Background:
Petro Lessing Attorneys & Conveyancers is situated in Strand, Western Cape Province with Petro Lessing as the practising attorney at the firm.
On 17 December 1997 Petro started her own practice under the name of Petro Herbst Duggan Attorney Firm in Kempton Park and during 2014 changed the name to Petro Lessing Attorneys & Conveyancers, referring to her maiden surname.
After matric in 1982, Petro studied at the University of Pretoria from 1983 to 1987, and obtained the following degrees:
- Baccalaureus Commercial Law on 07/04/1986
- Baccalaureus Legum (LLB) on 29/03/1988
Her first employment after her formal studies, was at the Deeds Office in Pretoria from January 1988 to November 1989. Her additional qualifications include a Technikon RSA National Diploma in Registration of Deeds which she had obtained in July 1990.
Thereafter Petro completed a two-year articles/clerkship at a reputable attorney firm in Kempton Park between 1989 and 1991 and up to 1997 practised at well-known attorney firms in Kempton Park. Petro was admitted as an attorney and conveyancer by the Supreme Court Transvaal Provincial Division on 28 January 1992.