2019 In-house Rising Star award shortlist announced

2019 In-house Rising Star award shortlist announced

Five newly qualified, in-house solicitors have been shortlisted for the 2019 Law Society of Scotland In-house Rising Star Award.

A total of 13 nominations were put forward for consideration, the highest number since the award was introduced in 2013 to celebrate emerging talent in the in-house legal community.

The five finalists are:

Sean Dorian (3-years PQE) – Cloudhelix Ltd
Caroline Douglas (1-year PQE) – Lloyds Banking Group
John Frame (2-years PQE) – Serco Ltd
Jennifer Livingston (2-years PQE) – East Dunbartonshire Council
Emma McBride (4-years PQE) – East Dunbartonshire Council

David Boag, from the Law Society’s In-house Lawyers Committee and who lead the judging team, said: “The In-house Rising Star Award is a wonderful opportunity for us to showcase the up-and-coming talent we have within the in-house legal sector and, importantly, is a chance for organisations to acknowledge the talented individuals in their teams.

“The quality of candidates nominated for the award is always very impressive, but this year’s candidates were truly exceptional. All 13 of our nominees have achieved a remarkable success early in their careers and have proven themselves to be a real asset to their organisations and also within their local communities.

“It was extremely difficult for us to come up with our shortlist of five. We’d like to thank everyone who took the time to nominate their colleagues, in particular the in-house team at East Dunbartonshire Council who put forward four fantastic nominations.

“We’d also like to highlight the nomination by Marathon Oil for their trainee Martyn Ross, who sadly passed away in November 2018. Martyn made an enormous contribution during his traineeship with the organisation and clearly had an exceptional career in front of him. We know Martyn is very much missed by his colleagues and we’re very pleased they chose to recognise his achievements through their nomination.

“Everyone on the shortlist has demonstrated exceptional qualities and all of our five finalists would be very worthy winners – as judges we have a very hard task ahead of us in choosing our Rising Star for 2019.”

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