Greg French, Managing Director
Greg French joined the property department at AFG LAW in 2002. He became a partner and head of the department in 2004. Greg’s areas of expertise include: wills, inheritance tax planning, residential and commercial conveyancing, commercial leases and probate work.
Anita Boardman, Managing Director
Anita is a partner at AFG LAW in the property and private client department. Initially qualified as a licensed conveyancer, she qualified as a solicitor in 2003 and now also specialises in elderly client services such as wills, lasting powers of attorney, court of protection work and probate. She is also a member of Solicitors for the Elderly (SFE).
Rahil Khan, Director
Rahil is a specialist criminal practitioner appearing at magistrates courts on a daily basis to represent clients who face a full and wide range of offences.
Catherine Woolley, Director
Cath has been a qualified solicitor since July 2001. Throughout her career Cath has specialised in family law and, in particular, matters concerning children. In November 2006 she became appointed as a member of the Children Panel as a children representative.
Emma Cordock, Director
Emma Cordock joined AFG LAW in November 2007. She qualified as a fellow of the Institute of Legal Executives in June 2008 and subsequently qualified as a solicitor in April 2011. She currently undertakes family work. She specialises in representing parents and grandparents in care proceedings and working with victims of domestic violence.
Carl Fletcher, Director
Carl joined AFG LAW in June 1996 and commenced studying for the legal executive qualification. Working within the residential property department, Carl predominantly acts on behalf of clients in the sale and purchase of domestic properties, remortgages and equity release transactions.
Michael Morgan, Senior Property Lawyer
Michael Morgan has been with the firm since 1961 and qualified as a solicitor in 1966. He was a partner between the years 1970 to 2004, after which he retired from the partnership to become a senior associate within the practice. He now concentrates his time as a private client lawyer specialising in people and their affairs and, in particular, their property.
Aaron Marshall, Head of Dispute Resolution
Aaron joined AFG LAW in July 2019 to head up the firm’s Dispute Resolution Department. Aaron read Geography at the University of Edinburgh before attending Nottingham Law School and obtaining his law degree. He qualified with a large commercial firm with offices in Derby and Nottingham and subsequently relocated to Manchester. Aaron specialises in professional […]
Fiona Jackson, Chartered Legal Executive (CILEX)
Fiona started as an office Junior in 1980 after living in America for 6 months, and commenced ILEX training in 1989. Having moved to Bolton in 1991, she qualified as a CFILEX IN 1995. Fiona specialises in all aspects of residential conveyancing, land law issues, including adverse possession and title reconstruction (i.e. when deeds are lost, […]
Jill Parratt, Associate Solicitor
Jill advises in all areas of law to do with the break-up of the family or relationship, specialising in private law applications for contact, residence and / or any other issue that may arise in relation to children. Jill acts for both married and unmarried clients on their rights in relation to property and assets upon separation.
Stacy Fox, Assistant Solicitor
Stacy jointed AFG LAW in July 2018. She qualified as a solicitor in 2004, and has specialised in family law since qualification. Stacy has worked in high street firms in Greater Manchester since qualifying and since 2013, having successfully gained Children Panel accreditation, has specialised in representing children, parents and family members in care proceedings. […]
Katie Jackson, Associate Solicitor
Katie joined AFG LAW in 2017 as a family solicitor. She is also a member of the Law Society’s Children Panel.
Tracy Haslam, Business Development Manager and Chartered Legal Executive
Tracy Haslam qualified as a Chartered Legal Executive in June 2007 and was admitted as a Fellow of the Institute of Legal Executives in February 2008. She became an Advocate in 2014 and specialises in the preparation of crown court matters.
