At GPD lawyers, with over 30 years of experience, the core mission of our firm is to help the vulnerable and their families get their life back on track. By helping the injured in their journey to recovery and through the legal process, we pride ourselves in ensuring that the needs of every individual is met and satisfied.
We devote ourselves to representing and fighting for the rights of injured persons, workers and road trauma victims with serious physical injuries, severe psychological injuries and acquired brain injuries.

We believe that every person deserves the right to access justice regardless of their personal or financial circumstances and this is why we care about each and every one of our clients.

We provide a holistic approach to our practice of the law ensuring that those with serious or debilitating injuries are accompanied on their journey throughout the process until the successful conclusion of their claim.

We understand the stress and dilemmas associated with suffering from a traumatic incident and we aim to alleviate financial and emotional burden by providing legal advice and support with the utmost care, compassion, integrity and dedication.

We ensure that every attention to detail is met with the highest quality of service and respect. We aim not only to meet our client’s expectations but to exceed them.

We also pride ourselves on being able to extend our services to hospital and home visits on a volunteer basis and for clients who are unable to travel to our office.

Grace Placencio Davies is the Principal and founder of GPD Lawyers established in 2002.

Grace, who is originally from Chile and Spanish speaking, has been practising exclusively in Personal Injury Law since 1992 when she was admitted as a Barrister and Solicitor of the Supreme Court of Victoria. Grace commenced her legal career in the early 90’s in the most litigious law firm of its time, Clements Hutchins & Co in the Melbourne CBD where Grace developed into the strong female advocate of civil rights she has since become, defending the underprivileged, the aggrieved and the injured with incomparable passion, dedication and empathy in her pursuit for justice, equality and fairness to all.

In 1995 Grace became a Partner at David Stagg Tonkin & Placencio in Greensborough where she continued to flourish as a Personal Injury Lawyer representing and defending the rights of Acquired Brain injured victims.

Grace still remembers that day so many years ago at the Rehabilitation Hospital ward when Grace first met Mark Madio and his parents... Mark was only 19 years of age and was in a coma as a result of a transport accident.

Grace held Mark’s and his father’s hand and from that moment onwards Grace was the support and the strength the family needed in Mark’s journey to recovery.  When Mark's case finished, his father brought Mark to Grace's office on a wheelchair and Mark was able to write on a pad

"Thank you Grace".

In the late 1990’s Grace became the Melbourne Partner of Mildura law firm Ryan Maloney Anderson and her reputation as a “feisty and yet compassionate” lawyer, expanded rapidly into the Latin American and other Ethnic communities across Victoria and Interstate.

For over 20 years Grace was the Official “Legal Eagle” and Public Officer of the Motorcycle Riders Association of Victoria (MRA) and earned a nomination as an Honorary Life Member for her outstanding work in representing injured motorcyclists. Grace has also for the past 25 years proudly sponsored the MRA charity “Toy Run”

In her legal career to date, Grace has been devoted to representing injured workers and road trauma victims and has obtained maximum compensation payouts and Supreme Court verdicts in excess of $1 million in both TAC and WorkCover claims. - Grace has a down to earth approach to litigation which is prompt, cost-effective and which gives optimal results.


Grace is also a member of the Australian Lawyers Alliance (ALA) and the Law Institute of Victoria (LIV).

Grace can be contacted on either (03) 9867 7769 or via email at admin@pdvlawyers.com.au