Hall & Wilcox promotes 76, including 11 to partner

The news follows the firm’s hiring of three insurance partners and a team from BigLaw rival Holman Webb in February, the addition of a former general counsel as a defence legal practice head in the same month, and the appointment of a partner in Canberra for its Commonwealth government practice in December.

The firm’s new additions to the partnership: Sam Baring (private clients, Melbourne), James Bull (corporate and commercial, Melbourne), Adam Dimac (taxation, Melbourne), Kate Frost (insurance, Darwin), Laura Hanrahan (private clients, Brisbane), Jennifer Kildea (insurance, Adelaide), Sarah Latham (insurance, Perth), Mark Lebbon (corporate and commercial, Adelaide), David Markham (dispute resolution, Melbourne), Adam Shaw (insurance, Melbourne), and Michelle Summerville (property and projects, Sydney).

Its new special counsel: Ebenezer Assibey-Bonsu (dispute resolution, Perth), Kizzy Bagga (insurance, Sydney), Natasha Curry (insurance, Sydney), Darcy Daly (insurance, Melbourne), Erin Doyle (insurance, Sydney), Sharmane Errey (insurance, Perth), Brieanna Gallagher (insurance, Newcastle), Brigitte Gasson (insurance, Sydney), Diana Germanoski (insurance, Sydney), Renelyn Green (insurance, Brisbane), Angelica Huang (banking and financial services, Melbourne), Jessica Luker (employment, Sydney), Caitlin Malone (insurance, Sydney), Bronwyn Nevin (insurance, Perth), Matt Peterson (employment, Sydney), Angela Pollard (insurance, Perth), Jeremy Roby (dispute resolution, Sydney), Lydia Shen (banking and financial services, Melbourne), Melissa Small (employment, Melbourne), Freya Soding (insurance, Perth), Todd Waugh (insurance, Sydney), and Arielle Zinn (dispute resolution, Sydney).

The new senior associates: Joshua Barry (dispute resolution, Sydney), Emma Bechaz (property and projects, Melbourne), Caitlin Byrne (corporate and commercial, Sydney), Patricia Camelo De Souza (insurance, Sydney), Emma Curry (insurance, Newcastle), Claude Davies (dispute resolution, Melbourne), Tatjana Frei (insurance, Melbourne), Camille Gray (insurance, Sydney), Michelle Harradine (dispute resolution, Sydney), Sarah Khan (banking and financial services, Melbourne), Kit Lam (insurance, Brisbane), Sal Lennon (property and projects, Melbourne), Jessica Liu (insurance, Sydney), Melinda Lovell (insurance, Brisbane), Declan McAleese (employment, Melbourne), Maddi McLean (insurance, Melbourne), Alana Meaney (dispute resolution, Sydney), Alessia Moujaes (employment, Melbourne), Gabby Mulry (insurance, Sydney), Larissa Pearson (insurance, Newcastle), Stephanie Rizk (dispute resolution, Melbourne), Jessie Spence (insurance, Perth), Suvetha Srikantha (insurance, Melbourne), Maddy Tait (corporate and commercial, Newcastle), Paris Townsend (insurance, Perth), Isabella Urso (private clients, Sydney), Ben Wilson (dispute resolution, Melbourne).

And those promoted in the firm’s corporate services team are Anton Bosnic (senior service desk technician), Gilda Carter (early careers manager), Kuol Deng (senior service desk technician), Hayden Doria (senior events adviser), Andy Gordon (finance manager), Samantha Hooper (senior manager – organisational development), Melanie James (senior manager – people and culture), Georgia Mansfield (P&C systems and reporting manager), Nicholas Miles-Gray (senior service desk technician), Tai Nguyen (applications manager), Debbie O’Brien (senior workflow developer/analyst), Anand Rajackal (senior systems engineer – cloud and security), Sarah Russo (senior legal operations manager), Monika Soszka (senior bids and pursuits manager), Beau Willis (bids and pursuits manager), Melinda Woledge (senior marketing and communications manager).

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Speaking about the promotions, the firm’s chief executive partner, Graydon Dowd, said the appointments demonstrated the firm’s growing national presence and ability to respond to clients’ business needs.

“The new partners come from six of our eight offices and practise in both the commercial and insurance areas,” he said.

“We have so much talent in this firm, and we celebrate everyone who has been promoted this year. Such a large number demonstrates the depth and strength of the firm, our national coverage and the opportunities that exist within the firm for our people to progress their career and reach their potential.

“I am confident that with people in the firm of the calibre of those who have been promoted, we will have continued success.”