Trainee Solicitors

Maddy
LLM
Ashton
Trainee Solicitor & Caseworker
Maddy joined Johnsons in the Crown Court department in June 2018 and is now a Trainee Solicitor. She graduated with a law degree (LLB) from Nottingham Trent in June 2017 She then went on to take a masters degree, with a dissertation focusing on joint enterprise in murder, and her Legal Practice Course at Nottingham Law School, finishing these immediately before joining Johnsons. Maddy deals with many of the high level cases that are dealt with at the crown court including homicides and drugs conspiracies.

Sian
LLB
Barber
Business Defence & Trainee Solicitor
Sian joined The Johnson Partnership’s Business Defence team in December 2017 as a Paralegal. She is now a Trainee Solicitor due to qualify in April 2021.
Sian graduated from Nottingham Trent University in 2012 with a LLB Law Degree. She then worked in Finance and Recruitment roles before embarking on the Postgraduate Diploma in Legal Practice at Nottingham Law School in September 2016.

Ryan
Higginbotham
Trainee Solicitor
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Katie
LLM
Hodgkinson
Trainee Solicitor & Caseworker
Katie started working at The Johnson Partnership in July 2019. She completed her law degree (LLB) in 2018, graduating from Nottingham Trent University with a 2:1 overall. Katie then completed her LPC and Masters Degree (LLM) at Nottingham Law School in 2019. Katie’s masters dissertation was based on the overall impact the cuts to criminal legal aid has had on law firms in England and Wales and she graduated with a Distinction overall. Katie is currently working in the Crown Court department as a Crown Court Clerk, a Litigator Billing Clerk and Fully accredited police station representative.

Reema
LLB
Najeeb
Trainee Solicitor & Police Station Advisor
Reema is Nottingham through and through! She studied LLB Law at Sheffield Hallam University. She joined the Johnson Partnership in 2010 whilst studying the LPC at Nottingham Law School. She currently works as a police station representative, but has now signed a training contract to embark on the fully fledged life of a criminal defence solicitor.
Reema is married with two children. When not at work she enjoys traveling, and all that entails keeping fit.

Kendall
LLM
Newbold
Trainee Solicitor & Caseworker
Kendall graduated with a law degree from Nottingham Trent University in 2017. She finished her Legal Practice Course and Masters degree in 2018. She started at Johnsons in June 2018. She is now a trainee solicitor and will qualify in March 2021

Lewis
LLM BA
Troughton
Trainee Solicitor
Lewis obtained a BA in philosophy from Warwick, then a Masters in law from Nottingham Trent, graduating in 2017. He started working for Johnsons in Dec 2018 and is set to qualify as a solicitor in summer 2021.