The newly-promoted staff from across Birketts’ four offices cover a wide range of business and consumer legal services – signifying not only the depth of talent available at the firm, but also its commitment to the personal and professional development of staff members.
Ipswich
- Katie Beaven (Family) - Senior Associate
- Carol Ramsden (Rights of Way) - Senior Associate;
- Charlotte Wormstone (Property Litigation) - Senior Associate
- Tom Hodges (Shipping) – Associate
- Liona Beckham (Residential) – Associate
- Victoria Butcher (Commercial Property) – Associate
- Melanie Bonté (Shipping) – Associate
Norwich
- Bhargav Trivedi (Commercial Property) - Senior Associate
Cambridge
- Katie Harris-Wright (Employment) - Senior Associate
- Chris Sleep (Corporate) - Senior Associate
Chelmsford
- Carolyn Porter (Construction) – Associate
- Richard Pooley (Corporate/Commercial) - Associate
- Amanda Clelland (Commercial Property) – Associate
Commenting, Birketts CEO Jonathan Agar, said: “The company-wide promotions are an indication of the great strides being made at Birketts. During the last year we have focused on attracting and retaining first class lawyers and, though we remain committed to our East Anglian roots – and attract many clients locally – our quality of service enables us to win business nationally and internationally as well.”
Birketts’ four offices – located in Ipswich, Norwich, Cambridge and Chelmsford – have had further reason to celebrate in recent weeks following recognition in the Legal 500 survey, the leading guide to law firms in the UK. Birketts was again placed as one of the region’s top three ‘heavyweight’ firms with 89 lawyers being recommended by clients and eight listed as ‘elite leading lawyers’. At the same time, the firm won the Corporate and Commercial regional firm of the year category at the 2014 Legal 500 UK Awards.
Newly-promoted associates and senior associates from the Ipswich office are pictured below. (back l-r Victoria Butcher, Tom Hodges, Melanie Bonté. Front l-r Katie Beaven, Charlotte Wormstone, Liona Beckham, Carol Ramsden).