If you’re looking to develop your career, Bower Bailey is the place to be. Many of our partners and fee earners trained with the firm and have progressed to develop highly successful careers. How did it happen? Here’s what some of them have to say:
Sarah Dureau
Job Title: Partner, Head of Armed Forces Services
Location: Witney
I came to Bower Bailey later in my career, after 16 fantastic years as a Legal Officer in the Royal Air Force serving in interesting and varied postings both in the UK and abroad, and having been a solicitor in private practice in my home town in West Wales for seven years before that. Having… Read more »
Robert Eden
Job Title: Partner
Location: Oxford
Having finished College of Law in July 1994 things didn’t look too good! A combination of no training contract and ratio of “applicants to jobs” being ridiculously high meant that things were looking particularly bleak! I heard horror stories from peers who had submitted hundreds and hundreds of applications for a training contract with no… Read more »
Philip Cooksey
Job Title: Partner and Head of Banbury Office
Location: Banbury
Having spent my teenage years hooked on courtroom dramas, I decided a career in the law was for me. So having completed my law degree and the Law Society final examinations, in 1994 I started my first job as an eager solicitor in a tiny firm near to my roots in Nottinghamshire. However, within a… Read more »
Creagh Masterson-Jones
Job Title: Solicitor
Location: Oxford
I joined Bower Bailey as a trainee solicitor in 2014 shortly after completing the Legal Practice Course with the University of Law. I attended Magdalen College School in Oxford and, although I spent several enjoyable years studying in Scotland, I knew that I wanted to stay in Oxford to pursue my legal career. During my… Read more »
Stuart Palmer
Job Title: Partner and Head of Witney office
Location: Witney
As a boy at comprehensive school, Stuart was told the law was not for him. He was undeterred. Three years later, after university and without the funds for law school, he worked in sales during the recession of the early 90s, gaining valuable commercial experience before finally taking his LPC. He started his training contract… Read more »
Katie Went
Job Title: Partner, Divorce & Family Law
Location: Swindon
I am the partner in charge of the family department in the Swindon office. I qualified as a Solicitor in 1996 and joined Bower Bailey in 1998. I am now a ‘lifer’, having practiced law for over 20 years. I specialise in all aspects of family breakdown, with an emphasis on the financial consequences. My… Read more »
Connor White
Job Title: Solicitor
Location: Oxford
I joined Bower Bailey in October 2015 as a trainee solicitor. The firm has a very welcoming and inclusive ethos for all new recruits with ample opportunities to join in sporting and other social activities, many of which are instigated by the trainees. This not only makes it an enjoyable place to work but is… Read more »
