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Chief Executive Officer

+447581469779
paul.wingfield@williamjamesrecruitment.com
https://www.linkedin.com/in/paulwingfield/

Paul is a dedicated & experienced CEO with a history of success in the legal recruitment industry. He works with top-tier law firms across the UK, handling retainer, lateral hire, mergers and acquisition projects.

Operations Director

+447712687129
laura.pagan@williamjamesrecruitment.com
https://www.linkedin.com/in/laura-paganwjr/

Laura is an accomplished Executive Assistant with over 13 years of experience supporting senior management and c-suite executives. She supports our leadership team and leads internal recruitment.

Finance Manager

+447904629945
ross.kane@williamjamesrecruitment.com
https://www.linkedin.com/in/ross-kane-wjr/

Ross is a finance & accounting specialist with over six years of experience in and around financial management, accounting, risk management, and investment strategy. He leads our in-house finance team on all matters relating to finance.

Associate Director
Commercial Litigation
National and International

+447944055476
alice.winter@williamjamesrecruitment.com
https://www.linkedin.com/in/alice-winter-911aa981/

Alice is an Associate Director working exclusively with boutique, national and international law firms. She is also a qualified Solicitor and previously worked at an international law firm specialising in commercial and property litigation.

Associate Director
Corporate and Commercial
Nationwide

+447931998526
Declan.young@williamjamesrecruitment.com
https://www.linkedin.com/in/declan-young-943979129/

Declan is a Corporate and Commercial specialist with a legal background, having gained five years experience with global law firm Clyde & Co. He focuses on lateral hires, partner and team moves.

Recruitment Consultant
Corporate and Commercial
Nationwide

+447376640525
dominika.holda@williamjamesrecruitment.com
https://www.linkedin.com/in/dominika-holda-8b177a14b/

Dominika is a first-class law and criminal justice graduate with experience working in multiple Legal 500 firms. She works with assistants, associates and legal directors.

Senior Recruitment Consultant
Employment and Immigration
Nationwide

+447904630131
oliver.hines@williamjamesrecruitment.com
https://www.linkedin.com/in/oliver-hines-07710321a/

Olly is a law and LPC graduate from the University of Liverpool. He previously worked with US law firms as part of a boutique recruitment company. He now focuses on lateral hires, partner and team moves.

Recruitment Consultant Crime and Regulatory National and International

07949 821 014abigail.lockett@williamjamesrecruitment.comhttps://www.linkedin.com/in/abigail-lockett-18a997216/

Abigail joined William James after gaining eight years’ experience as a Crime and Regulatory Barristers’ Clerk. She now works as a Legal Recruitment Consultant specialising in the Crime and Regulatory market.

Senior Recruitment Consultant Litigation and Dispute Resolution Nationwide

07506 994 088rhys.spencer@williamjamesrecruitment.comRhys Spencer | LinkedIn

Rhys is a Senior Legal Recruitment Consulting within the Litigation & Dispute Resolution Team at William James. He has 10 years recruitment experience with 6 years experience working closely with international, national, regional and boutique law firms.

Recruitment Consultant Litigation and Dispute Resolution Nationwide

07939 992 567siobhan.deeming@williamjamesrecruitment.comSiobhan Deeming | LinkedIn

Siobhan is a Litigation & Dispute Resolution specialist with a legal background having gained 8 years’ experience as a Solicitor Apprentice at a Top Tier law firm, primarily in Dispute Resolution and Real Estate.

Senior Recruitment Consultant
Real Estate, Construction and Planning
Nationwide

+447949315621
Alex.blackledge-murphy@williamjamesrecruitment.com
https://www.linkedin.com/in/alex-jay-b-753440203/

Alex joined us as an experienced legal recruitment consultant and specialises in real estate recruitment. He possesses a legal background, having previously worked as a paralegal at a Legal 500 boutique property practice.

Recruitment Consultant Residential Property Nationwide

07852 170 946sam.disley-joyson@williamjamesrecruitment.comSam Disley-Joyson | LinkedIn

Sam joined us an experienced legal recruitment consultant specialising in residential property and real estate. With a legal background in conveyancing, he brings practical insight to every placement.

Recruitment Consultant Real Estate Regions

07961 696 703sam.doughty@williamjamesrecruitment.comSamuel Doughty | LinkedIn

Sam is a Legal Recruitment Consultant at William James Recruitment, specialising in the UK Real Estate legal sector and partnering with boutique, regional, national, and Legal 500 law firms.

