Katherine Marshall has been promoted as a partner at Wilkin Chapman to lead a new team offering dispute resolution and Will dispute expertise to clients across the Lincolnshire Wolds.
The newly-formed team, based in the company’s new offices at Oxley House in Louth, is the first time the firm has offered these services in the Lincolnshire Wolds area.
Wilkin Chapman is the largest law firm in the Lincolnshire and East Yorkshire region and Katherine Marshall has become a partner four years after joining. She said: “It’s an exciting time as we’ve just moved into our new Wolds office in Louth and we have a fantastic opportunity to establish a dispute resolution and Wills disputes presence in the Wolds area. We now have a dedicated team that can deal with those disputes and we have a good foundation from which to grow those two areas.
“There’s a team of three of us at the moment here in the Wolds, and we’ve only been working together for four months. It’s already working really well and we’re a very close knit unit. I’m looking forward to growing the team, growing the Will disputes offering and having a permanent dispute resolution presence in the Wolds to help those in the local area.”
Qualifying as a solicitor in 2009, Katherine undertook her training with a large regional firm. Following qualification she joined a niche litigation firm, dividing her time between its Lincolnshire and London offices. After the founder of the firm decided to end the business and become a barrister, Katherine joined Wilkin Chapman in 2018 and has now progressed into the role of partner. She said:
“Before joining, I already had a good working relationship with the various partners at Wilkin Chapman from when I had worked opposite them. So I just picked up the phone, had a few interviews and here I am now!
“Becoming a partner is always something I’ve wanted to do. When you start out as a trainee solicitor that is always the thing that you’re ultimately aiming for. My family has farmed on the edge of the Lincolnshire Wolds for several generations, and I attended school in Horncastle and so I have a strong link to the local area and to the agricultural sector in the region too.”
