Bay law firms in national awards

Four Tauranga law firms have been nominated in the eighth annual New Zealand Law Awards which are being presented at Auckland War Memorial Museum on November 1.

The Tauranga law firms nominated are: Holland Beckett, Cooney Lees Morgan, Ronayne Hollister-Jones Lellman and Mackenzie Elvin.


Holland Beckett Partners Lara Burkhardt, Mark Tingey, Mark Beech, Dean Thompson, Bill Holland and Practice Manager Sharline Fitzgerald happy to be nominated. Photo by Daniel Hines.

The NZ Law awards celebrate and reward excellence in client service by law firms as judged by their clients.

Cameron Road firm Holland Beckett has been nominated in six different categories - three awards in the Premium Awards category including, Midsized Law Firm of the Year, Regional/Suburban Law Firm of the Year and Legal Personnel Employer of Choice.

In the Specialist Awards category Holland Beckett have been nominated for Corporate and Commercial Law, Resource Management and Environment Law and Family Law.

Holland Beckett practice manager, Sharline Fitzgerald, says the nominations are quite a big privilege for the firm, giving them client acknowledgement.

Sharline says the Legal Personnel Employer of Choice award nomination is what the firm are most proud of.

'We are really pleased that they think so highly of us that they would go to the trouble of nominating us.”

'It's a real expression of their loyalty and commitment to working here.”

She says for her as the practice manager the staff's wellbeing and happiness is important and being nominated for the Legal Personnel Employer of Choice is her particular favourite.

'But obviously we are really pleased to have the support of our clients.”

Celebrating 75 years in the business this year, Sharline says the annual focus has been on the firm's relationship with clients and the community.

'It has been really nice timing.”

Sharline says there is tough competition out there.

'We are just a really small part of a large firm.”

To read more about the law awards view the web site http://www.lawawards.co.nz/Home/tabid/924/Default.aspx

Clients of the law firms are invited to vote online at http://www.lawawards.co.nz/Home/tabid/924/Default.aspx

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