Divorce, Collaborative Practice and Resolution, Financial remedy proceedings, Private Children Act proceedings and legal support services

Solicitor and Company Director

Marisa joined WFLP in September 2013 as an Associate Solicitor, becoming the firm’s Co-owner with Susan in October 2015.
A qualified solicitor since September 2000 following the completion of her training contract at Challinor’s Lyon Clark in Birmingham, Marisa joined Morton Fisher Solicitors making Associate Solicitor in May 2004. She has been a member of the Family Law Panel since 2004, a member of Resolution since 2013 and became a Collaborative Lawyer with Susan in 2014.
Marisa is a working mother of three young children and has embraced the often hectic lifestyle of juggling work and parenthood, claiming that it has refined her time management and organisational skills at home and at the office. She acknowledges the importance of her role as a mother and what that can bring to her work as a family solicitor.
Other responsibilities include her role as a Chair of Governors at the school that both her sons attend.

•  “I like to treat clients in a way that is professional, appropriate and how I feel I would like to be treated in the same situation; with reassurance and confidence while lending a sympathetic ear. I find my work extremely interesting and really enjoy meeting different types of people.”

Contact: mhackett@worcfamilylaw.co.uk

Secretary and Personal Assistant

Nikki has been working at the WFLP since June 2014.
She worked as a secretary at George Green Solicitors in Cradley Heath for 4 ½ years in the Conveyancing department and Corporate department; at Eversheds LLP in Birmingham for 4 years, in the Private Equity Team and WM Attwood & Sons in Cradley Heath for 3 ½ years.
She is a working mother with 2 children aged 8 and 9, working part time, which enables her to balance home life with work life. She enjoys spending time with her family, reading and occasionally helping her mother with the family hotel in Ledbury.

• “I enjoy working in a legal practice and interacting with a wide variety of people. I like to ensure that as the first point of contact for new clients that I come across as professional and approachable.”