SIX newly qualified solicitors have been welcomed into the ranks at law firm Ward Hadaway.
Tom Miller, Neil Williamson, Steven Roper, Jennifer Morris, Jenny Wilson and Louise Strachan have all been taken on at the Newcastle-based firm after successfully completing two years as trainee solicitors at the firm.
Tom Miller joins the licensing and regulatory team while Neil Williamson starts his career as a newly qualified solicitor in Ward Hadaway’s property department.
Steven Roper and Jennifer Morris both qualify into the company and commercial team with Jenny Wilson joining the public sector team and Louise Strachan becoming a member of the public sector property unit.
All six have spent the last two years as trainees at Ward Hadaway, spending time in different teams across the full service UK Top 100 firm before joining as qualified solicitors.
Paula Myers, partner and head of graduate recruitment at Ward Hadaway, said: “We have a fantastic crop of newly qualified solicitors at the firm who have worked extremely hard over the past two years to earn their places at Ward Hadaway.
“We are particularly pleased as a firm that we have been able to offer full-time positions to so many of those who started out as trainees two years ago. To be able to retain most of our trainees in such a challenging economic climate is great news and demonstrates both the dedication and aptitude of our newly qualified solicitors and the commitment Ward Hadaway has as a firm to developing and nurturing talented young lawyers.”
Jamie Martin, managing partner at Ward Hadaway, said: “We are delighted to be able to welcome these six newly qualified solicitors as members of Ward Hadaway.We have always set great store by developing legal talent at the firm and our new recruits certainly fit into that category.
“The fact that a number of our current partners started their careers as trainees at Ward Hadaway shows how we invest in our people and hopefully all six of our newly qualified solicitors will also see their careers flourish at the firm.”
