Meet your team
Our vision is for all lawyers to be matched with the right law firms. Whether you are a lawyer looking for your next opportunity or simply some career advice, or a law firm seeking to attract, recruit and retain the best legal talent, speak to our team today.
Duane Cormell
Managing Director and Co-founder
He set up Realm in 2015 with the aim of helping law firms improve their productivity and profitability through a refreshing, values-driven approach to legal recruitment.
Kelly Reid
Associate Director and Private Client Team Lead
Specialist for private client, Court of Protection and contentious probate in the North West.
Paula Pawlowska
Associate Director and Head of Recruiter Division
Head of our team of specialist recruiters.
Joseph Shenton
Principal Consultant, Personal Injury & Clinical Negligence, North West
Specialist for clinical negligence and personal injury lawyers in the North West.
Lucy Wickham
Principal Consultant - Family, Yorkshire
Specialist for family and care lawyers in Yorkshire.
Rebecca Blundell
Senior Consultant - Litigation, North West
Specialist for litigation lawyers in the North West and West Midlands.
Amanda Bower
Senior Consultant - Family, Manchester & East Cheshire
Specialist for family and care lawyers in Manchester and East Cheshire.
Jenny Vickerstaff
Senior Consultant - Legal Support & Costs, North West
Specialist for Legal Support & Costs professionals across the North West.
Layla Jackson
Senior Consultant - Corporate, Commercial, Employment & Real Estate, North West
Specialist for corporate, commercial, employment and real estate lawyers in the North West.
Michaela Baddeley
Associate Consultant - Family, Merseyside, Lancashire & West Cheshire
Specialist for family and care lawyers in Merseyside, Lancashire and West Cheshire.
Bill Szajna-Hopgood
Associate Consultant - Private Client, Yorkshire
Specialist for private client, Court of Protection and contentious probate lawyers in Yorkshire.
Jen Crowther
Consultant - Private Client, West Midlands
Specialist for private client, Court of Protection and contentious probate lawyers in the West Midlands.
Rebecca Hopwood
Associate Director and Head of Support
Rebecca does a little bit of everything here at Realm, but mainly works to put strategies and processes in place that make sure our employees feel that their career aspirations are achievable, that they are engaged in their work and that their wellbeing is supported.
Chloe Whittaker
Office Manager
Chloe splits her time between being our Office Manager and PA for our Managing Director Duane.
Sarah Glynn
Associate Director and Head of Marketing and Client Experience
Sarah is responsible for steering our marketing and business development strategy and bringing our best-in-class services to new practice areas and regions.
Katherine Memery
Principal Marketing and PR Executive
Katherine oversees the business’s content strategy, helping to grow the Realm brand through PR, online and offline content and email marketing.
Lucy Cade
Senior Marketing Executive
Lucy is responsible for managing our campaigns and our social media content. She also helps our recruitment team to build and cultivate successful personal brands online.
Paula Tanner
Head of Finance
Paula is our Head of Finance and is responsible for all financial processing and management.
