The LEAP Irish Law Awards are delighted to announce the 2025 Finalists. After hours of consideration and discussions, our Judging Panel are proud to announce the Finalists in each category.

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Allied Irish Banks, p.l.c.

BNP Paribas S.A., Dublin Branch

Nicola Nevin, Nicola Nevin & Co. Solicitors

P. O’Connor & Son

Sweeney McGann Solicitors LLP

Connacht/Ulster

Blake & Kenny LLP

Callan Tansey Solicitors LLP

Carter Anhold & Co. Solicitors

Lacey Solicitors

McGinley Solicitors LLP

Leinster

Baxter Mimnagh Solicitors

Ciarán Mulholland, Mulholland Law

Fiona Baxter, Baxter Mimnagh Solicitors

Paul Brady & Co. LLP

Dublin

Bernadette Barry, Bernadette Barry & Co

Doyle and Company LLP

Good & Murray Smith LLP

Harringtons LLP

HOMS Assist

John M. Quinn & Co.

 Lavelle Partners

McMahon Goldrick

OSM Partners LLP

WP Tweed & Co.

Munster

Green & Associates Solicitors

Katherina White, Katherina White Solicitors

McCarthy + Co. Solicitors LLP

Sheehy Solicitors

Sweeney McGann Solicitors LLP

Terence F. Casey & Co LLP Solicitors

Alastair Purdy LLP

Diageo Ireland

Gas Networks Ireland

Hugh J Ward & Co Solicitors

Kellanova Europe (formerly Kellogg’s) – European Legal Team

Lavelle Partners

Public Procurement Law Section Chief State Solicitor’s Office

Publicis Resources

Sinead Corcoran, Bon Secours Health System CLG

Stephen Keogh, MHP Sellors LLP

Sweeney McGann Solicitors LLP

Wilson Daly Solicitors

Ciarán Mulholland, Mulholland Law

Eleanor Kelly and Company

Eoghan McKenna, MSM Law Solicitors

Fergal Boyle, Eleanor Kelly and Company

Harringtons LLP

John M. Quinn & Co

Kiely McCarthy LLP

Michael Hennessy Solicitors

Michael J Staines Solicitors

Pádraig Langsch, Langsch & Cunnane Solicitors LLP

Patrick Horan, Patrick Horan Solicitors

Sheehy Solicitors

Diageo Ireland

Fitzsimons Redmond LLP

Green & Associates Solicitors

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Connacht/Ulster

Alastair Purdy LLP

Geraghty & Co., Solicitors LLP

Sonia McEntee Solicitors

Leinster/Dublin

Anne O’Connelll Solicitors

Averil Field, Field Solicitors

Crushell & Co

Doyle and Company LLP

Fitzsimons Redmond LLP

Ibec Employment Law Services Team

Lavelle Partners

O’Mara Geraghty McCourt

S.Tierney Law Firm

Setanta Solicitors

Wendy Doyle Solicitors

Munster

Aisling Irish, Parker Law

Comyn Kelleher Tobin LLP

Green & Associates Solicitors

Katherina White Solicitors

Ormonde Solicitors

Sweeney McGann Solicitors LLP

 Connacht/Ulster

Alastair Purdy LLP

Callan Tansey Solicitors LLP

Lacey Solicitors

Padraig Augustine Gleeson, Beau Park Law-Solicitors LLP

Dublin

Anne O’Connell Solicitors

Bernadette Barry, Bernadette Barry & Co

Carol McGuinness Solicitors

 Dillon Solicitors LLP

Finders International

Johnson Hana

Legal Administration Solutions

McMahon Goldrick

Mellissa English SC and Ramona Quinn, Solicitor – The Office of Parliamentary Legal Advisers

