Three departments and six lawyers at a Shropshire law firm have been featured in the latest edition of a prestigious independent legal guide to the country’s best operators.
Chambers & Partners, which identifies and ranks the most outstanding law firms and lawyers annually, awarded three of FBC Manby Bowdler’s departments - Agricultural & Rural Services, Family & Matrimonial, and Private Client - the top possible status of Band 1.
The six Shropshire based lawyers in the guide were Telford based Anne Thomson, head of the firm's Family department, and Elizabeth Cleverley, a partner in the same team in Shrewsbury, Steven Corfield, who leads the county’s Agricultural & Rural Services team at Shrewsbury, and his colleague Sarah Baugh.
Philip Cowell (pictured below), a partner in Telford’s Family department, was given the status of a ‘recognised practitioner’ while Tom Devey, another lawyer in the Agricultural & Rural Services team, was ranked as ‘up and coming’.
FBC Manby Bowdler, which has offices in Wolverhampton and Willenhall as well as Shrewsbury, Telford and Bridgnorth, also achieved recognition for its Midlandswide Litigation team, with head of the team Guy Birkett also being including in the list of ranked lawyers.
Managing Partner Kim Carr said: “This is an outstanding result for FBC Manby Bowdler and has built on the success of last year when two departments and four lawyers from our Shropshire team were included in the Chambers guide.
“The ratings are a reflection of the hard work and stellar customer service we deliver to our clients and are particularly gratifying for us as they are based on independent research and customer feedback.”
Earlier this year the 2016 Legal 500 Directory named FBC Manby Bowdler as a top tier firm for Agriculture & Estates, Contentious Trusts & Probate, Family, and Commercial Litigation.
The firm now employs more than 200 people across Shropshire and the wider Midlands and has an annual turnover of nearly £12 million.
Sarah Baugh (left), Steven Corfield (second left) & Tom Devey (centre) all received recognition and are pictured with solictors Fiona Sedgley and Anna Russell.
