National family law firm expands further with three new recruits

Hall Brown hires new solicitor and two new paralegals

Hall Brown Family Law has further increased the size of their Family Law team by recruiting three new members of staff.

Hannah Pilling has joined as a Solicitor from JMW Solicitors, while paralegals Hannah Durkin and Alexandra Marshall have moved from Stewarts and Bennett Griffin respectively.

Their arrivals bring the number of individuals hired by Hall Brown since the start of the summer to eight.

Managing Partner James Brown described how the new appointments complemented the continued investment in developing the careers of Hall Brown’s existing staff.

He added that the latest wave of recruitment at the firm demonstrated Hall Brown’s ability to attract talent despite difficulties with recruitment throughout the legal profession. He stated:

“There is common consensus that we are in something of a tight labour market right now, with even more competition between firms than normal for lawyers who express an interest in moving jobs. I’m delighted to say that we are something of a destination for those eager to progress their careers. We have been keen from the very start to create a culture capable of appealing both to juniors and to individuals with vast experience.

What has become apparent is that it is not just down to the work that we do and the calibre of the people we are lucky enough to have doing it. We have invested heavily in ensuring that our staff have the support which they need to deal with a workload which can be complex and quite challenging.

In that sense, the kind of efforts which we were making even before the pandemic struck are continuing to pay dividends as lawyers consider which firms they might want to join.”

The firm’s also awarded training contracts in September to three individuals – Sky Langwieser, Rachel Cocker, and Savannah Davies.

The latest hires means that Hall Brown now employs a total of 59 people, 45 of whom are fee earners. In the last full financial year, the firm saw its turnover increase from £4.1 million to £5.4 million.

Brown concluded:

“We count ourselves as fortunate that those who come aboard stay with us.

That is down to the undoubted strengths of the team which we have assembled and the ability to do fascinating, high-quality work on behalf of our clients.”