About us

Patrick Lawrence is the sole practitioner at Patrick Lawrence Solicitors. He has worked in family law for over 25 years and was a founding member of the first national network of solicitors dealing with injunction law. He is an advanced member of the Law Society's Family Law Panel and a member of Resolution (formerly the Solicitors' Family Law Association).
He graduated in Law, with Honours from the London School of Economics in 1977, qualified as a solicitor in 1980, and established the business in 1983.
Karen Wallis is the joint head of Property and Probate department at Patrick Lawrence Solicitors. She has worked in this area of law for over 25 years and has extensive experience in tenancy dispute cases and other areas of commercial property law.
She is a Fellow of the Institute of Legal Executives.
Deborah Lawrence is the joint head of Property and Probate department at Patrick Lawrence Solicitors. She has over 19 years of experience in this area.
She graduated with an BSc from the University of Greenwich in 1981 and is an Associate Member of the Institute of Legal Executives.

Toni Charlick deals with divorce, adoption law and cohabitation disputes. She has worked at the firm for over 3 years.
She will become an Associate Member of the Institute of Legal Executives in 2009.