Ms Celia Thorpe > Burton Copeland Ltd > Manchester, England > Lawyer Profile

Ms Celia Thorpe

0161 827 9500 celiathorpe@burtoncopeland.com View profile

Work Department

Regulatory

Position

Celia is a highly experienced criminal solicitor who joined Burton Copeland in May 2022 and brought her vast wealth of experience and knowledge which she has developed in a career spanning almost 30 years in criminal law.

Her varied career means that she has seen criminal justice from almost every angle and is very well placed to provide expert advice based upon wide ranging practical experience.

Career

Her route along the legal path commenced at the Royal Courts of Justice, London where she worked as a civil servant in the Lord Chancellor’s Department. Following a move to the Midlands she worked for 6 years at the Probate Registry before taking on a role in criminal law and soon realising that this is where her passion lay.

Since then, she has worked in a variety of different roles within the criminal justice system including Crown Court Litigator and Criminal Defence Specialist. She qualified as an Accredited Police Station Representative in 2001 and as a solicitor in 2002 and went on to become a Senior Crown Prosecutor at the Crown Prosecution Service.