Finalists Take Centre Stage at the 2025 LEAP Irish Law Awards
Now in their 13th year, the LEAP Irish Law Awards continue to shine a spotlight on the outstanding achievements and dedication of Ireland’s legal professionals. This year’s finalists represent the very best in the industry, having demonstrated exceptional skill, innovation, and commitment across a wide range of categories-from ADR, Banking & Finance, and Civil Litigation to Family Law, Diversity and Inclusion, and Innovation. With a record number of entries received, the calibre of this year’s shortlist is a testament to the dynamism and resilience of the Irish legal community. These finalists have not only excelled in their respective fields but have also contributed significantly to the advancement and reputation of the legal profession in Ireland. (see below for this years full list of finalists)
This year’s record number of entries is a true reflection of the talent, passion, and progress within Ireland’s legal sector. Our finalists set the standard for excellence and inspire the entire profession.
Jill Thornton, Event Organiser
The winners will be announced at a prestigious black-tie gala dinner on Friday, 6th June 2025, at the Clayton Hotel, Burlington Road, Dublin, hosted by Anton Savage. The evening will begin with a prosecco drinks reception at 6:00pm, followed by a three-course meal, live music, and the highly anticipated awards ceremony starting at 7:30pm. Guests will also enjoy raffle competitions throughout the night in support of The Calcutta Run – the Legal Fundraiser, this year’s charity partner. The event promises an atmosphere of celebration and camaraderie, honouring the remarkable achievements of the finalists and recognising their vital role in shaping the future of law in Ireland. For the full list of finalists and further event details, please visit our website.
Celebrating a Legacy of Excellence
The Irish Law Awards have a proud tradition of recognising legal excellence. Previous winners have included leading firms and practitioners such as Lanigan Clarke LLP, Doyle and Company LLP Solicitors, and many others who continue to set benchmarks for professionalism and service in the industry. The 2024 awards, for example, honoured exceptional achievements across categories like Banking & Finance, Civil Litigation, and Lifetime Achievement, reflecting the high standards and diversity of talent within Ireland’s legal sector. Each year, these awards celebrate not just individual and team accomplishments, but also the collective progress of the legal profession in Ireland.
To see the full list of last year’s winners and learn more about their achievements, visit 2024 Winners – Irish Law Awards.
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2025 Finalist Revealed
| ADR Firm/Lawyer of the Year (Regional and National) Winners announced on the night |
| Banking & Finance Legal Team / Lawyer of the Year Allied Irish Banks, p.l.c. BNP Paribas S.A., Dublin Branch Nicola Nevin, Nicola Nevin & Co. Solicitors P. O'Connor & Son Sweeney McGann Solicitors LLP |
| Civil Litigation Law Firm / Lawyer of the Year (Regional & National) Connacht/ Ulster Blake & Kenny LLP Callan Tansey Solicitors LLP Carter Anhold & Co. Solicitors Lacey Solicitors McGinley Solicitors LLP Dublin Bernadette Barry, Bernadette Barry & Co. Doyle and Company LLP Good & Murray Smith LLP Harringtons LLP HOMS Assist John M. Quinn & Co. Lavelle Partners McMahon Goldrick OSM Partners LLP WP Tweed & Co. Leinster Baxter Mimnagh Solicitors Ciarán Mulholland, Mulholland Law Fiona Baxter, Baxter Mimnagh Solicitors Paul Brady & Co. LLP Munster Green & Associates Solicitors Katherina White, Katherina White Solicitors McCarthy + Co. Solicitors LLP Sheehy Solicitors Sweeney McGann Solicitors LLP Terence F. Casey and Co. LLP Solicitors |
| Corporate / Commercial Law Team / Lawyer of the Year Alastair Purdy LLP Diageo Ireland Gas Networks Ireland Hugh J. Ward & Co. Solicitors Kellanova Europe (formerly Kellogg's) - European Legal Team Lavelle Partners Public Procurement Law Section Chief State Solicitor's Office Publicis Resources Sinead Corcoran, Bon Secours Health System CLG Stephen Keogh, MHP Sellors LLP Sweeney McGann Solicitors LLP Wilson Daly Solicitors |
