Joanne McDonald

Profile

Joanne graduated with a first class law degree from the University of Kent in 2010 and successfully completed the Legal Practice Course (LPC) at BPP Holborn, London in 2011.

Joanne then undertook her two year training contract with CWJ, 12 months of which was spent in the family department. Joanne qualified as a solicitor in 2013, and has worked exclusively within the family department ever since. In May 2018 Joanne was made a senior solicitor.

Since qualification as a solicitor, Joanne has completed numerous professional development courses on all aspects of private family law to keep updated with the development in the law.

Expertise

Private Children Matters
Divorce
Matrimonial finances
Cohabitee Disputes
Separation Agreements
Cohabitation Agreements
Nuptial agreements

Wish for the year

To perfect a piece by Frédéric Chopin on the piano.

Testimonials

I just cannot thank you enough for all your commitment to me. This whole episode cannot close quick enough, but my regards and respect to you will be lifelong for me."

Just a quick thanks Jo for your great efforts and hard thoughtful work, I now can start to see light at the end of the tunnel and hopefully see my son this weekend. You have gone above and beyond my expectations and I'm grateful for that and would recommend your services to anyone any day Many Thanks Jo and I hope we get the outcome we are seeking."

Thank you for giving me the opportunity to respond on the service I received at CWJ. I'm an Australian citizen here in the UK with a son to an English mother, I was having visitation issues and parental rights problems with my ex partner as well as immigration issues, I stumbled across CWJ on Google and was impressed by the professionality of the firm, my solicitor I decided to go with was Joanne McDonald and what a great decision I made. Joanne went above and beyond my expectations as solicitor, her professionalism and her hard thoughtful work was second to none, when I thought I had no hope or didn't think there was any light at the end of the tunnel Joanne gave me that hope. Today the hope I didn't think was ever going to happen happened I am now seeing my son this Thursday thanks to Joanne's efforts, so I would like you to please pass on my personal thanks to Joanne and thank you for giving me the opportunity to do this. If I was to ever recommend a law firm I would highly recommend CWJ and of course Joanne McDonald. "