Challinors adds to its family team
Law firm Challinors has appointed family lawyer Carol Clelland, who joins from Davisons Solicitors, to its Birmingham office.
Prior to Davisons, Clelland was equity partner and head of the family department at Blakemores Birmingham for six years. She is the third senior hire by Challinors' family team in the past three months.
With more than 15 years' experience in family law, Clelland is a specialist in child care and international child abduction cases. She is a member of the Law Society Children Panel, Family Law Panel and Family Law Advanced Panel.
She was with Blakemores in Birmingham and Leamington for 11 years, before which she worked at Coventry firm Brindley, Twist Tafft & James and Wolverhampton's Rees Page.
Fiona O'Sullivan, partner and head of Challinors' family team, said: "Carol is an exceptional family lawyer and child care specialist, and her expertise, knowledge and skills are a superb addition to our growing, thriving team in Birmingham and across the Midlands."
Challinors has five offices across the Midlands: Birmingham, West Bromwich, Wolverhampton, Halesowen and Nottingham. It has a team of more than 200, including 17 partners.
