in-law, creating the firm, Vlatkovich & McGowan, based in Auckland and Whangaparaoa, which later merged with Denham Bramwell.

When she’s not practicing law, Nola is a celebrant of civil ceremonies including weddings and funerals.