Harrison Drury has appointed experienced family lawyer Damian Baron as a partner.
He will head up the family law team at Harrison Drury’s Preston office in Chapel Street after joining from Napthens Solicitors where he was also a partner.
Damian, who specialises in divorce cases involving business owners and high-net-worth individuals, joins the firm following its move to new offices in Preston city centre.
John Chesworth, managing partner at Harrison Drury, said: “Damian is an enormously respected family lawyer with significant experience in advising those with substantial personal wealth and business assets. His appointment will allow us to further improve our professional and discreet family law service.”
Damian said: “Harrison Drury is an expanding law firm with a very clear vision of where it is going and a good blend of youth and experience. I am looking forward to helping the firm further develop its family law offering.”
Damian completed his legal training with Gowlings solicitors on Lune Street, Preston, before joining Roscoes in 1989. In 1994, he became a partner at Roscoes which merged with Napthens in 2006.
He is a member of Resolution, a group of family lawyers committed to the constructive resolution of family disputes, and is a former member of the Legal Services Commission’s appeal panel.
Harrison Drury has moved from its former offices in Fleet Street, Preston, to larger premises on the corner of Chapel Street and Winckley Square in the heart of the city’s professional quarter. The firm also has an office in Garstang.
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