Congratulations to our 2021 Finalists
The Irish Law Awards are delighted to announce the Finalists for the 2021 awards. These awards celebrate the outstanding achievements of the entrants throughout the country. They also recognise and reward the high standards of excellence standards and level of service that is being delivered in our industry.
After hours of consideration and discussions our Judging Panel are proud to announce the Finalists in each category.
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Alastair Purdy and Co
Crowley Millar Solicitors (Corporate/Commercial Team)
Gemma Neylon, Diageo Ireland
HBMO Solicitors LLP
J R Sweeney LLP
Lavelle Partners
MacSweeney & Company
Mullany Walsh Maxwells LLP
P. O’Connor & Son
Philip Lee
Reddy Charlton LLP
Ronan Hannigan, HBMO Solicitors
Sweeney McGann LLP
Wallace Corporate Counsel LLP
French Kenny Solicitors
John M. Quinn & Co
Jonathan Dunphy & Company
Michael Hennessy Solicitors
Michael J Staines & Company
Fitzsimons Redmond
Matheson
Mema Byrne BL
Philip Lee
Thomas Coughlan & Company
Congratulates its Category Finalists
Connacht/Ulster Employment Law Firm/Team/Lawyer of the Year
Alastair Purdy and Co
J.O.S Solicitors
MacSweeney & Company
Leinster Incl Dublin Employment Law Firm/Team/Lawyer of the Year
Anne O’Connell Solicitors
HBMO Solicitors LLP
Lavelle Partners
Lisa Quinn O’Flaherty – Fitzsimons Redmond
Mullany Walsh Maxwells LLP
O’Connor Solicitors
Philip Lee
Reddy Charlton LLP
Richard Grogan – Richard Grogan & Associates
Ronan Hannigan, HBMO Solicitors
Munster Employment Law Firm/Team/Lawyer of the Year
Martina Murphy Solicitors
Michelle Hayes- Hayes Solicitors Limerick
Sweeney McGann LLP
Congratulates its Category Finalists
Excellence & Innovation in Client Services Connacht/Ulster
J.O.S Solicitors
Michael Monahan Solicitor
P. O’Connor & Son
Excellence & Innovation in Client Services Dublin
HBMO Solicitors LLP
McGroddy Brennan Solicitors in association with LawOnline
McMahon Goldrick Solicitors
OSM Partners LLP
Paul W. Tracey
Richard Grogan & Associates Solicitors
Excellence & Innovation in Client Services Leinster
Blasco Solicitors
Denis Shelly Legal Costs Accountants Limited
Excellence & Innovation in Client Services Munster
Hogan Dowling McNamara Solicitors LLP
Houlihan Solicitors
Kieran Mulcahy Solicitors
McCarthy + Co. LLP
Michelle Hayes- Hayes Solicitors Limerick
Parker Law Solicitors
Pierse Fitzgibbon Solicitors
Congratulates its Category Finalists
Callan Tansey Solicitors
Donna Wilson Wilson Daly Solicitors
J.O.S Solicitors
McKenna and Co Solicitors
Michael Monahan Solicitor
Richard Grogan & Associates
RNL Solicitors
Tracey Solicitors
Congratulates its Category Finalists
Connacht/Ulster Family Law Firm/Team/Lawyer of the Year
Berwick Solicitors
Geraghty & Co., Solicitors
Leinster Inc Dublin Law Firm/Team/Lawyer of the Year
Nicola Muldowney – Muldowney Counihan & Co
Greg Ryan Solicitors
Keith Walsh Solicitor, Keith Walsh Solicitors
Sabina Purcell – Chief State Solicitors Office Family Law Team
Munster Law Firm/Team/Lawyer of the Year
Karen Tobin Comyn Kelleher Tobin
Maria O’ Donovan – Maria O’Donovan & Co
Sweeney McGann LLP
A&L Goodbody
Brian J McMullin Solicitors In-House Legal Team (BJM) headed by Orla Moran Solicitor
David Casey – Ryanair DAC
Fexco Group Legal
Gemma Neylon, Diageo Ireland
ICON plc – ICON Legal
Squarespace
Connacht/Ulster Lawyer of the Year
Brian J McMullin Solicitors
Damien Tansey Solicitors LLP
Jason O’ Sullivan, J.O.S. Solicitors
Shane MacSweeney – MacSweeney & Company
Dublin Lawyer of the Year
Anthony Fay, Anthony Fay & Company
Colman Bermingham, HBMO Solicitors
Hugh O’Neill, HBMO Solicitors
