Hugh James solicitor named as a top female influencer

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A specialist Cardiff solicitor has added yet another national recognition to her growing list of achievements.

Lisa Morgan, a Senior Associate at Hugh James solicitors, has been named as one of Glamour magazine’s ‘35 Women Under 35’ on their 2011 Power List. This puts 32-year-old Ms Morgan amongst the ranks of Keira Knightley, Jessica Ennis and Kate Middleton, who have all made it onto this year’s list.

The Glamour Power List is described as highlighting those women with “real power” who are “brimming with determination”. Ms Morgan, who qualified in 2006, is the only solicitor named on the list, demonstrating the impact she is already having on the profession. The accolade comes just months after Lisa was awarded the honour of Junior Lawyer of the Year at the Law Society’s annual Excellence Awards in recognition of her work in the area of continuing healthcare, as well as for her pro bono and mentoring work.

Lisa is a specialist solicitor in the niche area of continuing healthcare, which is where the NHS is financially responsible for care. This is an area of law which is largely neglected by the legal profession, but Lisa has been instrumental in developing a niche department at Hugh James who solely act for the elderly and families in recovering wrongly paid nursing fees. She has acted for hundreds of clients in England and Wales in challenging current and retrospective decisions to refuse NHS funded continuing healthcare to long-term nursing home residents.

Speaking about the award nomination, Lisa Morgan says, “I’m thrilled to have been listed on Glamour’s Power List as one of their ‘35 Women Under 35’. It’s a real honour to be listed amongst some truly inspiring women who are making a real difference to business, politics and society in general.

“Challenging continuing healthcare can be a long and difficult process and to be included on such an influential list really is a credit to the hard work of the whole team in successfully settling so many cases.”

Malcolm Evans, Partner at Hugh James says, “The whole team at Hugh James is extremely proud of Lisa and her achievements, and this is yet another well-deserved accolade for her and the team. Lisa has shown true grit and determination in highlighting the issues around continuing healthcare and gaining justice for so many families. This recognition demonstrates the value and impact of her work.”

Ms Morgan, originally from Newtown, Powys, is a key member of the 22-strong department at Hugh James, headed up by Partner Malcolm Evans, which represents over 2,000 clients from England and Wales. The team has successfully recovered over £15 million in wrongly paid care home fees, as well as saving hundreds of thousands of pounds of future fees.

As well as acting for clients, Lisa also lectures widely on the subject of continuing healthcare, and is supervising solicitor for the award winning Cardiff Law School’s Continuing Healthcare pro bono scheme.

The March edition of Glamour magazine, featuring the ’35 Women Under 35’ list, is on sale now.

Additional notes:

35 Women Under 35: The Glamour Power List 2011

Impacting on everything from the clothes we wear to new cancer treatments, these are women with real power. Glamour asked experts in every field, then weighed up the column inches of the well-known against the quiet impact of unsung heroes.

The results are split into 6 categories: