Karen Johnstone will manage staff across the southeast – and follows other senior hires in the last 12 months.
A personal injury specialist, with decades of experience in the sector, has joined Thompsons Solicitors to bolster its support for injured and mistreated people across the southeast of England.
Karen Johnstone, 49, will manage 30 colleagues across the firm’s London, Dagenham, Norwich and Oxford offices, building on the firm’s reputation for supporting those who have suffered serious injuries at work and industrial diseases.
Karen has worked her way up from a start in 1994 as an outdoor clerk before moving on to handling personal injury cases whilst she was studying part-time to become a legal executive at Croydon College.
After qualifying as a fellow of the Institute of Legal Executives in 2003, she began a career progression that saw her become a team manager and then head of litigation at MTA Personal Injury Solicitors, a firm based in
Karen Johnstone, Thompsons Solicitors' personal injury specialist
Bromley, where she was responsible for recruiting and managing colleagues for a team dealing with a range of personal injury claims.
Commenting on her appointment, Mrs Johnstone said: “Ever since I started working in the legal sector, Thompsons Solicitors has been a prominent name – well-respected for its work with trade unions and for wanting to ‘do the right thing’ for injured or mistreated people. To leave a firm I had been with for 18 years was no easy decision but when I saw this opportunity at Thompsons I knew it was too good to pass up.
“I’m excited to bring my expertise and experience of dealing with a wide range of personal injury cases to Thompsons. I am looking forward to upskilling the next generation of lawyers to ensure they are not only excellent lawyers but confident communicators.”
Clare Mellor, chief executive of Thompsons Solicitors, said: “Karen’s appointment builds on other recent key senior hires and develops and expands our talent base, showcasing that despite the challenges posed by COVID-19, our continual drive to enhance the high-quality legal service we are known for has not let up.
“Karen spearheaded paperless and remote working initiatives in her previous firm years before the pandemic made them a necessity. That forward thinking drive for best practice is always welcome at Thompsons as we continue the fight for social justice, safeguarding and enhancing people’s rights, which have been at the heart of the firm throughout our 100-year history.”
For 100 years, leading social justice law firm, Thompsons Solicitors, has been using the law to fight for the rights of the injured and mistreated. Since 1921, it has worked alongside the trade union movement to implement key legal reforms and secure compensation for ordinary people, who might otherwise have been disadvantaged or marginalised.
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