My legal life: David Merkel
University law lecturer and former Law Society council member for lawyers with disabilities
My legal life: Haafiz Suleman
Senior associate at Clifford Chance
My legal life: Jennette Newman
Jennette Newman, partner at Clyde & Co and president of London FOIL
My legal life: James Brown
James Brown, co-founder and managing partner of Hall Brown Family Law.
My legal life: Dushal Mehta
Senior associate at Fieldfisher
My legal life: Karen Purdy
Sole principal solicitor and director at Purdys Solicitors, Royston, Cambridgeshire
My legal life: Derek Rodgers
Managing partner at Gardner Leader
My legal life: Linda Lamb
Solicitor and director of LSL Family Law
My legal life: Robert Banner
Managing partner and executive director of Banner Jones Solicitors
My legal life: Umar Kankiya
Head of the mental health department at Sternberg Reed Solicitors, London and Essex
My legal life: Jonathan Coad
Consultant solicitor at Keystone Law
My legal life: Ben Brassington
Agriculture and estates solicitor at Aaron & Partners Solicitors, Shrewsbury
My legal life: George McLoughlin
Head of housing disrepair at Curtis Law Solicitors LLP.
My legal life: Jason Parker
Of counsel at Winston & Strawn in London.
My legal life: Liz Jones
Partner at Birkett Long in Colchester.
My legal life: Michael Simmons
Writer and former solicitor.
My legal life: Christian Tuddenham
Solicitor-advocate and partner at Jenner & Block, London.
My legal life: Nicola Burgess
Legal director of the Joint Council for the Welfare of Immigrants.
My legal life: Edward Sparrow
Senior consultant at Ashurst, London; and chairman of the City of London Law Society
My legal life: Richard Hodgson
Partner at Linklaters, London
My legal life: Leon Samuel Phillips
Retired solicitor.
My legal life: Yvonne Jefferies
Partner at Byrne and Partners, London
My legal life: Gillian Knowles
Gillian Knowles, head of wills, trusts and estates, Cullimore Dutton, Chester
My legal life: Syeda Ahmed
Solicitor at Roberts Jackson in Manchester.
My legal life: Rosie Bracher
Rosie Bracher, family law solicitor at Rosie Bracher Solicitors, Devon
My legal life: Anna Favre
Anna Favre, partner in the residential real estate team at Pemberton Greenish, London.
My legal life: Peter Young
Peter Young, solicitor at Levy & Co, Essex
My Legal life: Barbara Likulunga
Barbara Likulunga, solicitor, Avon and Bristol Law Centre
My legal life: Shah Qureshi
My legal life: Shah Qureshi, Bindmans, London
My legal life: Susanne Shah
Susan Shah, director and head of the Newcastle office, Vardags
My legal life: Ben Power
Founder and managing partner, Springhouse Solicitors.
My legal life: Laxmi Patel
Laxmi Patel, partner, Boyes Turner, Reading
My legal life: John Stephenson
John Stephenson, senior partner, Bircham Dyson Bell, London.
My legal life: Stephen Welfare
Stephen Welfare, partner, dispute resolution, Royds Withy King, London
My legal life: Andrew Kaufman MBE
Andrew Kaufman MBE, consultant, Fladgate, London
My legal life: Situl Bains
Situl Bains, global general counsel, UNiDAYS, Nottingham.
My legal life: Daniel Gerring
Daniel Gerring, head of pensions, Travers Smith, London.
My legal life: Katrina Robinson MBE
Katrina Robinson MBE, head of legal services, Optivo, London
My legal life: Anna Ferster
Anna Ferster, associate, Forsters London
My legal life: Ashley Fredericks
Supervising solicitor, Nottingham Law School Legal Advice Centre
My legal life: Rob Hams
Wansbroughs Solicitors, Wiltshire
My legal life: Andrew Higgs
Consultant solicitor, Setfords, London
My legal life: Julia Newland
Partner, Garside & Hoy, Middlesex
My legal life: Quazim Khan
Trainee solicitor, Greenwich Housing Rights, London