Recruitment Consultant Private Wealth Regions

07951 097 638robert.holland@williamjamesrecruitment.comRobert Holland | LinkedIn

Robert previously worked for legal 500 law firms specialising in property Law, with a focus on staircasing and Islamic finance. He now works with law firms across the UK specialising in private wealth recruitment.

Recruitment Consultant Private Wealth Regions

07496 883 721lauren.green@williamjamesrecruitment.comLauren May Green | LinkedIn

Lauren is a LLB and LPC graduate with over two years’ experience working within a national law firm. She moved into legal recruitment in early 2025 and now works in our private wealth team placing family and private clients lawyers.

Recruitment Consultant Court of Protection and Private Wealth Nationwide

+447939 986 652 rachel.thompson@williamjamesrecruitment.com(2) Rachel Thompson | LinkedIn

Rachel joined William James after gaining 9 years' legal experience working as a claimant personal injury and Court of Protection paralegal. She focuses on private wealth, COP, trusts, tax and estates recruitment.

Senior Recruitment Consultant
Court of Protection and Private Wealth
Nationwide

+447939992563
tara.halliwell@williamjamesrecruitment.com
https://www.linkedin.com/in/tara-halliwell-aa231910/

Tara has over 20 years of experience within the legal sector and has previously developed her own boutique legal support recruitment company. She is well-connected and possesses an extensive network of top-tier law firms and candidates.

Senior Recruitment Consultant
General Practice and Commercial
Home Counties

+447495117132
thomas.brown@williamjamesrecruitment.com
https://www.linkedin.com/in/tom-brown-wjr/

Tom is a specialist home counties recruitment consultant. He works across various legal disciplines, including litigation, family, private client, residential & commercial property, employment, and commercial law. He possesses an enviable client and contact list.

Recruitment Consultant General Practice and Litigation Home Counties

+447946 492 277nicole.skelland@williamjamesrecruitment.comNicole Skelland | LinkedIn

Nicole is a law graduate from the University of Liverpool and has experience working as a conveyancing paralegal at a legal 500 practice. She joined William James after gaining two years of sales and recruitment experience at Pareto Law.

Managing Consultant
Insurance, Healthcare and Personal Injury
Nationwide

+447376028332
danielle.lawton@williamjamesrecruitment.com
https://www.linkedin.com/in/danielle-lawton-wjr/

Danielle focuses on clinical negligence and defendant personal injury recruitment. She joined the business after working for leading law firms Hill Dickinson and Slater Gordon Solicitors within their multi-track personal injury teams.

Senior Recruitment Consultant
Insurance, Healthcare and Personal Injury
Nationwide

+447572062975
dawn.everton@williamjamesrecruitment.com
https://www.linkedin.com/in/dawneverton/

Dawn joined William James after working as head of recruitment at a national law firm. She previously ran her own legal recruitment business and possesses over twenty years legal recruitment expertise.

Senior Recruitment Consultant Personal Injury and Clinical Negligence Nationwide

+447376 640 524roya.ratcliffe@williamjamesrecruitment.comhttps://www.linkedin.com/in/roya-ratcliffe-755a7ab3/

Roya specialises in Claimant Clinical Negligence and Personal Injury recruitment. She joined William James after working for leading law firms, Fletchers Group and Hill Dickinson. She also worked in-house for the NHS within their legal services department

Senior Recruitment Consultant
Costs and Insurance Nationwide

+447496800407 alice.ferguson@williamjamesrecruitment.comhttps://www.linkedin.com/in/alice-ferguson-b77807178/

Alice focuses on placing lawyers in leading Defendant Personal Injury roles across the UK. She has previously worked in-house at Hempsons, DWF and Freshfields.

Resourcing Assistant Insurance, Healthcare and Personal Injury
Nationwide

Callum joined as an intern whilst studying graphic design. He now assists our operations team with various marketing and web-site projects, whilst also working closely with our national insurance and personal injury team on retainer projects

Executive Assistant Insurance, Healthcare and Personal Injury
Nationwide

07415753681Chloe.stanley@williamjamesrecruitment.com(1) Chloe Stanley | LinkedIn

Chloe previously worked as a clinical negligence paralegal at Slater & Gordon before joining William James Recruitment. She now supports our personal injury and insurance team as an executive assistant.

Executive Assistant
Litigation, Crime and Regulatory National and International

+447944963829
Alex.kathro@williamjamesrecruitment.com
https://www.linkedin.com/in/alex-kathro-741771132/

Alex spent eleven years working in insurance and personal injury. He moved into legal recruitment in 2022 and now works with a broad range of law firms across London and the US Markets.

Office Dog

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