Laura Hitchen, Assistant Solicitor
Laura started working in law firms in 2007, qualifying as a solicitor in 2009, and has specialised in family law since qualification. Laura has worked in Manchester since 2012 and has developed a good reputation both amongst her peers and the charitable/support sector in the city. Laura’s ability to identify and meet her clients’ needs […]
Jennifer Evans, Solicitor
Jennifer initially trained in civil and reached a senior level as a Deputy Business Unit Director over a department of 60 staff. She was called to the bar in 2010 then took the decision to pursue a desire to practise in family law and retrained, cross-qualifying as a family solicitor in early 2016 and now […]
Sajeda Alli, Solicitor
After graduating in Law & Business at the University of Central Lancashire, Sajeda commenced her employment within the legal field where she has practiced in a range of areas including Personal Injury, Family Law, Conveyancing and Wills & Probate. Having qualified as a Solicitor in 2018, Sajeda has chosen to specialise in Family Law dealing […]
Gayle Clipsham, Chartered Legal Executive
Gayle is a chartered legal executive and family lawyer who advises in all areas of public and private family law. She specialises in advising parents, grandparents and other family members regarding care proceedings as well as in relation to difficulties they may be experiencing in respect of contact and residence for children.
Matthew Taylor, Assistant Solicitor
Matt is an Assistant Solicitor in our civil department. He first began working for AFG as a paralegal in the Family Department in 2013, before starting his training contract in March 2015. Having qualified in October 2016 after seven years of training, Matt chose to practice Civil Litigation.
Samantha Calley, Costs Draftsman
Sammi started working in the costs environment in 2010 as an Audio Typist. It was within an external firm that Sammi received training in all areas of Personal Injury, Wills & Probate & Civil dispute costs including Schedules of Costs, Bills of Costs and, following the Jackson Reforms in 2013, Precedent H Cost Budgets. In […]
Sonia Parveen, Solicitor
Sonia graduated in law 2010, undertook the Bar Training Course and was called to the Bar in 2012. She specialises in family law and has been dealing with both private law and public law matters since 2012. She has a breadth of experience in dealing with care proceedings, private law children proceedings, injunction matters and […]
Abigail Sunter, Trainee Solicitor
With a background in customer service roles, Abigail began her legal career in 2014, working for two other firms before joining AFG LAW in April 2017 as a Paralegal. Currently a Trainee Solicitor working predomantly in our Private Client Services department, Abigail provides wills and probate services to our clients. A keen athlete, she has […]
Heather Loynd, Trainee Solicitor
Heather is currently a Trainee Solicitor at AFG LAW, working predominantly in the Family Department but also doing work within the Conveyancing Department. She is due to qualify in March 2020. She gained a First Degree in History and Criminology from Sheffield Hallam University and has worked with us as a paralegal since 2014. During […]
Rachael Davidson, Trainee Licenced Conveyancer
Rachael is currently undertaking a Diploma in Conveyancing Law and Practice in order to qualify as a Licensed Conveyancer and works in the property department at AFG LAW’s Bury office. With a background predominately in Estate Agency, client care and service excellence are second nature to Rachael. Since joining AFG LAW in May 2018, Rachael […]
Rebecca Mannion, Trainee Licenced Conveyancer
Rebecca is based in our property department working as a conveyancing executive and is currently undertaking the Licenced Conveyancers Course. Managing her own caseload, Rebecca deals with residential sales, purchases and remortgages. Prior to joining AFG LAW in November 2017, Rebecca had already gained experience in conveyancing and welcomed an opportunity to develop her career.
Rhianne Williams, Trainee Licenced Conveyancer
Rhianne started at AFG LAW in 2004 as an office administrator, working for Anita Boardman as a Secretary from our Bolton office. In 2013 when we opened a second office in Bury, Rhianne was one of the founding team members in Bury. Working as a secretary to Greg French, her level of knowledge and skills […]
Bethany Connor, ACILEx
Beth became a Trainee Legal Executive on 1 July 2019 and works closely alongside her supervisor, Emma Cordock (Director). This is assisting Emma in all areas of law including the representation of children. Beth is running her own case load which includes all aspects of Family Law. Including a particular case in the High Court […]
Tom Williams, Independent Financial Adviser
Tom has over 20 years experience of working as a Financial Adviser and has been part of AFG LAW Financial Planning since September 2015. He has extensive experience in helping clients with a wide range of financial planning needs including protection, pensions, investments and Inheritance Tax Planning.
Jean Mellor, Office Manager
Jean is the Office Manager at AFG LAW, looking after our three offices and almost 70 employees. Having worked for the firm since 1979, she began her career with us as a secretary and latterly PA to several of our directors over the years. Jean is extremely organised and is the “go to” […]