John M. Quinn, John M. Quinn & Co Solicitors
John Redmond, Fitzsimons Redmond
Liam Moloney, HBMO Solicitors
Lisa McKenna, McKenna Solicitors
Lisa Quinn O’Flaherty, Fitzsimons Redmond
Reza Nezam, RNL Solicitors
Richard Grogan, Richard Grogan Solicitors
Ronan Hannigan, HBMO Solicitors
Leinster Lawyer of the Year
Alvaro Blasco, Blasco Solicitors
Elaine Byrne, Regan McEntee & Partners Solicitors
Munster Lawyer of the Year
Bill Holohan – Holohan, Lane LLP
Kieran Mulcahy, Kieran Mulcahy Solicitors
Michelle Hayes- Hayes Solicitors Limerick
A Guide to Expert Witness Evidence, Mark Tottenham
Banking and Security Law in Ireland, William Johnston
Byrne and McCutcheon on the Irish Legal System
Charleton and McDermott’s Criminal Law and Evidence
Consumer and SME Credit Law, Nora Beausange
Divorce and Judicial Separation Proceedings in the Circuit Court: A Guide to Order 59, Keith Walsh
Dr Kieran Walsh, Child Protection Law
Evidence in Criminal Trials, Liz Heffernan
Internet Law, Michael O’Doherty
Irish Conveyancing Law, 4th edition, Prof John Wilie
Irish Securities Law, Paul Egan
Law for the Layperson, Paula Scollan
Law of Charities in Ireland, Oonagh B. Breen
The Special Criminal Court: Practice and Procedure, Alice Harrison
Twomey on Partnership
Congratulates its Category Finalists
Fitzsimons Redmond
J.O.S Solicitors
Lisa McKenna of McKenna and Co Solicitors
McCarthy + Co. LLP
McGroddy Brennan Solicitors in association with LawOnline
Michael Monahan Solicitor
OSM Partners
Richard Grogan & Associates Solicitors
Department of Law, Maynooth University
Faculty of Law, Griffith College
NUI Galway School of Law
School of Law and Government, Dublin City University
Congratulates its Category Finalists
Andrew O’Dwyer
Aoibh O’Connor
Cassie Roddy-Mullineaux
Ciara Ramsbottom
Coleen Wegmann
Conor Courtney
Danielle Drumme
Katie Ward
Linda Scannell
Maeve Charles
Mark McNulty
Matthew Mulrooney
Michaela Roche
Rebecca Cahill
Shane Mulcahy
Barry Brady – Michael Boylan Litigation Law Firm
David Acres – OSM Partners
Des Clohessy – Clohessy & Co Solicitors
Gemma Fuller of Wilson Daly Solicitors
Helaine Trumble – Callan Tansey Solicitors
Maria Crawford – Tracey Solicitors
Connacht/Ulster Litigation Law Firm/Lawyer of the Year
Carter Anhold & Co.,
Damien Tansey Solicitors LLP
Geraghty & Co.,Solicitors
J.O.S Solicitors
MacSweeney & Company
Niall Fox Solicitors
Leinster Incl Dublin Litigation Law Firm/Lawyer of the Year
Byrne Carolan Cunningham LLP Solicitors
Carmody Moran Solicitors
David Curran – Flynn O’Driscoll
HBMO Solicitors LLP
Lavelle Partners Dispute Resolution and Commercial Litigation Team
McMahon Goldrick Solicitors
Michael J Staines & Company
Paul W. Tracey
Philip Lee
Ronan Hannigan, HBMO Solicitors
Smithwick Solicitors
Munster Litigation Law Firm/Lawyer of the Year
McCarthy & Co. LLP
Sweeney McGann LLP
Congratulates its Category Finalists
Callan Tansey Solicitors
Damien Tansey Solicitors LLP
Geraghty & Co.,Solicitors
HBMO Solicitors LLP
Johan Verbruggen – Callan Tansey Solicitors
Lavelle Partners Medical Negligence Team
Martin Kerrigan – Berwick Solicitors
McCarthy + Co. LLP
McMahon Goldrick Solicitors
Michelle Hayes- Hayes Solicitors Limerick
Richard Grogan & Associates
Thomas Dowling – Hogan Dowling McNamara Sols LLP
Congratulates its Category Finalists
Connacht/Ulster Property Law Firm/Team/Lawyer of the Year
Geraghty & Co.,Solicitors
MacSweeney & Company
P. O’Connor & Son
Leinster Incl Dublin Law Firm/Team/Lawyer of the Year
Byrne Carolan Cunningham LLP
Colman Bermingham, HBMO Solicitors LLP
HBMO Solicitors LLP
Hugh O’Neill – HBMO Solicitors LLP
Lavelle Partners
Liam Moloney, HBMO Solicitors LLP
Lisa McKenna of McKenna and Co Solicitors