OSM Partners LLP

State Securities Section Chief State Solicitor’s Office

Leinster

 Coghlan Kelly Solicitors

Denis Shelly Legal Costs Accountants Limited

Elaine Byrne Solicitors

Munster

Green & Associates Solicitors

Jacob Law LLP

Kieran Mulcahy Solicitors

McCarthy + Co. Solicitors LLP

Sheehy Solicitors

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Anne O’Connell Solicitors

Bernadette Barry, Bernadette Barry & Co

Callan Tansey Solicitors LLP

Elaine Byrne Solicitors

Green & Associates Solicitors

Jacob Law LLP

Kieran Mulcahy Solicitors

McCarthy + Co. Solicitors LLP

McGinley Solicitors LLP

Mulholland Law

Sheehy Solicitors

The Office of Parliamentary Legal Advisers

Connacht/Ulster

Beau Park Law Solicitors LLP

Deirdre Brophy, Larkin Brophy Gillane LLP Solicitors

Geraghty & Co., Solicitors LLP

Margaret Mulrine, M M Mulrine & Co

Dublin

Aidan Reynolds, Partner, Keith Walsh Solicitors LLP

Carol McGuinness Solicitors

Dillon Solicitors LLP

Doyle and Company LLP

Leinster

Coghlan Kelly Solicitors

Eleanor Kelly, Eleanor Kelly and Company

Field Solicitors

Paul Brady & Co. LLP

S.Tierney Law Firm

Susan Webster, Susan Webster & Company

Munster

Annette Sheehan, ODS Solicitors LLP

Clíodhna O’Regan Solicitor, McCarthy + Co. Solicitors LLP

Katherina White Solicitors

Marcella Sheehy, Sheehy Solicitors

Maria O’ Donovan, Maria O’Donovan & Co

Pádraig Langsch, Langsch & Cunnane Solicitors LLP

Sheehy Solicitors

Suzanne Parker, Parker Law

Sweeney McGann Solicitors LLP

Terence F. Casey and Co LLP Solicitors

Tracie Nolan Solicitors

Allied Irish Banks, p.l.c.

BNP Paribas S.A. , Dublin Branch

Bord Gáis Energy Limited

Diageo Ireland

Irish League of Credit Unions Legal Team

Kellanova Europe (formerly Kellogg’s) – European Legal Team

Kerry Group p.l.c.

