Changes at Turner Hopkins
Staff News
There have been a number of changes at Turner Hopkins over recent months. We therefore thought it would be appropriate to list all the members of our team and their role:
Mike Newdick - Partner (mike@turnerhopkins.co.nz) Our senior commercial partner with in excess of 25 years experience. Mike leads the commercial and conveyancing teams.
Michael Robinson - Litigation Partner (mrobinson@turnerhopkins.co.nz) Michael has almost 20 years litigation experience and leads the civil litigation, relationship/family and employment law teams
John Stirling - Estate Planning/Private Client Partner (john@turnerhopkins.co.nz) John has over 20 years experience and deals principally with estate planning, trusts and property related matters.
Andrew Hooker - Senior Associate - Civil Litigation (andrew.hooker@turnerhopkins.co.nz) Andrew is one of New Zealand's most experienced insurance law practitioners. He was a partner in a major city firm specialising in insurance litigation for almost 10 years and then in-house senior counsel at a leading national insurer.
Rachael Jhinku - Senior Commercial Solicitor (rachael@turnerhopkins.co.nz)
Assisting Mike Newdick and John Stirling
Douglas Mitchell - Senior Solicitor
Civil Litigation and Common Law (douglas@turnerhopkins.co.nz)
Jane Polson - Solicitor
Specialising in Family Law (jane@turnerhopkins.co.nz)
Lianne Jamieson - Legal Executive
Property, Finance and Security Law (lianne@turnerhopkins.co.nz)
Maree Jones - Legal Executive
Property, Finance and Security Law (maree@turnerhopkins.co.nz)
Raechel Pedrotti - Legal Executive
Conveyancing and Estates (raechel@turnerhopkins.co.nz)
Helen Wendelborn - Legal Executive
Employment Law (helen@turnerhopkins.co.nz)
Amy Christie - Legal Executive and PA to Mike Newdick (amy@turnerhopkins.co.nz)
Liz Dentith - PA to John Stirling (liz@turnerhopkins.co.nz)
Carol Ross - PA to Michael Robinson (carol@turnerhopkins.co.nz)
Sandy Webb - PA to Andrew Hooker (sandy@turnerhopkins.co.nz)
Amanda Capstick - Secretary to Lianne Jamieson/Maree Jones (amanda@turnerhopkins.co.nz)
Lisa Sinvichit - Debt Recovery/Credit Management (lisas@turnerhopkins.co.nz)
Maria Cotter - Credit Management/Accounts Receivables (maria@turnerhopkins.co.nz)
Robyn Trayes - Secretary - Gifting and Trusts (robyn@turnerhopkins.co.nz)
Shirley Reeves and Rosalind Ward - Our long serving and much loved receptionists
(shirley@turnerhopkins.co.nz; rosalind@turnerhopkins.co.nz)
Helen White - Office Manager and Trust Accountant (helen.white@turnerhopkins.co.nz)
Maritza McGuinness and Ria Muskitta - Accounts Clerks
(maritza@turnerhopkins.co.nz; ria@turnerhopkins.co.nz)
Recent additions to the firm are Douglas Mitchell who has joined Turner Hopkins after considerable experience in a large city firm specialising in insurance and civil litigation and Jane Polson who has also joined us from the city and who has a significant degree of experience in all areas of family law.
Finally we are very pleased to welcome Rachael Jhinku to the firm. Rachael is an experienced commercial/property solicitor who will now be assisting Mike Newdick and John Stirling.