Partner hire: Jamie Hanley at Pattinson & Brewer

Tuesday 27 November 2012

Jamie Hanley is now Head of Client Relations at Pattinson & Brewer. Jamie Hanley was previously Head of trade union department at Morrish Solicitors LLP.

Pattinson & Brewer, a leading claimant law firm with a long history of working with trade unions, welcomes Jamie Hanley, a specialist trade union lawyer and political campaigner, who joins as a partner and Head of Client Relations.
Jamie qualified in 1998, specialising in claimant personal injury cases. He works exclusively on behalf of trade unions and their members, was Labour’s candidate for his home seat of Pudsey in the 2010 General Election, and is a representative of Unite the Union.
He was, for 16 years, with Morrish Solicitors LLP, Leeds, where he was a partner and head of their trade union department.

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