| Criminal Law Firm / Lawyer of the Year Ciarán Mulholland, Mulholland Law Eleanor Kelly and Company Eoghan McKenna, MSM Law Solicitors Fergal Boyle, Eleanor Kelly and Company Harringtons LLP John M. Quinn & Co. Kiely McCarthy LLP Michael Hennessy Solicitors Michael J. Staines Solicitors Pádraig Langsch, Langsch & Cunnane Solicitors LLP Patrick Horan, Patrick Horan Solicitors Sheehy Solicitors |
| Diversity and Inclusion Law Firm of the Year Diageo Ireland Fitzsimons Redmond LLP Green & Associates Solicitors |
| Employment Law Firm / Team / Lawyer of the Year Award ( Regional & National) Proudly Sponsored by Business Post Connacht / Ulster Alastair Purdy LLP Geraghty & Co., Solicitors LLP Sonia McEntee Solicitors Leinster / Inc. Dublin Anne O'Connell Solicitors Averil Field, Field Solicitors Crushell & Co. Doyle and Company LLP Fitzsimons Redmond LLP Ibec Employment Law Services Team Lavelle Partners O'Mara Geraghty McCourt S.Tierney Law Firm Setanta Solicitors Wendy Doyle Solicitors Munster Aisling Irish, Parker Law Comyn Kelleher Tobin LLP Green & Associates Solicitors Katherina White Solicitors Ormonde Solicitors Sweeney McGann Solicitors LLP |
| Excellence & Innovation in Client Services (Regional & National) Connacht / Ulster Alastair Purdy LLP Callan Tansey Solicitors LLP Lacey Solicitors Padraig Augustine Gleeson, Beau Park Law-Solicitors LLP Dublin Anne O'Connell Solicitors Bernadette Barry, Bernadette Barry & Co. Carol McGuinness Solicitors Dillon Solicitors LLP Finders International Johnson Hana Legal Administration Solutions McMahon Goldrick Mellissa English SC and Ramona Quinn, Solicitor - The Office of Parliamentary Legal Advisers OSM Partners LLP State Securities Section Chief State Solicitor's Office Leinster Coghlan Kelly Solicitors Denis Shelly Legal Costs Accountants Limited Elaine Byrne Solicitors Munster Green & Associates Solicitors Jacob Law LLP Kieran Mulcahy Solicitors McCarthy + Co. Solicitors LLP Sheehy Solicitors |
| Excellence in Communications Proudly Sponsored by Irish Legal News Anne O'Connell Solicitors Bernadette Barry, Bernadette Barry & Co. Callan Tansey Solicitors LLP Elaine Byrne Solicitors Green & Associates Solicitors Jacob Law LLP Kieran Mulcahy Solicitors McCarthy + Co. Solicitors LLP McGinley Solicitors LLP Mulholland Law Sheehy Solicitors The Office of Parliamentary Legal Advisers |
| Family Law Firm / Team / Lawyer of the Year Award (Regional & National) Connacht / Ulster Beau Park Law Solicitors LLP Deirdre Brophy, Larkin Brophy Gillane LLP Solicitors Geraghty & Co., Solicitors LLP Margaret Mulrine, M M Mulrine & Co. Dublin Aidan Reynolds, Keith Walsh Solicitors LLP Carol McGuinness Solicitors Dillon Solicitors LLP Doyle and Company LLP Leinster Coghlan Kelly Solicitors Eleanor Kelly, Eleanor Kelly and Company Field Solicitors Paul Brady & Co. LLP S.Tierney Law Firm Susan Webster, Susan Webster & Company Munster Annette Sheehan, ODS Solicitors LLP Clíodhna O'Regan Solicitor, McCarthy + Co. Solicitors LLP Katherina White Solicitors Marcella Sheehy, Sheehy Solicitors Maria O' Donovan, Maria O'Donovan & Co. Pádraig Langsch, Langsch & Cunnane Solicitors LLP Sheehy Solicitors Suzanne Parker, Parker Law Sweeney McGann Solicitors LLP Terence F. Casey and Co. LLP Solicitors Tracie Nolan Solicitors |
| In-House (non-Civil Service / Public Sector) Legal Team / Lawyer of the Year (Regional & National) Allied Irish Banks, p.l.c. BNP Paribas S.A., Dublin Branch Bord Gáis Energy Diageo Ireland Irish League of Credit Unions Legal Team Kellanova Europe (formerly Kellogg's) - European Legal Team Kerry Group p.l.c. Portwest Publicis Resources Sinead Corcoran, Bon Secours Health System CLG Supermac's Ireland Limited |
| International Law Firm of the Year Winners to be announced on the night |
| Law Book of the Year Civil Recovery of Criminal Property by Colin King & Jennifer Hendry From Hollywood to Hollywood by Paul Tweed Human Rights and the Care of Older People by Dr Maeve O'Rourke The Assisted Decision-Making Handbook by Emma Slattery |
