Retha Beerman

Practice Head, Director

Retha Beerman is a legal innovator and Director at CDH, where she leads the firm’s Knowledge Management strategy and the integration of advanced legal technologies, including GenAI.

With a career spanning leadership in employment law, knowledge management, and legal tech, Retha drives process transformation, operational efficiency, and client-focused solutions across the firm.

She also serves as Director of SA LawLabz, championing legal innovation in South Africa. Retha’s work empowers legal professionals to deliver higher quality, more cost-effective services, and positions CDH at the forefront of responsible, technology-enabled legal practice.

Retha Beerman

About Retha

About Retha

Retha was a Director at Fluxman Rabinowitz Raphaely Weiner before joining Hofmeyr Herbstein and Gihwala (now Cliffe Dekker Hofmeyr) as a Director in 2002. Except for a three year period of absence (2005 to 2008)when she practiced for her own account, Retha remained in our Employment practice until she moved to the Knowledge Management department in 2011.

Credentials

Credentials

Education

  • BLC, University of Pretoria
  • LLB, University of South Africa (UNISA)
  • LLM, University of Michigan (USA)
  • Year of admission as an attorney: 1999
  • Enrolled with the Legal Practice Council

Languages

Languages

  • English
  • Afrikaans

About Retha

Retha was a Director at Fluxman Rabinowitz Raphaely Weiner before joining Hofmeyr Herbstein and Gihwala (now Cliffe Dekker Hofmeyr) as a Director in 2002. Except for a three year period of absence (2005 to 2008)when she practiced for her own account, Retha remained in our Employment practice until she moved to the Knowledge Management department in 2011.

Credentials

Education

  • BLC, University of Pretoria
  • LLB, University of South Africa (UNISA)
  • LLM, University of Michigan (USA)
  • Year of admission as an attorney: 1999
  • Enrolled with the Legal Practice Council

Languages

  • English
  • Afrikaans

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