Excellence awards 2010: Shortlist

Congratulations to the shortlisted entrants to the Law Society Excellence Awards 2010.

Awards for firms/teams

Excellence in Community Investment

Sponsored by Deloitte

• InterLaw Diversity Forum for LGBT Networks
• Martin Searle Solicitors
• Freshfields Bruckhaus Deringer LLP
• Goodhand & Forsyth Solicitors
• Pinsent Masons LLP
• Linklaters LLP
• Allen & Overy LLP - Partnership with South West London Law Centres
• Huddersfield Law Society Uganda Twinning Committee

Legal Sector Alliance Award for Excellence in Environmental Responsibility

Sponsored by Canon

• Clifford Chance LLP
• Simmons & Simmons
• Freshfields Bruckhaus Deringer LLP
• Olswang LLP
• Wragge & Co LLP
• Lanyon Bowdler LLP

Excellence in Client Service

Sponsored by Iron Mountain

• Shoosmiths
• Scarborough Borough Council
• Rosie Bracher Solicitors
• Fasttrac Solicitors, a trading division of The Stokes Partnership Solicitors
• Bains Cohen Solicitors  

Excellence in Marketing & Business Development

• Bains Cohen Solicitors
• Allen & Overy - Marketing and BD Team
• DGB Solicitors
• Adams Moore Solicitors Ltd
• TPP Law Limited
• Weightmans LLP - Business Development Team

Lexcel Award for Excellence in Practice Management

Sponsored by Lloyds TSB Commercial

• Brethertons LLP
• Leeds City Council - Legal Services
• Pannone LLP
• Arnold Greenwood Solicitors
• BTMK Solicitors LLP
• TV Edwards LLP

Excellence in Innovation

Sponsored by TikitTFB

• Matthew Arnold & Baldwin LLP
• Clifford Chance LLP - CC Search
• Eversheds LLP - Legal Clubbing
• Asserson Law Offices
• Bains Cohen Solicitors
• Freeth Cartwright LLP

Excellence in International Legal Services

Sponsored by American Airlines

• Collyer Bristow LLP
• Clifford Chance Africa
• Bond Pearce LLP
• James Love Legal Ltd
• Alberto Perez Cedillo Spanish Lawyers and Solicitors
• Marriott Harrison

Excellence in Learning & Development

Sponsored by Prime Professions

• Eversheds LLP
• Brethertons LLP
• Adams Moore Solicitors Ltd
• Staffordshire County Council Legal Services Unit
• The College of Law/International Bar Association: LL.M in International Legal Practice
• Roberts Jackson Solicitors
• Thomas Eggar LLP
• Northumbria University, Student Law Office
• Linklaters LLP

Excellence in Equality & Diversity

• Simmons & Simmons LLP
• The InterLaw Diversity Forum for LGBT Networks
• The College of Law/The Sutton Trust: Pathways to Law
• Hogan Lovells
• Wragge & Co LLP

Awards for individuals

The Law Society Gazette Legal Personality of the Year

• Carol Storer, Legal Aid Practitioners Group
• Des Collins, Collins Law (Corby personal injury case)
• Sandie Okoro, global general counsel, Barings Asset Management
• Christina Blacklaws (Family Legal Aid)
• Bernard Shepherd (HBJ Gateley Wareing), ex-pres Birmingham Law Society, Birmingham Futures

AWS Legal Business Woman of the Year

Sponsored by Orange

• Emma Hawksworth, Russell Jones & Walker
• Elaine Chapman, Weightmans LLP
• Margaret Jean Adams, Margaret Adams Law

Legal Executive of the Year

• Ms Christine Williamson
• Lorraine King
• Sioban Calcott
• Clare Cain
• Sharon Housden
• Harbens Kaur

Solicitor Advocate of the Year

Sponsored by Logica

• Ruth Barber
• Razi Shah

Junior Lawyer of the Year

Sponsored by Zurich

• Rizwana Kauser
• Matthew Townsend
• Lisa Morgan
• Laurie Trounce
• Gemma Vine
• Beth Wanono
• Amy Oakley
• Amy Burns Scollan

Solicitor of the Year - In-house

Sponsored by Hiscox

• Natasha Singarayer
• Margaret Byrne
• Steven Zdolyny
• Anna Gardner

Solicitor of the Year - Private Practice

Sponsored by DX

• Daniel Winterfeldt
• Mohammed Idris Mir
• Jules Carey
• Nigel Priestley
• Kate Harrison
• James Stewart