Top 50 law firm Weightmans has elected John Schorah as its new managing partner and Dan Cutts as its new senior partner
John takes on the managing partner role from Patrick Gaul, who has led the firm since 2003. During that time, the firm’s fee income has increased from £27.7m to £77.1m.
John joined Weightmans as director of commercial services in 2003 and currently oversees delivery of the firm’s commercial strategy.
Dan joined Weightmans in 1999 and has been a board member since 2002 and director of insurance since 2007. As past president of the Forum of Insurance Lawyers he has been actively involved in the recent civil justice reforms. Both will begin their new roles on 1 May 2013.