Cream of the crop rise to the top

Law firm Weightmans has named 6 new partners and 14 associates in its annual round of promotions – bringing its partner total to 103 and the number of associates to 114.

The firm’s new partners are: Deborah Bannister (Healthcare - Birmingham), Rebecca Blythe (Large Loss - Liverpool), Sean Crotty (Intellectual Property – Liverpool), Andy Griffiths (Local Government - Birmingham), Clare Malpus (Large Loss - Leicester) and Paul Mcfarlane (Employment - London).

Weightmans’ managing partner Patrick Gaul congratulated the candidates, saying:

“These promotions are well deserved; it is due to the hard work and sustained efforts of them and their colleagues that we remain on target to secure our best ever financial result.”

The firm’s new associates are: Kate Adam (Employment - Liverpool), Nilesh Bathia (Healthcare - London), Clare Cheetham (Large Loss - Liverpool), Ian Critchley (Healthcare - Liverpool), Russel Daw (Disease - Birmingham), Katie Gemmell (Large Loss - Manchester), James Hough (Healthcare - Liverpool), Kellie Lacey (Transport - Manchester), Dipak Lad (Transport - Manchester), Adrian Le Monnier (Local Government - Birmingham), Asema Natha (Local Government - Leicester), Georgina Porter (Employment - Birmingham), Jawaid Rehman (Employment - Birmingham) and Lisa Wilkes (Large Loss - Liverpool).

The promotions follow a string of employment accolades garnered by the firm in 2009 including an impressive 3rd place in the Legal Week Employee Satisfaction Survey and a 7th place for diversity among Top 100 law firms in the 2009 Diversity League Table compiled by the Black Solicitors Network.