Portwest

Publicis Resources

Sinead Corcoran, Bon Secours Health System CLG

Supermac’s Ireland Limited

Winner will be announced on the night

Civil Recovery of Criminal Property by Colin King & Jennifer Hendry

From Hollywood to Hollywood by Paul Tweed

Human Rights and the Care of Older People by Dr Maeve O’Rourke

The Assisted Decision-Making Handbook by Emma Slattery

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Diageo Ireland

Jacob Law LLP

Kemple Gormley Solicitors

Kevin O Donoghue, O Donoghue And Associates

OSM Partners LLP

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Connacht/Ulster

Alastair Purdy LLP

Blake & Kenny LLP

Callan Tansey Solicitors LLP

Geraghty & Co., Solicitors LLP

Jordan & Kennelly

McGinley Solicitors LLP

Phoenix Law

Leinster

Byrne Carolan Cunningham LLP Solicitors

Baxter Mimnagh Solicitors

Coghlan Kelly Solicitors

Susan Webster & Company

Dublin

Anne O’Connell Solicitors

Coyne Solicitors

Crushell & Co

Doyle and Company LLP

Fitzsimons Redmond LLP

HOMS Assist

Hugh J Ward & Co Solicitors

Jessica Hickey of Hibernian Law

John M. Quinn & Co

McMahon Goldrick

Nicola Nevin & Co. Solicitors

OSM Partners LLP

Wendy Doyle Solicitors

WP Tweed & Co

Munster

Green & Associates Solicitors

Ishaq & Co

Jacob Law LLP

Kieran Mulcahy Solicitors

Langsch & Cunnane Solicitors LLP

McCarthy + Co. Solicitors LLP

MHP Sellors LLP

Parker Law

Sheehy Solicitors

SMD Solicitors

Faculty of Law, Griffith College

Maynooth University School of Law and Criminology

School of Law, University of Galway

School of Law, University of Limerick

Abdulai Mansaray
Technological University Dublin

Adam O’Carroll
Trinity College Dublin

Aisling Maloney
University College Dublin

Alannah Uí Geargain
 Kings Inn

Alex Casey
University of Limerick

Anne White O’Brien
University of Galway

Annie Forde
University of Galway

Boris Yu
Dublin City University

Colman Monaghan
 Universtity of Galway

Holly O’Brien
Trinity College Dublin

Kira Robinson
King’s Inns

Liesl Muller
University College Cork

Lorenzo Cheasty
Trinity College Dublin

Richard Bunworth
 University College Dublin

Connacht/Ulster

David McGinley, McGinley Solicitors LLP

Joanna Jordan, Jordan & Kennelly

Kyran McGinley, McGinley & Co LLP

Margaret McGinley, McGinley Solicitors LLP

Natasha Mc Dermott, McDermott Solicitors

Dublin

Anne O’Connell, Anne O’Connell Solicitors

Caolan Doyle, Doyle and Company LLP Solicitors

Cristina Stamatescu T/A CSHR Solicitors

John M. Quinn at John M. Quinn & Co.

Nicola Nevin, Nicola Nevin & Co. Solicitors

Paul Tweed, WP Tweed & Co

Setanta Landers, Setanta Solicitors

Wendy Doyle Solicitors

Leinster

Ciarán Mulholland, Mulholland Law

Elaine Byrne, Elaine Byrne Solicitors

Fiona Baxter, Baxter Barrister at Law

Karen M Clabby, Karen M Clabby Solicitors

Stephanie Tierney, S.Tierney Law Firm

Susan Webster, Susan Webster & Company

Munster

Dia Silverstein, SMD Solicitors

Geraldine Carey Legal Aid Board

Ishaq Alam, Ishaq & Co Solicitors

Kieran Mulcahy, Kieran Mulcahy Solicitors

Marcella Sheehy, Sheehy Solicitors

Pádraig Langsch, Langsch & Cunnane Solicitors LLP

Suzanne Parker, Parker Law Solicitors

Alex Casey
University of Limerick

Andrew McKeown BL,
Kings’Inn – Bar of Ireland

Dr. Brian Tobin
University of Galway

Erin International

LawEd Ltd.

Margaret Fitzgerald O’Reilly
University of Limerick

Richard Bunworth
University College Dublin

Rory Kelly
University of Galway

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Hugh J. Ward & Co. Solicitors

