JMW boosts family team with two new hires

LAW firm JMW Solicitors has boosted its family team with two new hires after the department passed through the £1m fee income milestone for the first time.

JMW began a step-change of its family offering by hiring veteran former Pannone duo Catherine Jones and Beth Wilkins in late 2011.

The latest recruits are Eleanor Aguirre, who joins the team from near neighbour Pannone and Holly Tootill joins from Thomas Eggar, a firm based in Crawley, West Sussex. The new arrivals takes the team from eight to 10 fee earners.

Joy Kingsley, senior partner at JMW said: “Since Catherine Jones and Beth Wilkins have arrived at JMW there has been an unprecedented increase in both quality and quantity of work into the department and the increase in workload and fee income has meant the team has been able to grow quickly.

“We are delighted to welcome Holly and Eleanor to JMW. The new family team has made a tremendous impact over the past 18 months.”

Spinningfields-based JMW says its family department’s clients include plc chairmen, medical consultants, media personalities, sportsmen and entrepreneurs