Lisa Haywood the rising star

A former Legal Executive and now qualified solicitor, Lisa Haywood of Follett Stock, has been listed in a five page special feature in this week’s edition of The Lawyer magazine. The feature profiles more than 30 people who the magazine considers to be the most talented and promising legal practitioners at work today. According to the magazine:

‘Lisa Haywood is a textbook example of how someone can transform their own career with a bit of determination. She joined Truro commercial firm Follett Stock as a junior secretary in her teens, having dropped out of drama school after just three months.

Within two years she was a team leader, became a paralegal and then started out on the arduous task of qualifying as a legal executive. Having completed her LPC part-time, she finally qualified as a solicitor last year.

In the meantime she had already proved her mettle within the firm, heading its debt recovery team and acting for a series of regional clients. Haywood, who focuses on insolvency, professional negligence and partnership disputes, is now responsible for the conduct of litigation matters worth millions.’

Posted 27.04.10