David Brown : Partner and Member of the LLP

David has three children and eight grandchildren. He is a law graduate of The London School of Economics and qualified as a solicitor in 1972. David is a past president of The Suffolk and North Essex Law Society. He deals mainly with commercial property and insolvency, and elderly client issues. David is a qualified mediator.

Interests outside the law are reading and clay-pigeon and target shooting.

Bryan Johnston: Partner and Member of the LLP

Bryan originally came to Colchester having served with the British Army. He has three teenage children. Bryan left the Army after commanding an infantry company during the Gulf War. He is a former Tendring District Councillor and stood for Parliament at the 1997 election.

Bryan specialises in commercial and civil litigation and is a qualified mediator.

Lauren Sadler: Partner and Member of the LLP

Lauren is a graduate of Anglia University and qualified as a solicitor in 2001. She specializes in matrimonial and childcare. Outside the office she looks after her three small children and enjoys horse-riding when time permits.

Sue Mullis

Sue has been with the firm since 1975 and qualified as a Fellow of the Institute of Legal Executives in 1994. She specialises in Probate and Wills. Sue is also a Commissioner for Oaths. She is a widow with two children. Sue enjoys walking and is an avid reader. (http://www.step.org/)

Alison Hanna: Senior Solicitor

Alison, from County Down, qualified as a solicitor in 1997. She obtained a degree in English Law from Dundee University before completing the Legal Practice Course at the College of Law in Chester. Alison completed her training contract in Colchester before commencing a position in Clacton specialising in family law.
Alison joined GoodyBurrett in 2000 and trained as a Collaborative Lawyer in 2006 http://www.clear.gb.com. Alison is a member of Resolution http://www.resolution.org.uk.  Her interests include horse riding, skiing, hill walking and sketching.

Linda Gant

Linda has retired from the firm after 43 years service.

Robert Macaulay: Licensed Conveyancer

After being educated at Felsted and London University Robert farmed on the family farm in North East Essex for 30 years. He was involved both at local and national level in farming policy matters. He particularly enjoyed his work on the Essex NFU Legal Assistance Committee. He changed career in 2000 and joined GoodyBurrett as a part of the conveyancing team with a special interest in land transactions and agriculture. Robert's interests include the countryside, bird watching, walking, music, reading and bowls.

Robert Everett : Solicitor Associate

Robert is also a law graduate, and qualified as a solicitor in 1998. His speciality is company and commercial work and deals with a volume of business sales and acquisitions. Outside interests are mechanical engineering and motorcycles.

Andrew McPhee: Litigation Paralegal

Andrew claims to be interested in law having spent most of his formative years as a Magistrates clerk. However the firm’s genealogist suggests his interest in law stems from when the McPhees came ashore at Harwich having jumped ship on-route to a penal colony. Andrew is married with four sons.

Berni Longshaw: Fellow Institute of Legal Executives

Anna Morley: Solicitor

Anna is a graduate of the University of Leeds and qualified as a solicitor in April 2007.  Whilst doing her Legal Practice Course at Nottingham Law School, she came top in her year for Family Law and won the Resolution Family Law prize.  Anna specialises in family law and enjoys the diversity that this area of law offers.  Anna arranged our Lexcel accreditation and was responsible for the successful three peaks challenge.

Donald Fraser Howe: Solicitor Associate

Don qualified as a solicitor in 1976. He has a great deal of experience in many areas of the law, including land disputes, probate, conveyancing and business sales and acquisitions. Don is married and has four children and numerous grandchildren. Outside interests include sailing.

Victoria White: Solicitor

Victoria has just returned to the Wills, Trust and Probate department having finished her maternity leave.

Aileen Hirst: Trainee Solicitor

Aileen Hirst is now embarking on her second career having left the City in 1998 to look after her two sons whilst of pre-school age. She graduated from Essex University in 2006 with a First Class Honours degree and recently completed the LPC at Anglia Ruskin University, gaining Distinction.  Aileen is the firm’s current trainee solicitor. Her interests include skiing, entertaining and supporting her sons’ local football teams.

Miyako Abiko: Paralegal support

Donna Williams: Conveyancing Secretary

Susan Chamley: Commercial Secretary

Sue Eade: Legal Secretary

As a Law firm, accuracy and clarity are our watchwords, therefore, when Sue joined us from Collins Tovell, we were pleased to note that she is actually called Marian. Marian is a highly trained Probate Secretary and therefore it has been no surprise thatnow works in the Family Department.

Jane Maher: Legal Secretary

Jane did not have any hobbies or interests on her CV she just had “ key skills”. This is not an ability to get into a building when it is locked… or so we thought. Remember the wild child who drove the Black Mini in the Italian Job? Well Jane drives a Black Mini.

Kay Quantrill : Conveyancing Secretary

Linda Steward : Secretary and PA to Lauren Sadler

Yvonne Walsh : Litigation Secretary

Charlie Lawson: Conveyancing Secretary

Pat Bolton : Family Secretary

Pauline Hodgson : Legal Support Assistant

Heather Barnard: Receptionist

Glenda Alliston: PA to David Brown and Commercial Conveyancing Secretary

David Lawton : Consultant

David read law at Oxford and was admitted as a solicitor in 1967. He is a Higher-Court Solicitor Advocate in criminal matters and is a past chairman of the national Legal Aid Practitioners’ Group. David is a non-practising consultant of the firm, but has a wealth of knowledge and experience on which we can all draw. He is now able to spend more time on his passion for sailing.