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Maddocks promotes 60

Following its naming of four new partners recently, national law firm Maddocks has elevated a “record” number of professionals to more senior roles, including 11 to special counsel, 17 to senior associate, 23 to associate, and nine in its support services team.

user iconJerome Doraisamy 29 May 2024 Big Law
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Earlier this month, Maddocks promoted four lawyers to its partnership. Now, it has unveiled a further promotion round ahead of the new financial year, with 60 professionals, including 51 lawyers, being elevated to more senior roles.

The firm has named 11 new special counsel: Melissa Jeremiah, Amber Nangia, Jacqui Picone, Steven Tang, Georgia Hunt, Jessica Herd, Jacinta Atkinson, Meredith Kennedy, Tamsin Webster, Tim McHugh, and Katie Kossian.

 
 

It has also appointed 17 new senior associates: Kirsten Sullivan, Joe Kozlowski, Rachel Grant, Jessica Cirnigliaro, Ella Clements, Charlie Wurm, Georgia Andrianakos, Stephen Dyason, Alisha Wright, Ella Rosetzky, Laura Cooke, Jenny Wong, Natasha Faigenbaum, Duncan Brown, Alexander Ware, Isabelle Heath, and Susanne Rakoczy.

Elsewhere, Maddocks has elevated 23 lawyers to associate level: Amelia Hunter, Laura Dargan, Nick Cole, Eric Chen, Mitchell Kirk, Rebekah Parikh, Georgia Borg, Cheree Hart, Kiran Marfatia, Chloe Henry-Jones, Amelia French, Matthew Davidson, Lyndel David, Danielle Stranieri, Zak Gaddie, Lesley Chen, Charlie Liang, Danielle Pettit, Radhika Bhatia, Erica Balilo, Simone Luca, Rohail Azhar, and Sarah Monkhouse.

In its support services team, it has promoted the following: Jennifer King, Cindy Fung, Danielle Dickens, Nathan Begley, Amy Dickinson, Sally McCarthy, Michelle Farry, Lisa Gurney, and Jayde Summerhill.

Speaking about the promotions, Maddocks chief executive David Newman said: “It has been a transformational year for Maddocks on many fronts.

“We have continued to grow our practice teams to meet the rising demand from our expanding client base.

“It’s more important than ever that we continue to invest in the careers of our people together with exploring new technologies and innovative solutions to ensure we meet our clients’ ever-changing needs.”

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Jerome Doraisamy

Jerome Doraisamy

Jerome Doraisamy is the editor of Lawyers Weekly. A former lawyer, he has worked at Momentum Media as a journalist on Lawyers Weekly since February 2018, and has served as editor since March 2022. He is also the host of all five shows under The Lawyers Weekly Podcast Network, and has overseen the brand's audio medium growth from 4,000 downloads per month to over 60,000 downloads per month, making The Lawyers Weekly Show the most popular industry-specific podcast in Australia. Jerome is also the author of The Wellness Doctrines book series, an admitted solicitor in NSW, and a board director of Minds Count.

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