Sinead Lucey, Managing Solicitor with FLAC (Free Legal Advice Centres), was awarded ‘Lawyer of the Year’ at this year’s eighth annual Irish Law Awards. PILA (the Public Interest Law Alliance) also won in a new category, ‘Pro Bono/Community Law Firm/Lawyer of the Year’.
Over 100 law firms, legal practitioners and in-house legal teams attended the 2019 awards at the Clayton Hotel on Burlington Road on 14 June, hosted by Newstalk’s Ivan Yates. The awards set out to identify, commend and honour excellence and achievement in Irish law.
This year’s ‘Lifetime Achievement Award’ was presented to Ms Justice Catherine McGuinness in recognition of her remarkable contribution to the legal profession in Ireland over the last 40 years. Tipperary solicitor, Cian O’Carroll, won a ‘Special Merit Award’ for his “unrelenting quest for right and justice for the women negatively affected by cervical cancer misdiagnoses”.
Click here for the full list of winners at the 2019 Irish Law Awards. The awards were sponsored by Travellers Insurance.