| Law Firm Innovation Award Proudly Sponsored by Dye & Durham Diageo Ireland Jacob Law LLP Kemple Gormley Solicitors Kevin O Donoghue, O Donoghue And Associates OSM Partners LLP |
| Law Firm of the Year (Regional & National) Proudly Sponsored by Legal Leap Software Connacht/Ulster Alastair Purdy LLP Blake & Kenny LLP Callan Tansey Solicitors LLP Geraghty & Co., Solicitors LLP Jordan & Kennelly McGinley Solicitors LLP Phoenix Law Dublin Anne O'Connell Solicitors Coyne Solicitors Crushell & Co. Doyle and Company LLP Fitzsimons Redmond LLP HOMS Assist Hugh J. Ward & Co. Solicitors Jessica Hickey of Hibernian Law John M. Quinn & Co. McMahon Goldrick Nicola Nevin & Co. Solicitors OSM Partners LLP Wendy Doyle Solicitors WP Tweed & Co. Leinster Byrne Carolan Cunningham LLP Solicitors Baxter Mimnagh Solicitors Coghlan Kelly Solicitors Susan Webster & Company Munster Green & Associates Solicitors Ishaq & Co. Jacob Law LLP Kieran Mulcahy Solicitors Langsch & Cunnane Solicitors LLP McCarthy + Co. Solicitors LLP MHP Sellors LLP Parker Law Sheehy Solicitors SMD Solicitors |
| Law School of the Year School of Law, University of Limerick School of Law, University of Galway Faculty of Law, Griffith College Maynooth University School of Law and Criminology |
| Law Student of the Year Abdulai Mansaray - Technological University Dublin Adam O'Carroll - Trinity College Dublin Aisling Maloney - University College Dublin Alannah Uí Geargain - Kings Inn Alex Casey - University of Limerick Anne White O'Brien - University of Galway Annie Forde - University of Galway Boris Yu - Dublin City University Colman Monaghan - Universtity of Galway Holly O'Brien - Trinity College Dublin Kira Robinson - King's Inns Liesl Muller - University College Cork Lorenzo Cheasty - Trinity College Dublin Richard Bunworth - University College Dublin |
| Lawyer of the Year (Regional & National) Connacht/Ulster David McGinley, McGinley Solicitors LLP Joanna Jordan, Jordan & Kennelly Kyran McGinley, McGinley & Co LLP Margaret McGinley, McGinley Solicitors LLP Natasha Mc Dermott, McDermott Solicitors Dublin Anne O'Connell, Anne O'Connell Solicitors Caolan Doyle, Doyle and Company LLP Solicitors Cristina Stamatescu T/A CSHR Solicitors John M. Quinn, John M. Quinn & Co. Nicola Nevin, Nicola Nevin & Co. Solicitors Paul Tweed, WP Tweed & Co. Setanta Landers, Setanta Solicitors Wendy Doyle Solicitors Leinster Ciarán Mulholland, Mulholland Law Elaine Byrne, Elaine Byrne Solicitors Fiona Baxter, Baxter Barrister at Law Karen M Clabby, Karen M Clabby Solicitors Stephanie Tierney, S.Tierney Law Firm Susan Webster, Susan Webster & Company Munster Dia Silverstein, SMD Solicitors Geraldine Carey Legal Aid Board Ishaq Alam, Ishaq & Co. Solicitors Kieran Mulcahy, Kieran Mulcahy Solicitors Marcella Sheehy, Sheehy Solicitors Pádraig Langsch, Langsch & Cunnane Solicitors LLP Suzanne Parker, Parker Law Solicitors |
| Legal Educator of the Year Alex Casey, University of Limerick Andrew McKeown BL, King's Inns, Bar of Ireland Dr Brian Tobin, University of Galway Erin International LawEd Limited Margaret Fitzgerald O'Reilly, University of Limerick Richard Bunworth, University College Dublin Rory Kelly, University of Galway |
| Legal Executive of the Year Proudly Sponsored by iiilex Hugh J. Ward & Co. Solicitors Nicola Murray, SMD Solicitors Philomena Burke, Callan Tansey Solicitors LLP Ralph McMahon, McMahon Goldrick Solicitors Simon Urbanski, Law Centre Tracey Farrell, Coyne Solicitors |
| Mental Health and Capacity Law Firm / Team / Lawyer of the Year Geraldine Carey Legal Aid Board J.D. Scanlon & Co LLP Joan Doran Solicitors Mark Felton, Amorys Solicitors Sheehy Solicitors |
