Record number of promotions in a year at Ellisons
18 May 2018
East of England member Ellisons Solicitors has recently promoted 10 lawyers, including three to partner and seven to associate. This number of promotions in a single year is unprecedented in the firm's rich history.
The promotions are spread right across the firm, reflecting the firm's commitment to increasing their focus on providing a wider range of specialist expertise and the firm's continued growth.
The new partners are Lisa Dawson and Scott Porter (both based at the Colchester office) and Gina Westbrook who is based in Clacton-on-Sea.
Lisa Dawson joined Ellisons as a trainee in 2002 and advises on a wide range of family law matters. Scott Porter is an insolvency and debt recovery solicitor who joined Ellisons in 2016 and now works in the firm's Dispute Resolution team. Scott's clients include large corporate entities, financial services firms and banks, insolvency practitioners, accountants, private companies and individuals.
Gina Westbrook joined Ellisons in 2008 and was promoted to associate in 2015. She specialises in all aspects of private client work.
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Further promotions in Colchester include Chloe Baldwin (Private Client), Imogen Dodd (Private Client), Rebecca Hempstead (Residential Conveyancing, Private Client) and Linda Osborne (Private Client) who have all become associates.
The Ipswich and Clacton-on-Sea offices have also experienced promotions with Catherine Frost (Private Client) and Katie Mayes (Private Client) from Ipswich, and Karen Healy (Residential Conveyancing, Private Client) from the Tendring branch all being promoted to the role of associate .
Managing Partner, Guy Longhurst, comments: “Ellisons is proud of the excellent service it offers to its clients, and these promotions, a record number this year, recognise the hard work of all who have been promoted and the continued expansion of Ellisons."