Ashtons Legal appoints 17 new Associates

Ashtons Legal announces the appointment of six new Senior Associates and 11 new Associates from within the firm.

Promoted to Senior Associate level are Joanna Cotgrove, Roger Loomes and Emma Starr.

Joanna Cotgrove leads the Family team in Cambridge and both Roger Loomes and Emma Starr work in the Ipswich office in the top-tier personal Injury and Business Systems teams respectively.

Promoted to Associates are Ross Blows, Zoe Byford, Amanda Cavanagh, Naomi Everett, Sophie Hearle, Jacqui O’Neill, Tony Shord and Alice Trainor.

Working in Ashtons’ Bury St Edmunds office are Ross Blows in the Court of Protection team, Zoe Byford, Executive Assistant to the CEO and COO, Amanda Cavanagh in Medical Negligence, Naomi Everett from Residential Property, Sophie Hearle from French property and Jacqui O’Neill from the firm’s Facilities and Admin team.

In Ipswich, the new Associate is Tony Shord from the Personal Injury team.

Alice Trainor is the final Associate – she is based in the Norwich office and works in the Dispute Resolution team.

On route to their promotions, all completed the Becoming an Effective Leader and Leading Effective Teams programmes that Ashtons’ deliver internally.

Ashtons CEO, James Tarling says: “These appointments demonstrate the commitment we have to investing in the professional development of our staff and I would like to personally congratulate all on this huge achievement, which is richly deserved. It is always rewarding to be able to promote talented team members from within the firm and to recognise the work they all do to meet a wide range of legal needs across the region and beyond”.