| Personal Injury / Medical Negligence Law Firm / Team / Lawyer of the Year Connacht / Ulster Blake & Kenny LLP Callan Tansey Solicitors LLP Geraghty & Co., Solicitors LLP McGinley Solicitors LLP Ruaidhrí Austin, Lacey Solicitors Dublin Bernadette Barry, Bernadette Barry & Co. Doyle and Company LLP Good & Murray Smith LLP HOMS Assist Hugh J. Ward & Co. Solicitors Lavelle Partners McMahon Goldrick Seán Fitzgerald, HOMS Assist Leinster Averil Field, Field Solicitors Byrne Carolan Cunningham LLP Solicitors Ciarán Mulholland, Mulholland Law Eleanor Kelly and Company Fiona Baxter, Baxter Mimnagh Munster Katherina White, Katherina White Solicitors Laura Croke, Croke Medical Law McCarthy + Co. Solicitors LLP MHP Sellors LLP Sheehy Solicitors Wilson Daly Solicitors |
| Pro Bono Publico / Community Law Firm / Lawyer of the Year Derek Walsh, MHP Sellors LLP Elaine Byrne Solicitors Griffith College Irish Innocence Project Irish Women Lawyers Equality Association Michelle Hayes, Hayes Solicitors |
| Probate Law Firm / Team / Lawyer of the Year Proudly Sponsored by Currencies Direct Connacht / Ulster Geraghty & Co., Solicitors LLP Callan Tansey Solicitors LLP Jordan & KennellyBlake & Kenny LLP Padraig Gleeson of Beau Park Law, Solicitors LLP Dublin Lavelle Partners HOMS Assist Fitzsimons Redmond LLP Doyle and Company LLP Leinster Elaine Byrne Solicitors Byrne Carolan Cunningham LLP Solicitors Coghlan Kelly Solicitors Karen Clabby Averil Field, Field Solicitors S.Tierney Law Firm Munster Helene O'Donovan Jacob Law LLP Kieran Mulcahy Solicitors Parker Law Sheehy Solicitors Sweeney McGann Solicitors LLP Terence F. Casey and Co. LLP Solicitors Wilson Daly Solicitors |
| Property Law Firm / Team / Lawyer of the Year Connacht / Ulster Blake & Kenny LLP Geraghty & Co., Solicitors LLP Julie Doyle, West Lex Solicitors LLP McGinley Solicitors LLP Natasha Mc Dermott, McDermott Solicitors P. O'Connor & Son Padraig Augustine Gleeson, Park Law Solicitors LLP William Wilson, Lacey Solicitors Dublin Coyne Solicitors Doyle and Company LLP Hibernian Law HOMS Assist Hugh J. Ward & Co. Solicitors Lavelle Partners OSM Partners LLP Leinster Averil Field, Field Solicitors Byrne Carolan Cunningham LLP Solicitors Coghlan Kelly Solicitors Paul Brady & Co. LLP S.Tierney Law Firm Munster Helene O'Donovan Jacob Law LLP Kieran Mulcahy Solicitors Parker Law Sheehy Solicitors Sweeney McGann Solicitors LLP Terence F. Casey and Co. LLP Solicitors Wilson Daly Solicitors |
| Public Sector In-House Legal Team / Lawyer of the Year EirGrid PLC Gas Networks Ireland International Protection & Human Trafficking Unit, Legal Aid Board Judicial Review Section Chief State Solicitor's Office The Parliamentary Services Legal Advisory Team - The Office of Parliamentary Legal Advisers |
| Service Provider to the Legal Profession Aserve Brian Comiskey, Law Clerks Incorporated Call Pal Certif Currencies Direct Denis Shelly Legal Costs Accountants Limited Erin International Finders International Informa James Northridge, UrAbility John Conlon, Professional Tax Advisors Johnson Hana Law Society of Ireland Four Courts Consultation Rooms Pearts Town Agents Ltd. Simpson Jones The Expert Witness Site |
| Sole Practitioner of the Year (Regional & National) Connacht / Ulster Natasha Mc Dermott, McDermott Solicitors Paul MacCormack, Paul MacCormack & Co. Dublin Bernadette Barry Cristina Stamatescu T/A CSHR Solicitors Crushell & Co. Wendy Doyle Solicitors Leinster Averil Field, Field Solicitors Breda Cullivan & Co. Solicitors Ciarán Mulholland, Mulholland Law Elaine Byrne, Elaine Byrne Solicitors Karen Clabby Susan Webster, Susan Webster & Company Munster Ishaq Alam, Ishaq & Co. Solicitors Katherina White, Katherina White Solicitors Laura Croke, Croke Medical Law Maria O' Donovan Tracie Nolan, Tracie Nolan Solicitors |
| Sole Principal of the Year (Regional & National) Connacht / Ulster Carter Anhold & Co Solicitors Margaret Mulrine M M Mulrine & Co. Leinster / Dublin Bernadette Barry Jessica Hickey Hibernian Law Michael Hennessy Nicola Nevin, Nicola Nevin & Co. Solicitors Setanta Landers Munster Donna Wilson, Wilson Daly Solicitors Ishaq & Co. Kieran Mulcahy, Kieran Mulcahy Solicitors Marcella Sheehy Susan Doyle, SMD Solicitors Suzanne Parker, Parker Law Solicitors |
| Special Merit Winner to be announced on the night |
| Lifetime Achievement Proudly Sponsored by Legal Leap Software Winner to be announced on the night |
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