Meet The Team

Connie joined Affinity Law in June 2016 on a part time basis while studying at university. After her graduation in September 2018, she became a full-time member of staff working as a Paralegal then Trainee Solicitor, and was named Leicestershire Law Society’s Trainee Solicitor of the Year 2022 for her outstanding work during this period. More recently, Connie passed the Legal Practice Course (LPC) and is now a fully qualified Solicitor. In her role, she oversees a caseload of complex catastrophic injury claims. Impressively, she was promoted to Assistant Director a little over a year after qualifying in recognition of her first-class performance. Connie is sympathetic, personable and has a real passion for making a difference to the lives of people affected by serious injuries.

Debra opened our Derby office in September 2018 where she has worked as a Senior Solicitor since, specialising in high value catastrophic injury and complex brain injury claims. Debra has more than 25 years’ experience working in personal injury and has secured well over £35 million for her clients since then. More recently, Debra has been promoted to Assistant Director in recognition of her outstanding achievements. Alongside her work in personal injury, Debra also acts as a professional financial deputy appointed by the Court of Protection for clients who don’t have capacity to manage their own financial affairs. Debra is proud to be recognised as a specialist Head Injury Solicitor by the national charity Headway, and as an Accredited Brain Injury Specialist and Senior Litigator by the Association of Personal Injury Lawyers. Debra also dedicates much of her time to Headway Derby, a local charity working to improve the lives of people affected by brain injury, where she acts as Chair.

Alex is a Senior Associate Solicitor at Affinity Law having joined the firm in 2021 with 20 years’ experience working in personal injury. She has extensive expertise in dealing with employers’ liability, occupiers liability and product liability claims, as well as experience in dealing with road traffic collision and clinical negligence claims.

Diane was one of the first members of staff to join Affinity Law and oversees all the finances and accounts, a job she has diligently done since January 2009. Diane’s day to day role includes managing finances for both Leicester and Derby offices, making payments to clients following successful settlements, overseeing payroll and reconciling various client accounts with large sums of money.

Fran heads up the clinical negligence department at Affinity Law, where she has worked as a Litigation Executive since graduating in January 2019 and started with Affinity Law in January 2020. Fran has an unrivalled passion for clinical negligence work and is quickly able to analyse the issues at hand while ensuring that the client’s case is dealt with as efficiently and sensitively as possible, with no stone left unturned. Fran prides herself on her sympathetic manner and excellent listening skills, ensuring clients are always put at ease during what can be a very worrying time.

Holly is a dedicated Litigation Executive who began her career at a Top 50 law firm working in the complex injury department. She joined Affinity Law in 2021 to further her career and continues to deal with exclusively high value and complex personal injury claims directly supporting Nicola Kitchener. Holly has expertise in the analytical side of complex claims and her meticulous attention to detail ensures her clients receive the best results.

Katie has worked at the Derby office assisting Debra Morris in dealing with financial deputy matters since June 2021. Within her role as a Court of Protection Paralegal, Katie oversees a case load of more than 15 deputy clients, carrying out general housekeeping duties to ensure the smooth running of all deputy operations. Day to day, her role involves making applications to the Court of Protection, liaising with clients, their families and professionals, reconciling clients’ accounts, making payments and much more. Katie is undertaking an undergraduate degree and diploma before sitting her Solicitors Qualifying Examination (SQE) in the hopes of qualifying as a solicitor.

Lucy joined Affinity Law in November 2022 as a Trainee Solicitor and works in the personal injury department. After graduating from university, Lucy completed her master’s degree in law alongside her Legal Practice Course (LPC). Lucy went on to work for top-ranking personal injury law firms in London and Sheffield to further her legal knowledge in this specialist area, before joining Affinity Law where she has been continuing her studies to qualify as a Solicitor in 2024. Lucy works in the multitrack department and assists mainly with claims over £100k in value. She has gained experience with a wide variety of cases, including those involving catastrophic injuries and fatal accidents. Lucy takes great pride in her role and in supporting seriously injured clients throughout the claims process.

Millie worked as a dental nurse and a dental clinic manager for a number of years where she gained a wealth of experience dealing with complaints at the surgery before joining Affinity Law in February 2022. As a result of this, she became interested in clinical negligence and wanted to help people wherever and however possible. Currently working as a Paralegal, she assists the head of the clinical negligence department in dealing with all types of clinical and dental negligence claims. Her proudest achievement so far is assisting in securing a settlement in a fatal clinical negligence claim. Millie is planning to qualify as a solicitor and is currently undertaking her undergraduate degree before sitting her Solicitors Qualifying Examination (SQE).