Meet the team
Steven Newdall
Managing Partner
Steven qualified as a solicitor in 1992 and since 2004 combines his duties as Managing Partner of Levi Solicitors LLP with his role as head of the professional negligence team. Read more...
Ian Land
Senior Partner
Ian became a partner in 1993 and went on to become the firm’s Senior Partner in 2002. Ian is also head of the Commercial Property department. Read more...
Alan Tai
Partner
Alan is the head of the firm’s Residential Property team, a position which he has held since 2002. As well as standard sale and purchase transactions. Read more...
Paul Sykes
Partner
Paul is the Head of the Dispute Resolution team at Levi Solicitors. Admitted as a solicitor in 1984, Paul has over 32 years' experience of civil and commercial disputes. Read more...
Jeffrey Myers
Partner
Jeffrey Myers is a commercial property solicitor, who brings with him a wealth of experience of over 25 years specialising in business transfers and commercial leases. Read more...
Matt Rodd
Partner
Matt is a partner in the residential property team. He trained at Levi Solicitors LLP, qualifying in 2006. He acts in all aspects of residential property transactions. Read more...
Andrew Milburn
Partner
Andrew is head of our wills, probate and trusts department. He has expertise in a wide range of areas of private client work and is a member of Solicitors for the Elderly. Read more...
Gillian Sandford
Partner
Gillian returned to Levi Solicitors LLP in September 2014 as a Partner in the residential conveyancing department and has over 25 years’ experience. Read more...
Vladimir Mikeljevic
Partner
Vladimir is head of our immigration department. He has been practising immigration and asylum law since 1996 and has presented over 600 appeals in Immigration Tribunals. Read more...
Lisa Wilson
Partner
Lisa is a partner and heads up our new build conveyancing department, representing buyers from many of the UK’s largest housebuilders. Read more...
John James
Solicitor
John heads up our personal injury department. He specialises in personal injury and medical negligence claims and is based predominantly in our Wakefield office. Read more...
Emma Farrell
Solicitor
Emma is a solicitor in our dispute resolution team. Emma is dual-qualified in the Republic of Ireland and England and Wales, and has over 15 years of litigation and professional negligence experience. Read more...
Sue Stephenson
Solicitor
Sue trained and qualified at Levi Solicitors LLP. Sue is a solicitor in the property department dealing with freehold and leasehold sales and purchases. Read more...
Ed Smith
Solicitor
Ed joined Levi Solicitors LLP in October 2014 and is a solicitor in the dispute resolution department. Ed has particular expertise in property disputes and licensing matters. Read more...
Sean Mchale
Solicitor
Sean is a solicitor in our dispute resolution department. He began working at Levi Solicitors LLP in 2013 and qualified as a solicitor in 2015. Read more...
Naser Akhtar
Solicitor
Naser joined Levi Solicitors LLP in January 2017, having qualified in 2015. Naser specialises in personal injury and is based in our Wakefield and Bradford offices. Read more...
James Gould
Solicitor
James is a solicitor within the dispute resolution department at Levi Solicitors LLP. He trained with the firm, qualifying in May 2017. He has a particular specialism in commercial disputes. Read more...
Louise Burgess
Solicitor
Louise is a solicitor in our commercial property team, dealing with the sales and purchases of businesses and the completion of leases. Read more...
Simon Miller
Costs Lawyer
Simon heads up Levi Solicitors' legal costs department and has over ten years’ experience in dealing with legal costs services and disputes. Read more...
Sandra Drake
Conveyancer
Sandra is a residential conveyancer, based in Levi Solicitors LLP’s Wakefield office. She qualified as a legal executive in 1996, and has a wealth of experience. Read more...
Nicola Roughton
Conveyancer
Nicola is a conveyancing executive. Nicola has worked in conveyancing for over 20 years, and during this time she has dealt with a wide variety of conveyancing transactions. Read more...
Fiona Firth
Conveyancer
Fiona is a residential conveyancer. She specialises in the sale and purchase of both registered and unregistered freehold and leasehold properties. Read more...
Lois Davey
Conveyancer
Lois trained and qualified at Levi Solicitors. She acts in all aspects of residential property transactions. She also has deals with transactions involving shops and restaurants. Read more...
Katy Lawson
Conveyancer
Katy is a conveyancing executive who has worked in conveyancing for 10 years and during this time dealt with a wide variety of residential property transactions. Read more...
Afsha Ayub
Conveyancer
Afsha is a conveyancer based in our Bradford office, who has over 15 years’ experience in residential conveyancing. Read more...
Kathryn Busfield
Paralegal
Kathryn is a paralegal in our wills, probates and trusts team. She has over 7 years experience dealing with wills and estate planning and probate work. Read more...
Hazel puckering
Paralegal
Hazel is a paralegal in our Dispute Resolution team. She assists the team in a variety of disputes, including professional negligence, property and commercial disputes. Read more...