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 Family Team Lead
Specialist for family and care lawyers in the North West.
Joseph Shenton
Principal Consultant, PI & Clin Neg, North West
Specialist for clinical negligence and personal injury lawyers in the North West.
Rebecca Blundell
Senior Consultant - Litigation, North West
Specialist for litigation lawyers in the North West and West Midlands.
Lucy Wickham
Senior Consultant - Family, Yorkshire
Specialist for family and care lawyers in Yorkshire.
Jenny Vickerstaff
Senior Consultant - Legal Support, North West
Specialist for Legal Support professionals across the North West.
Michaela Baddeley
Associate Consultant - Family, North West
Specialist for family and care lawyers in the North West.
Laura McColl Wilson
Associate Consultant - Commercial Insurance
Specialist for commercial insurance lawyers across the North West, Yorkshire and the West Midlands.
Bill Szajna-Hopgood
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.
Patrick Hackett
Consultant - Family, West Midlands
Specialist for family 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.
Bridget Lavery
Junior Administrator
Bridget is responsible for a plethora of tasks to keep things moving along behind the scenes, ranging from formatting CVs to organising social events for the team.
Chloe Whittaker
Associate PA and Administrator
Chloe splits her time between being a PA for our Managing Director Duane, administration and HR.
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.