Nicola Murray, SMD Solicitors

Philomena Burke, Callan Tansey Solicitors LLP

Ralph McMahon, McMahon Goldrick Solicitors

Simon Urbanski, Law Centre

Tracey Farrell, Coyne Solicitors

Geraldine Carey Legal Aid Board

J.D. Scanlon & Co LLP

Joan Doran Solicitors

Mark Felton, Amorys Solicitors

Sheehy Solicitors

Connacht / Ulster

Blake & Kenny LLP

Callan Tansey Solicitors LLP

Geraghty & Co., Solicitors LLP

McGinley Solicitors LLP

Ruaidhrí Austin, Lacey Solicitors

Dublin

Bernadette Barry, Bernadette Barry & Co

Doyle and Company LLP

Good & Murray Smith LLP

HOMS Assist

Hugh J Ward & Co Solicitors

Lavelle Partners

McMahon Goldrick

Seán Fitzgerald, HOMS Assist

Leinster

Averil Field, Field Solicitors

Byrne Carolan Cunningham LLP Solicitors

Ciarán Mulholland, Mulholland Law

Eleanor Kelly and Company

Fiona Baxter, Baxter Mimnagh

Munster

Katherina White, Katherina White Solicitors

Laura Croke, Croke Medical Law

McCarthy + Co. Solicitors LLP

MHP Sellors LLP

Sheehy Solicitors

Wilson Daly Solicitors

Derek Walsh, MHP Sellors LLP

Elaine Byrne Solicitors

Griffith College Irish Innocence Project

Irish Women Lawyers Equality Association

Michelle Hayes, Hayes Solicitors

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Connacht / Ulster

Blake & Kenny LLP

Callan Tansey Solicitors LLP

Geraghty & Co., Solicitors LLP

Jordan & Kennelly

Padraig Gleeson of Beau Park Law, Solicitors LLP

Dublin

Doyle and Company LLP

Fitzsimons Redmond LLP

HOMS Assist

Lavelle Partners

Leinster

Averil Field, Field Solicitors

Byrne Carolan Cunningham LLP Solicitors

Coghlan Kelly Solicitors

Elaine Byrne Solicitors

Karen Clabby

S.Tierney Law Firm

Munster

Sheehy Solicitors

Sweeney McGann Solicitors LLP

Connacht/ Ulster

Blake & Kenny LLP

Geraghty & Co., Solicitors LLP

Julie Doyle, West Lex Solicitors LLP

McGinley Solicitors LLP

Natasha Mc Dermott, McDermott Solicitors

P. O’Connor & Son

Padraig Augustine Gleeson, Park Law Solicitors LLP

William Wilson, Lacey Solicitors

Dublin

Coyne Solicitors

Doyle and Company LLP

Hibernian Law

HOMS Assist

Hugh J. Ward & Co. Solicitors

Lavelle Partners

OSM Partners LLP

Leinster

Averil Field, Field Solicitors

Byrne Carolan Cunningham LLP Solicitors

Coghlan Kelly Solicitors

Paul Brady & Co. LLP

S.Tierney Law Firm

Munster

Helene O’Donovan 

Jacob Law LLP

Kieran Mulcahy Solicitors

Parker Law 

Sheehy Solicitors

Sweeney McGann Solicitors LLP

Terence F. Casey and Co. LLP Solicitors

Wilson Daly Solicitors

EirGrid PLC

Gas Networks Ireland

International Protection & Human Trafficking Unit, Legal Aid Board

Judicial Review Section Chief State Solicitor’s Office

The Parliamentary Services Legal Advisory Team – The Office of Parliamentary Legal Advisers

Aserve

Brian Comiskey, Law Clerks Incorporated

Call Pal

Certif

Currencies Direct

Denis Shelly Legal Costs Accountants Limited

Erin International

Finders International

Informa

James Northridge, UrAbility

John Conlon, Professional Tax Advisors

Johnson Hana

Law Society of Ireland Four Courts Consultation Rooms

Pearts Town Agents Ltd

Simpson Jones

The Expert Witness Site

Connacht/Ulster

Natasha Mc Dermott, McDermott Solicitors

Paul MacCormack, Paul MacCormack & Co

Sonia McEntee Solicitors

Leinster

Averil Field, Field Solicitors

Breda Cullivan & Co. Solicitors

Ciarán Mulholland, Mulholland Law

Elaine Byrne, Elaine Byrne Solicitors

Karen Clabby

Susan Webster, Susan Webster & Company

Dublin

Bernadette Barry

Cristina Stamatescu T/A CSHR Solicitors

Crushell & Co.

Wendy Doyle Solicitors

Munster

Ishaq Alam, Ishaq & Co Solicitors

Katherina White, Katherina White Solicitors

Laura Croke, Croke Medical Law

Maria O’ Donovan

Tracie Nolan, Tracie Nolan Solicitors

Connacht/Ulster

Carter Anhold & Co. Solicitors

Margaret Mulrine M. M. Mulrine & Co.

Sonia McEntee Solicitors

Dublin

Bernadette Barry

Jessica Hickey Hibernian Law

Michael Hennessy

Nicola Nevin, Nicola Nevin & Co. Solicitors

Setanta Landers

Munster

Donna Wilson, Wilson Daly Solicitors

Ishaq & Co.

Kieran Mulcahy, Kieran Mulcahy Solicitors

Marcella Sheehy

Susan Doyle, SMD Solicitors

Suzanne Parker, Parker Law Solicitors

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