Hatstone (Ireland) LLP
Michael Crowley, Patrick F. O’Reilly & Company Solicitors
Mullany Walsh Maxwells LLP
O’Connor Solicitors
OSM Partners LLP
Philip Lee
Reddy Charlton Solicitors
Munster Law Firm/Team/Lawyer of the Year
Catherine O’ Brien, O’Brien Solicitors
Donna Wilson of Wilson Daly Solicitors
Sweeney McGann LLP
Congratulates its Category Finalists
Catherine O Brien – O’Brien Solicitors
Ciara O’Callaghan
Elaine Byrne – Regan McEntee & Partners
Geraghty & Co.,Solicitors
Jordan & Kennelly Solicitors
Lisa McKenna of McKenna and Co Solicitors
Mullany Walsh Maxwells LLP
P. O’Connor & Son
Susan Murphy – Make My Will Solicitors
Sweeney McGann LLP
Alvaro Blasco – Blasco Solicitors
Anthony Fay & Company
Aonghus Kelly – Irish Rule of Law
Ballymun Community Law Centre
Eithne Lynch – A&L Goodbody
Griffith College Innocence Project – Dr. Edward Mathews BL and Jane McGowan BL
Lisa Quinn O’Flaherty – Fitzsimons Redmond
Mercy Law Resource Centre
Michelle Hayes – Hayes Solicitors
Richard Grogan – Richard Grogan & Associates
Behan & Associates
Connect MedicoLegal Experts
Denis Shelly Legal Costs Accountants Limited
Erin Research
LawOnline
LEAP
LegalRSS
Mark Ronayne
MedLaw
Ormond Meeting Rooms
The Law Society of Ireland’s Diploma Centre
Connacht/Ulster Regional Law Firms
Brian J McMullin Solicitors
Callan Tansey Solicitors LLP
Damien Tansey Solicitors LLP
Geraghty & Co.,Solicitors
J.O.S Solicitors
MacSweeney & Company
Myles Staunton & Co
Dublin Regional Law Firm
Fitzsimons Redmond
French Kenny Solicitors
HBMO Solicitors LLP
McKenna and Co Solicitors
McMahon Goldrick Solicitors
Michael J Staines & Company
OSM Partners LLP
Philip Lee
Reddy Charlton LLP
Richard Grogan & Associates Solicitors
Leinster Regional Law Firm
Blasco Solicitors
Byrne Carolan Cunningham LLP
Munster Regional Law Firm
BHK Solicitors LLP
Dunne Solicitors
Hogan Dowling McNamara Solicitors LLP
Kieran Mulcahy Solicitors
MHP Solicitors
O’Donovan & Co Solicitors LLP
Sweeney McGann LLP
Flynn O’Driscoll Aviation Legal Team
GECAS
Mary Townsend, ASL Aviation Holdings
Connacht/Ulster Sole Practitioner of the Year
Jason O’ Sullivan – J.O.S Solicitors
Michael Monahan Solicitor
Niall Fox Solicitors
Leinster Incl Dublin Sole Practitioner of the Year
Alvaro Blasco – Blasco Solicitors
Anthony Fay, Anthony Fay & Company
Lisa McKenna of McKenna and Co Solicitors
Michael Hennessy – Michael Hennessy Solicitors
Nicola Muldowney of Muldowney Counihan & Co. Solicitors
Munster Sole Practitioner of the Year
Catherine O’Brien O’ Brien Solicitors
Jacquelyn E. Dunne – Dunne Solicitors
Bass Solicitors
Boyce Kelly Solicitors LLP
Conor McLaughlin & Associates
Fitzsimons Redmond
Richard Grogan & Associates Solicitors
Suzanne Parker, Parker Law Solicitors
Sweeney McGann LLP
Blasco Solicitors
Hatstone (Ireland) LLP
Connacht/Ulster Sole Principal of the Year
Conor McLaughlin & Associates
Donnacha T. Anhold – Carter Anhold & Co
Jason O’ Sullivan – J.O.S Solicitors
Michael Monahan Solicitor
Niall Fox Solicitors
Leinster Incl Dublin Sole Principal of the Year
Anne O’Connell Solicitors
Anthony Fay, Anthony Fay & Company
Finnian Doyle trading as Doyle & Company
Hibernian Law Solicitors
Michael Hennessy – Michael Hennessy Solicitors
Richard Grogan – Richard Grogan & Associates
Sharon McElligott – Murphy McElligott Solicitors
Wesley Hudson of Hudson Solicitors
Munster Sole Principal of the Year
Kieran Mulcahy, Kieran Mulcahy Solicitors
Martina Murphy Solicitor
Suzanne Parker, Parker Law Solicitors
Lyndsey Dillon – Kemple Gormley
P. O’Connor & Son
Stuart Gilhooly SC
Susan Ahern BL
Criminal Assets Section, Chief State Solicitor’s Office
Beaumont Hospital, Rachael Batten