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Ashtons Legal—17 associate appointments

17 May 2022
Categories: Movers & Shakers , Profession
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Law firm appoints multitude of associates

Ashtons Legal has recently announced the appointment of six Senior Associates and 11 Associates from within the firm.  

Promoted to Senior Associate level are Fabienne Atkin, Joanna Baker, Louisa Bradberry, Joanna Cotgrove, Roger Loomes and Emma Starr.

Fabienne works in Ashtons’ French property team in Leeds, Joanna Baker (pictured, third from the left) in the dispute resolution department in Ipswich and Bury St Edmunds, Louisa Bradberry (pictured, fourth from the left) heads up lifetime planning in Norwich, Joanna Cotgrove (pictured, second from the left) leads the family team in Cambridge and both Roger Loomes (pictured, far left) and Emma Starr work in the Ipswich office in the top-tier personal injury and business systems respectively. 

Promoted to Associates are Ross Blows, Zoe Byford, Amanda Cavanagh, Tom Chevous, Victoria Cole, Naomi Everett, Sophie Hearle, Jacqui O’Neill, Tony Shord, Emily Sullivan and Alice Trainor.

Working in Ashtons’ Bury St Edmunds office are Ross Blows (pictured, fourth from the right) in the Court of Protection team, Zoe Byford (pictured, centre right), Executive Assistant to the CEO and COO, Amanda Cavanagh (pictured, fourth from the right) in Clinical Negligence, Victoria Cole (pictured, far right) from the family team, Naomi Everett (pictured, third from the right) from residential property, Sophie Hearle from French property and Jacqui O’Neill (pictured, centre left) from the firm’s Facilities and Admin team.

In Ipswich, the new Associates are Tony Shord (pictured, fifth from the right) from the personal injury team and Emily Sullivan (pictured, fifth from the left) who is the firm’s PR and communications manager. 

Alice Trainor (pictured, second from the right) is the final Associate—she is based in the Norwich office and works in the dispute resolution team there. 

Ashtons CEO, James Tarling commented: 'I would like to personally congratulate all on this huge achievement, which is richly deserved. It is always rewarding to be able to promote talented team members from within the firm and to recognise the work they all do to meet a wide range of legal needs across the region and beyond'.

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