A Cumbrian solicitors has expanded their family law department.
Bendles LLP has recruited senior associate solicitor, Emma McGrath to the team, who were recently listed in the Legal 500 – the leading guide to law firms and solicitors in the UK.
Emma has been a solicitor since 2008. Her career began as a legal assistant, before joining a specialist family law firm in Manchester in 2005 where she undertook her training contract and qualified as a solicitor in 2008. She completed a full-time training contract whilst studying part-time at law school in Chester.
In 2014 she joined a large multidisciplinary law firm where she worked for eight years as a family law solicitor. She was brought into the firm to head up one of their offices and to build up their financial workload. She was one of the first solicitors in the firm to become an associate and within 12 months was made senior associate. Shortly after, she was made head of the firm’s family law department and a partner.
Emma is also a member of Resolution working towards accreditation in complex financial remedies. She is also a trained mediator.
She said: “I am really excited to be part of the Bendles family law team. It is very early days, but I have found the team to be really friendly and welcoming. I have started out with just a hand-full of cases, but am looking forward to helping the department grow.”
Rebecca Tonkin, partner and head of the family law department, added: “We are delighted to welcome Emma to Bendles. Her vast knowledge and experience of all aspects of family law is really going to be an asset to the team. With our recognition in the Legal 500 last year, it is only a natural progression to grow the team further, develop our business and help even more people.”
Bendles Solicitors has been operating in Carlisle for over 200 years. In 2018 it opened an office in Wigton.
