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LAW AWARDS Thursday 1 November 2012 2012 www.lawawards.co.nz EIGHTH ANNUAL NEW ZEALAND Auckland War Memorial Museum LAW AWARDS Thursday 1 November 2012 2012 The New Zealand Law Awards Premium Awards Cooney Lees Morgan, Tauranga Legal Personnel Employer of Choice Eastside Law, Hamilton BlackmanSpargo Rural Law Ltd Large Law Firm of the Year Holland Beckett Lawyers, Tauranga Cavell Leitch Law Anderson Lloyd Lawson Robinson, Napier Downie Stewart Bell Gully McCaw Lewis Lawyers, Hamilton Duncan Cotterill Buddle Findlay Niemand Peebles Hoult, Hamilton Fortune Manning Chapman Tripp Price Baker Berridge, Waitakere City Glaister Ennor Duncan Cotterill RSM Law Ltd, Timaru Hamilton District Community Law Centre Kensington Swan The Law Company Ltd, Miramar Holland Beckett Lawyers Meredith Connell Wilkinson Adams Lawyers, Dunedin James & Wells Intellectual Property Minter Ellison Rudd Watts Lane Neave Russell McVeagh In-house Counsel Team of the Year Lowndes Associates Simpson Grierson Auckland Council Mackenzie Elvin Chartis Insurance New Zealand Ltd Public Defence Service ASB Mid-size Law Firm of the Year Christchurch City Council Ronayne Hollister-Jones Lellman Brookfields Lawyers Department of Corrections RSM Law Ltd Cavell Leitch Law Genesis Energy Simpson Grierson Cooney Lees Morgan The Treasury Glaister Ennor Transfield Services (NZ) Ltd LEADR NZ Mediator of the Year Holland Beckett Lawyers TOWER Ltd Deborah Clapshaw James & Wells Intellectual Property Westpac New Zealand Ltd Geoff Sharp Lane Neave Z Energy Ltd Maria Dew Martelli McKegg Nigel Dunlop Morgan Coakle Barrister of the Year Robert Fisher QC Rhodes & Co Damian Chesterman Tony Lendrum Greg Blanchard Warren Sowerby Team Factors Boutique Law Firm Hugh Fulton of the Year John Morrison BlackmanSpargo Rural Law Ltd Kate Barry-Piceno Chen Palmer Nicholas Till QC Dyhrberg Drayton Employment Law Paul Davison QC Hudson Gavin Martin Philip Skelton Lowndes Associates Richard Raymond McBride Davenport James Robert Lithgow QC Niemand Peebles Hoult Prestige Lawyers Ltd The College of Law Community Queen City Law Service in Law Swarbrick Beck Mackinnon – individual – group Crombie Lockwood Regional/ Nominations are still being accepted in Suburban Law Firm of the Year this category. Alison Green Lawyer, Palmerston North ARL Lawyers, Lower Hutt and Wainuiomata BlackmanSpargo Rural Law Ltd, Rotorua Botherway Legal, Hamilton www.lawawards.co.nz www.lawawards.co.nz Supported by Voting now open at www.lawawards.co.nz The New Zealand Law Awards Specialist Awards Denise Evans, Aspire Legal Services SLS Litigation and Dispute Resolution Holland Beckett Lawyers Cavell Leitch Law Lane Neave Denise Evans, Aspire Legal Services NICHE Banking and Finance Law Mackenzie Elvin Duncan Cotterill Bell Gully McWilliam Rennie Finn Collins, Gibson Sheat Buddle Findlay Niemand Peebles Hoult Gilbert Walker Cavell Leitch Law Ronayne Hollister-Jones Lellman Kay Hoult, Niemand Peebles Hoult Dawson Harford & Partners Lowndes Associates Duncan Cotterill Prendos Property and McBride Davenport James Construction Law Gerard Dale, Lane Neave Ronayne Hollister-Jones Lellman Lowndes Associates Bell Gully Simpson Grierson Minter Ellison Rudd Watts Cavell Leitch Law Russell McVeagh DLA Phillips Fox LexisNexis Public Law Simpson Grierson Duncan Cotterill Bell Gully Finn Collins, Gibson Sheat Chen Palmer Thomson Reuters Corporate and Kensington Swan Cavell Leitch Law Commercial Law Lowndes Associates Grant Illingworth QC Cavell Leitch Law McBride Davenport James Kensington Swan Dawson Harford & Partners Meredith Connell Lane Neave Duncan Cotterill Queen City Law Rosalie Cus, Ministry of Social Development Gerard Dale, Lane Neave Russell McVeagh Holland Beckett Lawyers Marsh Insurance Law Victoria Casey, Crown Law Office Hudson Gavin Martin Cavell Leitch Law Webb Henderson Lowndes Associates DAC Beechcroft New Zealand Melissa Clark, Martelli McKegg DLA Phillips Fox Resource Management and Simpson Grierson Duncan Cotterill Environment Law Stewart Germann Law Office Fortune Manning Anderson Lloyd Gilbert Walker Buddle Findlay Hays Employment Law Jones Fee Cavell Leitch Law Cavell Leitch Law Kennedys Duncan Cotterill Chen Palmer Lane Neave Holland Beckett Lawyers Duncan Cotterill Morgan Coakle Kate Barry-Piceno, Barrister EMA Legal Lane Neave Kensington Swan Canon Intellectual Property Law Meredith Connell Lane Neave AJ Park North South Environmental Law Ltd Lowndes Associates Baldwins Intellectual Property Simpson Grierson McBride Davenport James Duncan Cotterill CCH Tax Law Simpson Grierson Henry Hughes & Co Bell Gully Swarbrick Beck Mackinnon Hudson Gavin Martin Buddle Findlay James & Wells Intellectual Property Denham Martin Family Law Lowndes Associates Geoffrey Clews Andrea Manuel, Barrister Philip McCabe, McCabe and Company Ltd Kensington Swan Brookfields Lawyers Simpson Grierson Cavell Leitch Law Minter Ellison Rudd Watts Simpson Grierson Stephen Tomlinson, Tomlinson Law www.lawawards.co.nz.
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