Principal Asbestos Lawyer

at  Thompsons Solicitors

DESCRIPTION

Thompsons Solicitors are a law firm unlike any other. With nearly 100 years’ experience of successfully representing clients of injury and mistreatment, we have the privilege of working with and supporting the Trade Union Movement and the people they represent.
With a commitment to integrity, excellence, and compassion, we have established ourselves as leaders in providing comprehensive legal services to our clients nationwide. We are now seeking a highly skilled and experience Lawyer to Lead our Northwest Asbestos team.

SKILLS, KNOWLEDGE AND EXPERTISE

• The ideal candidate is an admitted solicitor or Chartered Legal Executive with significant post qualification experience.
• You will also already possess strong supervisory skills with previous team management experience.
• You’ll have excellent client care and interpersonal skills, coupled with an enthusiasm for the development of less experienced team members, including by way of sharing your own knowledge and experience.
• The role requires the successful candidate to have experience in presenting to our trade union clients, charities and support groups, colleagues and at marketing events.
• The successful candidate will also possess awareness of the issues of costs litigation, sound business acumen and keen attention to detail.

• Manage a team of specialist Asbestos Lawyers across our Manchester and Liverpool offices.
• We encourage all of our lawyers to be strong advocates for the work we do and to actively engage in marketing and business development opportunities by cross selling services, e.g. with local/regional union officials and events.
• Dealing with our union clients and colleagues, as well as at other marketing events requires the candidate to have good understanding of the relevant statutory and common law legal practice and procedures with the ability to be able to clearly communicate this knowledge to your audience.
• Effective management and monitoring of yours and the teams cases, ensuring that cases are managed in line with our vision and values.