Emmersons Solicitors Managing Director Jacqueline Emmerson is a Family and Matrimonial Law Specialist She is available 7 days a week. Jacqueline has over 32 years of Family Law experience and is one of the most senior and experienced Family Solicitors in the North East. She was one of the first and youngest members of The Law Society Family Law Panel.
She specialises in all areas of Divorce Law. Including Financial and Children's matters. She is able to help you with complicated high-net-worth cases involving businesses and high-value pensions. She is a trained Collaborative Family Lawyer. Jacqueline has lead her team to win Small Law Firm of the Year at the National Law Society Excellence Awards as well as being voted Family Law Firm of the Year - Regional - The British Family Law Awards 2024
“This firm's care and compassion for its own staff, as well as for clients, really stood out in this entry. Strong submission. Clearly a very active firm with focus on legal expertise, community and its staff.”
Just email your query and telephone number to je@emmersons-solicitors.co.uk and Jacqueline will get back to you.
We are an Award Winning Local Family Law Firm Specialising in Divorce.
As Divorce and Family Law Solicitors based in Sunderland, we are very proud of the fact that we have won Law Firm of the Year at the National Law Society Excellence Awards.
Jacqueline Emmerson our Managing Director, set up Emmersons Solicitors Family Law in 1998. As a Divorce and Family Solicitor, she wanted to help the people of her home town. Jacqueline grew up in Whitburn and attended Fulwell Grange and St.Anthony's Girls' School before going on to study Law at Northumbria University and Chester College of Law.
Over the years Jacqueline has helped thousands of clients from the City of Sunderland and surrounding areas when they have had matrimonial difficulties. She has been heavily involved with serving and retired Service Personnel and their families. Jacqueline is an Honorary Solicitor for SSAFA, the armed forces charity. She also lectures to the volunteers of local charities in relation to Family and Divorce Law.
Why not save time and money by letting us help you prepare fully for your initial Divorce and Family Law advice appointment with one of our solicitors based in Sunderland?
Sunderland Family Law Solicitors, call our Sunderland office: 0191 567 6667
Email us: enquiries@emmersons-solicitors.co.uk
Or complete our Online Enquiry Form and select Family Law
Jacqueline feels that it is very important to be able to offer people like you a first-rate Family Law and Divorce service in and around Sunderland. She likes to choose local, highly-experienced and, just as importantly;
Approachable, Friendly, Helpful Solicitors based in Sunderland.
Our Divorce and Family Law Solicitors offices are based in the easy to access central location of Sunderland.
Our Divorce and Family Law Solicitors Sunderland Team are experts in their field. You need to know that we can handle your case properly, that we can do so in a calm manner and that we can get you the best deal possible. You will find our staff to be very supportive of you, they are highly trained. Jacqueline Emmerson is a Collaboratively trained Family Lawyer. The aim of Collaborative Law is to settle your case at Round Table Meetings, with you and your spouse determining the most important issues rather than the court forcing orders upon you both.
We are able to help you with cases involving your home, Pensions, Investment Properties, the distribution of business assets, maintenance for you and/or children, pre-nuptial agreements, cohabitation agreements, same-sex relationships and transgender issues.
If you need help to see, or have overnight contact with your child, children, grandchildren or other young relative then you should contact us for initial advice. We have found that the sooner we can assist you, the greater the chance that issues relating to children can be resolved.
Our aim is to try to keep all of our clients out of court in order to:
However, you will find that if it is not possible to avoid court in your case then Emmersons Family Solicitors will support you. They will prepare your case thoroughly. Our Lawyers are excellent negotiators and using their years of experience are able to obtain the best deal for you. Frequently we are able to settle cases for our clients at the first court appointment.
If you need help with your Divorce or Separation, then contact us for a Next Steps in Divorce Advice Session and see how we can help you.
If you would like to speak to one of our Divorce and Family Law Specialists in Sunderland, then please contact us on:
No Fault Divorce Solicitors Sunderland: Call our Sunderland office on: 0191 567 6667
Or complete our Online Enquiry Form
Or email us: enquiries@emmersons-solicitors.co.uk
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I am frequently asked about the value of instructing an expert solicitor to handle a Divorce. I have put together this useful guide which will answer many of your questions. If you are contemplating a Divorce or Separation, and wondering whether you need a solicitor to assist you, then my guide will help you to decide. Regards, Jacqueline Emmerson.
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