Mrs Joanne Major > Major Family Law > Newcastle upon Tyne, England > Lawyer Profile
Major Family Law Offices
12 WEST ROAD
PONTELAND
NEWCASTLE UPON TYNE
NE20 9SU
England
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Mrs Joanne Major
Work Department
Matrimonial and family.
Position
Managing Director at Major Family Law
With 27 years’ experience under her belt, she is one of the most sought after and prominent finance family lawyers in the region. Her national profile is unmatched against her peers in the Northeast which is largely due to Joanne’s stand-out marketing aplomb and personal drive for innovation. In 2013 she won by a national public vote, Jordan’s Family Law Awards, “Most Innovative Family Lawyer” and her profile 10 years on has been consolidated with her recent nomination as a finalist in the Jordan’s Family Law Awards for Family Law Innovation once more.
Legal 500
In the latest edition of the Legal 500 Joanne is listed in the highly coveted Legal 500 Hall of Fame as an expert in the fields of divorce and financial settlement. Testimonials say of Joanne and the team: “Managing director Joanne Hilary Major leads a strong team made up of highly experienced senior family lawyers and junior solicitors providing a pyramid structure of knowledge to their clients” and “At Major Family Law Joanne Major has assembled a truly outstanding team made up of a mixture of highly experienced matrimonial lawyers and younger rising stars. The firm goes the extra mile to provide its clients with a very high quality of service and leaves no stone unturned in seeking to achieve the best possible outcome for them. I am very familiar with the matrimonial finance scene in Newcastle, as I am instructed by numerous firms in the city, but I have no doubt that the best matrimonial finance firm in the Newcastle/the North East is Major Family Law.”
Career
Trained Stanton Croft; qualified 1996;
Head of family department Watson Burton LLP 1999-2005;
Associate at niche practice 2006-09;
Founded Major Family Law in January 2009.
On the strength of her expertise, local reputation and innovative approach to business, Joanne has grown Major Family Law over the last 10 years from sole practitioner to a thriving practice of three partners, seven consultants, one associate, two assistant solicitors, one paralegal and seven supporting staff.
Memberships
Law Society
Lexis Nexis-PSL consulting editorial board
Education
Central Newcastle High School;
University of Northumbria (CPE and LPC); 1992-1994
Leisure
Travel and art.
Lawyer Rankings
North > Private client > Family
(Hall of Fame)Specialist family firm Major Family Law is well-regarded for its depth of expertise in all areas of family and child law, and acts for national and international clients; the department is supervised by managing director Joanne Major
. Anna Hunter is involved in complex children work, including international and internal relocations, and cases involving serious allegations of abuse, while Lucinda Connell covers high-value financial cases often with an international element. Sam Carter deals with complex children law cases, and Jonathan Dunkley represents high-net-worth clients in financial and business issues. Associates Calvin Walker and Stephanie Layton handle financial matters, and Sahil Aggarwal‘s practice covers a wide range of family matters. Other key members of the team are Rona Samuel, Katie Wright and Stacy Williams, who provides advice on children matters.