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BLJ Solicitors

06 December 2019
Categories: Movers & Shakers , Profession
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BLJ Solicitors welcomes five new recruits

Following a busy year for recruitment, North West law firm BLJ Solicitors has recently welcomed a further five members of staff.

Rebecca Steventon joins as a conveyancing paralegal, Gemma Stenson as a senior family paralegal and Sam Austin as a senior conveyancer.

Managing Partner Mike Leeman said: ‘We’re delighted to have recently welcomed into the team five additional members, in areas such as conveyancing, family law and commercial law. It’s been great to welcome in a number of young professionals who are eager to enhance their careers with our help.’

Mike also added: ‘We recently welcomed Terry Otty to the team as a commercial litigator and as an experienced solicitor in this field, we are confident that he will be instrumental in helping us to establish this area as a department in its own right to complement our current private client work.’

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