People

Partners

• James Maxey
  Managing Partner
  Originally from Southport, James has been a qualified solicitor for over 10 years and is now a leading personal injury claims expert. He went on to set up... read more
• Robin Patey
  Senior Partner
  A specialist in claimant personal injury law for over 10 years, Robin became a partner in Express Solicitors in 2002. Robin handles all types of personal... read more
• Daniel Slade
  Partner
  Originally from Bristol, Daniel has a passion for personal injury law and has specialised in this area since he qualified. He studied law at University in... read more

Senior Litigation Advisors

• Margaret Bailey-Tsavalas
  Senior Litigation Advisor
  Originally from Newcastle-on-Tyne Margaret has, for 30 years specialised in litigating complex, serious personal injury and clinical negligence cases. ... read more

Solicitors

• Sharon Denby
  Senior Associate Solicitor
  Sharon has a wealth of experience in all personal injury matters and has secured millions of pounds in compensation for her clients. Sharon was admitted... read more
• Rachel Flannigan
  Associate Solicitor
  Rachel went to University in Manchester and enjoyed it so much she stayed on to do her LPC. She has been with Express Solicitors since 2004 where she... read more

Assistant Solicitors

• Neil Crossley
  Assistant Solicitor
  Neil comes from a nursing background, having undertaken a BSc degree in Genetics before qualifying as a Registered Nurse. He decided to pursue a legal... read more
• Laura Edgeley
  Assistant Solicitor
  Laura went to John Moores University and then on to Manchester Metropolitan University to complete her post-graduate studies. Laura originally worked in a... read more
• Kimberley Newman
  Assistant Solicitor
  Kimberley is a graduate of Keele University, where she studied Law and English after growing up in Wigan. She specialised in Gothic Fiction (English) and... read more
• Angela Lord
  Assistant Solicitor
  Angela joined Express Solicitors in May 2010. Originally from Rochdale, she studied Law at Nottingham Trent University and completed her LPC at... read more
• James Winterbottom
  Assistant Solicitor
  Originally from Bury, James grew up in Rossendale where he attended Bacup and Rawtenstall Grammar School. He moved to Lincoln to study law where he... read more

Trainee Solicitors

• Sarah Moore
  Trainee Solicitor
  Sarah went to Manchester Metropolitan University where she gained her LLB (Hons) degree and continued there to undertake her LPC. Sarah started with... read more
• Victoria Oakley
  Trainee Solicitor
  Born in Frimley, Victoria grew up in the Hampshire area before moving to Nottingham to read law at Nottingham Trent University.  As part of her... read more

Litigation Executives

• Zaynab Awan
  Litigation Executive
  Zaynab was born in Manchester, before fleeing the nest to study law at Keele University. Upon completion of her degree, she returned to Manchester to... read more
• Leanne Rowley
  Litigation Executive
  Leanne was born and raised in Manchester, completing her LLB Law degree and winning the Outstanding Learner award at the city’s Metropolitan... read more
• Helen Edwards
  Litigation Executive
  Helen was born in Lichfield, but grew up in the Bolton area and remained in the north west to study law with German at Lancaster University. She completed... read more

Management

• Fiona Graham
  New Client Team Supervisor
  Fiona Graham is supervisor of Express Solicitor’s New Claims Team (NCT), where she oversees the work of several litigation assistants.  NCT is... read more