Chantele Jeanette Schutzler

About Chantele

Chantele is a family law attorney and litigation attorney. Chantelé did her undergrad at the University of Natal, then travelled and worked overseas for three years before returning to South Africa, where she worked for a year before resuming her studies. In 2002, Chantelé completed her LLB for which she received the Deans Commendation, Insurance & Agency Certificate, Contract Certificate of Merit and the Shepstone and Wylie Maritime Law Award. She also won first place in the Ellie Newman Moot Court Final in Durban and went on to win 6th place in the All-African Human Rights Moot Court Final in Egypt. That year she was also elected to participate in the Unilever Interactive Business Management Course. A force to be reckoned with, Chantelé joined Goodrickes as a Candidate Attorney in 2003 and in 2005 was promoted to Professional Assistant doing court work, collections and insurance litigation. From 2009 to 2015 she was the Partner responsible for the management and administration of the firm, and worked on foreclosures and recoveries, insurance litigation, collections management and VAF. In August 2015 Chantelé joined what was to become Daly Morris Fuller as a Director to head up the Litigation Department and manage the firm and since 2018 has headed up Finance. Chantelé serves on two boards. She was elected chairperson of Umduduzi (NPO) in 2013, and since 2017, has been a member of Council for the Durban Chamber of Commerce. Passion, enthusiasm and commitment rule this achiever who loves to win whether it be in the courtroom or on the sports field. After hours, you are likely to find this mother of two achievers in the making in the kitchen, directing moves on the dance floor, behind the mic, or on the grandstand watching cricket.

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