Digby Brown’s Lisa Gregory becomes president of Society of Advocates in Aberdeen

Digby Brown partner Lisa Gregory has been appointed president of the Society of Advocates in Aberdeen.

As well as heading Digby Brown’s Aberdeen office, Ms Gregory is a leading member of the legal sector in the North East of Scotland.

She has worked in Aberdeen specialising in personal injury law for over 20 years and is accredited by the Law Society of Scotland as a specialist in personal injury law and by the Association of Personal Injury Lawyers as a senior litigator.

Based in the city’s Concert Court, the Society of Advocates in Aberdeen has a diverse membership including sheriffs, academics, commercial, court, corporate, trust, executry, property, family, tax, international and local authority lawyers and in-house company lawyers. The society represents the interests of the Aberdeen legal profession to legal regulators, government and other bodies and also provides networking opportunities and a busy calendar of social events.

Ms Gregory said: “It is an honour to be taking on the role of president of the Society of Advocates in Aberdeen. I am really looking forward to working alongside the rest of my management committee during 2017.

“This is both an exciting and challenging time for the legal profession in Aberdeen and across Scotland. The Society of Advocates has an important role to play in helping lawyers in different fields develop, encouraging new people and talent into the sector and making sure our voice is heard during the various debates that are going on around the future shape of the legal sector.”