Campaign: Law Society Excellence Awards
Excellence Awards Template Press Release For Winning Firms
Excellence Awards Template Press Release For Highly Commended
More than 550 leading lawyers and their guests joined the President of the Law Society and BBC Broadcaster Mishal Husain at the black tie dinner and presentation ceremony at the Royal Horticultural Halls in London.
The awards rewarded the most outstanding practitioners in their field and were open to individuals and teams across the entire legal sector. They are designed to recognise best practice and to celebrate excellence and outstanding achievement in areas that are central to the profession today. They highlight innovative business and quality of life practices, successful approaches to practice management as well as contributions through social responsibility and equality and diversity initiatives.
The winners were:
Awards for individuals:
Solicitor of the Year – In-house
Sponsored by Hiscox
Winner: Roger Clayson - Nuclear Decommissioning Authority
Highly commended: Geoff Wild - Kent County Council
Solicitor of the Year - Private Practice
Sponsored by DX
Winner: Jason McCue - H20 Law LLP
Highly commended: Ian Rosenblatt – Rosenblatt Solicitors
Junior Lawyer of the Year
Sponsored by Zurich
Winner: Natasha Catterson – Fisher Meredith LLP
Highly commended: Gwendolen Morgan – Bindmans LLP and Young Legal Aid Lawyers
AWS Legal Business Woman of the Year
Winner: June Venters QC - Venters Solicitors
Legal Executive of the Year
Sponsored by The Institute of Legal Executives (ILEX)
Winner: Darren Hill - United Utilities
Highly commended: Alexandra Loxton - Anthony Collins Solicitors LLP
Advocate of the Year
Sponsored by Logica
Winner: Paul Bowen – Doughty Street Chambers [London]
Highly commended: Peter Rees QC – Debevoise & Plimpton LLP
Team awards:
Excellence in Client Service
Sponsored by Moneypenny
Winner: The Law Shop
Highly commended:
Legal Services Unit - Staffordshire County Council
Thaliwal Bridge Solicitors
Excellence in Equality & Diversity
Sponsored by The Equality and Human Rights Commission
Winner: Simmons & Simmons
Highly commended: Legal Directorate - Royal College of Nursing
Excellence in Community Investment
Sponsored by Deloitte
Winner: Allen & Overy LLP
Legal Sector Alliance Award for Excellence in
Environmental Responsibility
Sponsored by Canon UK & Ireland
Winner: Travers Smith
Excellence in Marketing & Business Development
Sponsored by Orange
Winner: Jackson Barrett & Gass
Lexcel Award for Excellence in Practice Management
Sponsored by Lloyds TSB Commercial
Winner: Watkins & Gunn Solicitors
Excellence in Innovation
Sponsored by TFB
Winner: ThomasMansfield LLP
Highly commended: Legal Services - Lincolnshire County Council
Excellence in Exporting Legal Services
Sponsored by American Airlines
Winner: Trowers & Hamlins LLP
Highly commended: Clarke Willmott LLP
Robert Heslett, Law Society President, said: "The winners have made the promotion of best practice an integral part of their work. All the short listed entries should be extremely proud of their achievement. The Excellence Awards are part of the Law Society's commitment to promoting excellence in legal services. The solicitors' profession and legal sector as a whole has taken significant steps in the area of innovation, development and availability of legal services in recent years. These awards, which celebrate the very best in our great profession, recognise the central role that legal services play in all areas of society."
Photographs of the winners and the Law Society President are available via www.lawsocietyawards.co.uk
Download instructions are available on the website
Details of the awards and the achievements of the winners and highly commended are also from the press office
Further information on the awards is also available on the Law Society website www.lawsociety.org.uk
