Portsmouth and Hampshire firm Larcomes Legal Limited has announced that Janice Ward will step down as its managing director on 1 October 2022, with Richard Hopgood appointed as the next managing director.
Janice joined Larcomes in September 1999, becoming managing director in 2007. Following her resignation from the role, Janice will now be taking a step back from her day-to-day management of the firm.
During the 15 years of her leadership, she has played a considerable part in the firm's growth and success, instilling the firm’s values of legal excellence and client care. Janice is a respected colleague and has been an inspirational managing director.
New managing director Richard Hopgood has been with the firm for over 20 years, and now heads up the industrial disease department. He has a clear vision for the future of Larcomes and will also be continuing his work within the industrial disease team.
Janice commented: 'I have been managing Larcomes for the past 15 years and have been involved in many challenges and exciting developments. It is now time for me to hand over the baton to my fellow director Richard Hopgood. I know that Richard has Larcomes’ best interests at heart and will continue to develop the firm further during more challenging times.'
Richard said: 'My great thanks to Janice for guiding Larcomes Legal Limited, over the last 15 years, into the progressive law firm that it has become. I will continue to focus on supporting and developing steady growth across several specialist areas of law over the coming years and welcome the opportunity to guide the firm in challenging times.'
