Helen Pidgeon has been helping US couples resolve their family legal problems for the past 25 years. Helen has a wealth of experience especially in advising in US/UK cases.
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Helen has a variety of skills and tools available to do this as she is a mediator, collaborative lawyer and a litigator.
She has worked with many US clients helping them navigate the best way to resolve their family disputes. She has many personal contacts amongst US attorneys throughout the US cities and has worked together with them helping their mutual client’s in both US/UK.
Helen established this firm more than 10 years ago following a successful career in large city firms. She brings a flexible and constructive approach to all of her client’s situations, with the aim of helping them achieve the best possible outcomes for themselves and their families. She adopts a conciliatory approach whenever possible but also argues her client’s position with vigour.
Helen is a member of the International Academy of Collaborative Practitioners, regularly meeting with US attorneys. Helen is a member of family law group Resolution: First for Family law and is also a member of the Law Society’s Family Law Panel
Helen lives in London with her husband and two sons. With her very limited spare time she enjoys travel, scuba diving, reading crime novels and socialising with friends and family.
DD: +44 (0) 203 585 2576
M: +44 (0)7833 228181
Vicki Sales is a specialist family solicitor with over 20 years’ experience. Vicki uses her considerable legal experience to help clients resolve their differences.
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Many of Vicki’s clients have international connections and she regularly works as part of a client’s team with other Attorney’s in the US and elsewhere. Her detailed knowledge of the law matched with her attention to detail enables her to negotiate from a position of strength to achieve the fair settlements that her client’s desire to move on with their lives in a positive way.
Vicki is a collaborative lawyer and a litigator. She advises on all aspects of family law whether at the start of the relationship with pre-nuptial agreements or end when there is a divorce and financial settlement. Where there are children involved, she assists her client’s in resolving the care arrangements for them, including where the family may live and have parents in both the US and UK.
Vicki is an active member of the family law group Resolution: First for Family Law. She is also a member of the Law Society’s Family Law Panel.
Vicki lives in South West London. In her spare time she enjoys cycling and has completed a challenging charity cycle ride to the South Coast. Many of her vacations have been spent on cycling holidays in Northern and Southern Italy enjoying the medieval countryside, delicious food and wine or walking around the Welsh border.
DD: +44 (0) 203 585 2577
M: +44(0)7833 228302
Caroline Wright has 20 years of experience as a specialist family solicitor, mediator and litigator. She seeks to achieve the best outcome for clients and their families by the most appropriate means.
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Caroline is pragmatic, practical and creative in her use of the law and the various process options available to assist her clients with achieving workable outcomes that reflect how they wish to continue their family life.
Caroline is a member of the family law group Resolution: First for Family Law.
Caroline lives in North London with her husband and three young sons. In her spare time, Caroline enjoys playing tennis, cooking and travelling.
DD: +44 (0) 203 585 2576
M: +44(0)7802 723996
Amy Mellor has 6 years of experience as a family solicitor working in a multi-disciplinary boutique firm in London during her training before qualifying in 2018.
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Prior to qualification Amy successfully completed a Masters in Law programme achieving a distinction. Amy’s past experience in Wills, Estate Planning and Conveyancing enable her to approach cases holistically and with a multi-disciplined perspective. Amy has experience working on cases with an international element. Amy is a warm and empathetic lawyer with a forensic eye who understands not only the legal complexities of family difficulties but the emotional and financial challenges it brings for the individuals and their children. As a member of Resolution, she is committed to a constructive non-confrontational approach wherever possible
Amy lives on a narrow boat on the London Canals. In her spare time, Amy enjoys travelling, cooking and teaching herself guitar. Amy is dual British and American citizen and her holidays often take her over the Atlantic to visit family.
DD: +44 (0)203 585 2576
M: +44 7510080461
We are supported by our team:
Georgia Prichard – Paralegal
georgia@helenpidgeonsolicitors.com
Ellie Carvalho – PA
ecarvalho@helenpidgeonsoliciors.com
Vicky Shirley – Accounts Manager
vshirley@helenpidgeonsolicitors.com