Lee Dewhurst

I began my career in legal services as an office junior in the Magistrates court service in 1984.  Whilst there I obtained a law degree, then qualified as a solicitor in 1991, by which time I had become a magistrates legal advisor. I moved into private practice in 2001, where I joined a law fi...

Jillian Roach

I started my career as a Legal Executive at Croftons Solicitors LLP and spent the following 23 years there where I specialised in claimant personal injury work, in particular employers’ and occupiers’ liability cases, both litigated and non-litigated, gaining a wealth of experience.   I also spen...

Paul Sansom

Mia Edwards

Before joining Jefferies Solicitors I studied History at The University of Sheffield. I have previously worked in the technology department for John Lewis and as an Activity Monitor for a summer camp. My role as a Digital Marketing Assistant involves writing and organising content for the website...

Annie Bannister

Having already had a successful career in marketing, I started training for a legal career in 2016 and have just completed my Legal Practice Course and Msc in Law, Business and Management. I have worked at Jefferies Solicitors alongside my studies since 2018. My role has been very varied focus...

Darren Farrell

I worked as a Barrister’s Clerk from 2011 – 2019, working on civil, employment, chancery and family cases.  After that I worked from February 2019 to February 2020 at Pure Legal in Liverpool as a Court Diary Clerk. In my spare time I am a keen artist and have sold my work all over the world as...

Susie Bloor

Before coming to Jefferies in March 2020, I worked in marketing for a software company for 5 years and also worked in student services at a university for 10 years. I have completed a degree in Media with Management and have a second degree specialising in creative writing. I completed an appren...

Hayley Bird

I started my legal career at Pannone & Partners in January 2005, who were then taken over by Slater and Gordon in 2014.  I remained at Pannone/Slater and Gordon for almost 15 years.  I have extensive Claimant experience, having been fee earning for approx. 12+ years and have spent the majorit...

Michelle Csincsi

Prior to joining Jefferies Solicitors, I worked at a leading Clinical Negligence firm in Manchester assisting 1 Partner and 3 Solicitors in dealing with high value claims. I joined Jefferies Solicitors in August 2018 as a paralegal in the Catastrophic Personal Injury team. This role involved a...

Beth Morris

I joined Jefferies in January 2019 as a New Claims Handler within the Inception team and hope to go on to complete my training contract here. In the Inception team, we primarily deal with all the new enquiries which come into the firm. This involves assessing each claim individually to determi...

Greg Savvides

Before I joined Jefferies I completed the MA Law at the University of Law in London, applying for positions in law firms after I graduated whilst working in the service industry. I was grateful for the opportunity to join Michael Jefferies in July 2019 as a New Claims Handler in the inception ...

Emma Adams

After serving 8 years in Her Majesty’s Royal Navy, I started my legal career in Oxford for Henmans Solicitors. I have now been a personal injury lawyer for over 20 years. I have extensive experience working for both Claimant and Defendant law firms including ‘in-house’ at Insurance Companies w...

Emma Hughes

I qualified as a Fellow of the Institute of Legal Executives in September 2007, specialising in Employers and Public Liability accidents. I have over 18 years’ experience dealing with a variety of cases ranging in value and complexity. Prior to working at Jefferies Solicitors, I worked for anothe...

Debbie Gill

I have been employed by Jefferies Solicitors for 19 years as a Legal Assistant. My current position is to assist and support Monina Ramsden, Nadine Elkin and the Clinical Negligence team. I deal with Catastrophic Injury claims and Clinical Negligence claims acting on behalf of clients with bra...

Emma O’Brien

I joined Jefferies Solicitors in September 2019 as a Trainee Solicitor, after transferring my training contract from a boutique Manchester firm. I qualified as a solicitor in February 2020. I graduated from the University of Manchester and finished my legal studies at the University of Law in ...

Sumitra Malla

I joined the firm in October 2018 as a Paralegal in the Personal Injury Department. Before I started working at Jefferies I had just finished my Legal Practice Course and Master in Law at the University of Law in Chester. I am currently supporting the members of Karl Rushton’s team with all ma...

Carole Lawrence

I joined Jefferies Solicitors as a Legal Assistant in 2006 and work within a team headed by Karl Rushton. My job is to ensure my team members have the administrative support and services to enable them to carry out their work efficiently and smoothly. My workload is very varied from typing, sc...

Mike Tolen

I joined Jefferies Solicitors in October 2019 as an Inception Administrator. My role focuses on supporting the business with new enquiries for personal injury and medical negligence, including setting up new claims on our system and sending out relevant paperwork to clients. I have a strong ba...

Jennifer Dougal

After qualifying as a Solicitor in 2009, I have spent most of my legal career to date working for a Legal 500 firm where I specialised in running high-value personal injury and clinical negligence claims alongside an Industrial Disease caseload. I subsequently became the Operations Director and b...

Eileen Collier

I joined Jefferies as a receptionist nearly 10 years ago. My role as receptionist involved, amongst other things, taking calls and transferring them to the correct person, taking messages for those that are unavailable, dealing with deliveries, dealing with visitors and ensure they get a warm wel...