Our People

Every member of Hall Brown Family Law has been handpicked from a top family law team with the aim of offering clients fantastic service, a no-nonsense approach and the best possible outcome. Each of our lawyers is a member of Resolution, an organisation committed to non-confrontational solutions to divorce, separation and other family law issues.

James Brown

Managing Partner/Founder

James is a founding partner of Hall Brown and is one of only a handful of family lawyers to represent a client in the Supreme Court.

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Sam Hall

Senior Partner/Founder

Sam is a founding partner of Hall Brown and is listed as one of the top 10 family lawyers in the country.

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Andrew Newbury

Partner

Andrew brings over 25 years of experience to this family law practice and is recognised for his technical expertise.

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Beth Wilkins

Partner

Beth Wilkins has been a family lawyer for over 30 years and is described as the “doyenne of family law”.

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Claire Reid

Partner

Claire has significant experience in dealing with complex financial settlements including companies, offshore assets and trusts.

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Izzy Walsh

Head of London

Izzy Walsh is the head of Hall Brown’s London office, a member of the British Russian Law Association, British Ukrainian Law Association and the International Bar Association.

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Laura Guillon

Senior Associate Solicitor

Laura is half French and bilingual and specialises in all areas of family law with emphasis on financial proceedings and international relocation of children.

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Abigail Lowther

Senior Associate Solicitor

Abigail deals with all aspects of family law with a particular interest in resolving financial disputes on divorce for high net worth individuals.

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Katie Welton-Dillon

Head of Children Family Law Team

Katie is known for her clear and structured approach, her meticulous preparation and her exceptional level of client care.

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Anita Scorah

Senior Associate Solicitor

Anita`s extensive background in family work equips her well for dealing with a broad range of situations encompassing financial and child related matters.

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Alice Rogers

Associate Solicitor

Alice trained with Sam and James and qualified in September 2015. She works on a variety of family law issues including complex high value financial settlements.

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Ellen Walker

Associate Solicitor

Ellen has a wealth of experience assisting on high value financial settlements, complex family trust structures and cases with an international element and gives all her clients a first class service.

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Melanie Kalina

Senior Solicitor

Melanie is an experienced advocate and specialises in children law including Special Guardianship orders, adoption and child welfare issues and is a member of the Law Society Children Panel.

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Judith Klyne

Solicitor

Judith has experience dealing with a wide variety of family matters, including complex financial remedy cases. She has also assisted in the drafting of prenuptial and postnuptial agreements.

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Sarah Hewitt

Solicitor

Sarah advises and represents clients on all aspects of divorce and dissolution, high value complex financial settlements, child arrangement and cohabitation disputes.

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Hannah Baddeley

Solicitor

Hannah qualified as a solicitor in April 2019 and prides herself on her communication skills and approachable manner and strives to provide a first class service to all clients.

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Andrew Scott

Solicitor

Andrew advises and represents clients on all aspects of divorce and dissolution, financial settlements, child arrangement matters and cohabitation disputes.

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Rachael Brownlee

Solicitor

achael advises and represents clients on all aspects of divorce and dissolution, financial settlements, child arrangement matters and cohabitation disputes.

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Emma Godefroy

Solicitor

Emma advises and represents clients on all aspects of divorce and dissolution, financial settlements, child arrangement matters and cohabitation disputes.

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Sky Langwieser

Paralegal

Sky obtained distinctions in her Family Law modules and strives to provide the best client care and support, whilst ensuring clients are happy and at ease with the legal process

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Rebekah King

Trainee Solicitor

Rebekah secured an upper second class with honours in her LLB excelling in the Family Law module and strives to provide the highest level of client support.

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Jodi Ford

Paralegal

Jodi joined the team in July 2018 having completed her law degree at BPP whilst simultaneously working full time. She also sits on the Fostering Panel.

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Rebekah Hunt

Paralegal

Rebekah Hunt completed her degree at Surrey University and achieved a distinction in her LPC at Manchester University of Law and joined the firm in January 2019.

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Nicola Noort

Paralegal

Nicola practiced law in New Zealand for two and a half years before moving to London in 2016 and is studying to qualify as a solicitor of England and Wales.

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Liam Kelly

Paralegal

Liam joined the team in April 2019 whilst completing his BPTC and LLM in Legal Practice at BPP in Manchester having graduated from the University of Leeds.

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Jo Wilson

Office Manager / Legal Secretary

Jo is a highly experienced multi-award winning office manager/PA/legal secretary of over 30 years who has specialised in family law for the last 23 years.

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Eve Butters

PA and Legal Secretary

Eve has spent her career as a legal secretary and has specialised in family law for 17 years meaning she is familiar with all stages of the legal process.

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Hayley Flaherty

Legal Secretary

Hayley has worked for a number of family solicitors at varying levels for 13 years and has also successfully achieved her CILEX qualification.

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Cathy Matthews

Legal Secretary

Catherine’s knowledge and expertise of family law legal process allows her to provide support with both confidence and with the highest quality.

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Lisa Burgess

Legal Secretary

Lisa joined Hall Brown in May 2018 and is a highly experienced legal secretary having spent her whole career in law; specialising in family law for the last 14 years.

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Jessie Watkins

Legal Secretary

Jessie joined Hall Brown in February 2019 and has over four year’s family law experience and is highly efficient to help clients to the best of her ability

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Gillian Sadler

Legal Secretary

Gill has worked in the legal sector since 1989, working for a family law solicitors and then within a court of protection firm before joining Hall Brown in April 2019.

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Margaret Cole

Accounts Executive

Margaret is a highly experienced accounts executive having spent her whole working life in solicitors’ accounts and supports the whole team and clients with confidence.

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