Solicitor Rebecca Stevens, from law firm Withy King’s Swindon office, has made it into The Lawyer’s Hot 100 for 2015 – the most junior person to appear on the prestigious table.
Rebecca, pictured, made national headlines last year when she was praised by the Head of Family Justice Sir James Munby for providing more than 100 hours of free legal support to a father with learning disabilities fighting to stop his son being taken into care. 
Now Rebecca, who works in Withy King’s family law team specialising in cases involving children, is rubbing shoulders with the exceptional solicitors, barristers and legal counsel from across the selected by The Lawyer to make up this year’s Hot 100. Rebecca is the only associate to appear in the coveted list.
She said: “This recognition came as a result of a long year working to help a vulnerable member of our society who was denied access to justice because he could not afford legal representation.
“There is still no solution to this problem and I intend to continue campaigning for a fairer legal system which is accessible to everyone.
“I feel incredibly proud to have qualified as a solicitor after having spent almost a decade working my way through night school to get there. Being a solicitor is an achievement I am proud of, having been brought up in a working-class family who taught me that hard work, dedication and ‘learning whilst earning’ could lead to any ambition being realised.
“To be recognised by my industry four years after qualifying in 2010 is an honour. I am deeply grateful to all those who have helped me along the way but especially to Withy King for giving me the opportunity of a lifetime when offering me a training contract.”
Rebecca is part of a group chosen by the NSPCC to discuss and advise on the Government’s proposed changes to family law.
