Our People
Our dedicated teams are firmly focused on fighting for the injured or mistreated party, and will never act for insurance companies or employers. Visit their profiles to learn more about their specialisms, accreditations and the trade union members they have supported.
Tony Hood
Partner, Head of Asbestos Strategy and Regional Manager North East and Cumbria
Newcastle
Tony is branch manager for Thompsons Solicitors’ North East branch, which is based in Newcastle and covers claims across the North East and Cumbria. He is also the firm's National Head of Asbestos Strategy.
Lisa Gormley
Senior Executive
Liverpool
Lisa specialises solely in fighting for trade union members who are victims of asbestos-related disease. A highly experienced industrial disease lawyer of 20 years, Lisa took up the asbestos brief nine years ago, working out of Thompsons Solicitors’ Liverpool office.
Louise Larkin
Senior Asbestos lawyer, Personal Injury Team
Liverpool
Louise is a highly skilled lawyer with more than 25 years’ experience representing asbestos disease trade union clients across North West England, while overseeing the work of colleagues in the firm’s Manchester and Liverpool offices.
Neil Richards
Personal Injury Solicitor
Manchester
Personal injury solicitor Neil has two decades of experience across all areas of civil litigation and is based at Thompsons Solicitors’ Manchester office. Part of Thompsons’ Personal Injury Team, Neil handles foreign jurisdiction cases from across the country and supervises junior colleagues.
Caragh Hogan
Personal Injury Executive
Cardiff
Caragh Hogan began her legal career nearly twenty years ago, securing compensation for former miners and their families from the National Coal Health Scheme. She now works at Thompsons’ Cardiff office and manages a range of personal injury claims for clients from a range of unions.
Laura Rogers
Serious injuries solicitor
Bristol
Laura Rogers is a highly professional lawyer based in Thompsons Solici-tors’ Bristol office dealing with a caseload of high value injury cases whilst assisting senior members of the team with highly complex claims involving life-changing or fatal injuries.
Jane Martin
Senior Solicitor
Manchester
Jane acts solely for Thompsons’ Solicitors trade union clients across the North West who have been afflicted by asbestos related conditions. A highly experienced industrial disease senior solicitor of more than 25 years, Jane works out of the firm’s Manchester office.
Samantha Hemsley
National Head of the Serious Injury and Clinical Negligence Team
London
Samantha is responsible for creating and implementing the firm's serious injury and clinical negligence strategy, all the while ensuring best practice across all of Thompsons' serious injury and clinical negligence case work.
Jodianne Dudley
Litigation Assistant
Bristol
Jodianne Dudley joined Thompsons in 2016, dealing with personal injury claims across the country. Her cases included accidents at work, road traffic accident and public liability claims. She specialised in assault claims, in particular assaults on prisoner officers, and product liability claims.
Rakesh Patel
Client relations and talent director
London (Congress House)
Rakesh is the client relations and talent director at Thompsons Solicitors and is responsible for developing internal communications strategies and ensuring the firm has the right people with the relevant skills in appropriate roles. Click to learn more about Rakesh.
Bernie Wentworth
Employment and Trade Union Law Unit Manager
Liverpool and Manchester
With more than 20 years’ experience winning employment rights claims, Bernie is one of Thompsons Solicitors’ go-to experts for trade union law and employment matters. Learn more about the people he has helped by visiting his profile.
Peter Kettleborough
Head of Information Technology and Business Process
Leeds
A highly-skilled IT professional, Peter is responsible for developing and maintaining Thompsons Solicitors’ IT systems and business process, to ensure the smooth running of business operations across the firm. Learn more about Peter by visiting his profile.
