RWK Goodman celebrates legal rankings
RWK Goodman has been named as a leading law firm across multiple legal disciplines with 38 lawyers individually recognised by Chambers and Partners, and 11 partners featuring within The Legal 500’s elite ‘Leading lawyers’ list.
Every year, The Legal 500 and Chambers and Partners directories conduct the largest and most thorough analysis of the UK’s legal market, interviewing some 25,000 lawyers and their clients, and then ranking firms and their lawyers by legal discipline and location. Both are considered indispensable guides for the buyers of legal services.
In The Legal 500, RWK Goodman received six top tier rankings, with four of these in Clinical Negligence and Personal Injury, one in Family (South West) and one in Contentious Trusts and Probate (South West). The firm achieved 23 rankings overall – with improved rankings in Private Client: Personal Tax, Trusts and Probate, South West and Commercial Litigation: mid-market, London.
Tracy Norris-Evans and Katharine Mortimer have been included in Legal 500’s ‘Hall of Fame’, in Clinical Negligence (South East) and Corporate (South West), respectively. This tier highlights individuals who have received constant praise from their clients for continued excellence.
11 ‘Leading lawyers’ identified by The Legal 500 were: Paul Rumley, Simon Elliman, Richard Coleman, James Worrall, Tom Gilman, Amanda Noyce, Stuart Brazington, Louise Hart, Ian Carrier, Richard Brooks and Andrew Chalk.
In Chambers and Partners, across the UK and the Global High Net Worth guides, the firm and individual lawyers have been ranked in a total of 21 practice areas across London and the South.
Seven top band ratings were achieved. Two in Clinical Negligence (South West and Thames Valley); two in Personal Injury (also South West and Thames Valley); another two in Family (Somerset and Swindon) and a UK-wide top ranking in Sport: Horse Racing & Equestrian. RWK Goodman also achieved a number of improved rankings – including a new UK-wide ranking for Personal Injury: Industrial Disease.
38 RWK Goodman lawyers have been individually recognised in Chambers and Partners as Leading Individuals (31 Partners), Up & Coming Partners (2 lawyers), and Associates to Watch (5 associates).
Graham Street, Managing Partner, said: “The Legal 500 and Chambers and Partners has once again confirmed what we and our clients have known for quite some time – that RWK Goodman has extremely talented people.”