Experienced Residential Property Lawyer Julie joins Smith Partnership as caseloads continue to grow

A highly experienced residential property lawyer has been recruited to help a Derby law firm deal with a huge increase in case work across all five of its regional offices. 

Julie Tomasik, who has more than 40 years’ experience in the industry, has joined Smith Partnership as its head of conveyancing and started her new role at the beginning of October. 

She has joined the firm at a time when its conveyancing departments, at its head office in Derby as well as branches in Burton, Stoke, Leicester and Swadlincote, are continuing.

Julie will oversee a team of 15 legal staff and, alongside her own case work, will monitor and, if necessary, implement new IT and admin systems to ensure that the firm can continue to process a spike in conveyancing cases while maintaining its high levels of customer care. 

Julie has worked across the Midlands throughout her career and is a Fellow of the Chartered Institute of Legal Executives, a member of the Conveyancing Specialist Referral Group at the Institute as well as a member of the Home-Buying and Selling Group, which is an informal mix of people from across the property, legal and financial sectors who work together to improve the experience of the industry for customers. 

 Julie comments that while the role is increasingly complex, success