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Newly established practice Padraig J Hyland and Co at Church Buildings, Main Street in Arklow is open for business.
They are a full service legal practice. Their main areas of practice are Property or Conveyancing; Litigation including Personal Injury Cases, Probate/Wills, Employment, Family Law and Company Law.
However, Padraig J Hyland and Co state that there are very few aspects or areas of law that they have not dealt with and so whatever the legal query or issue, the team will be more than happy to assist and to offer the best professional advice in the most straightforward manner.
Meet the team: Padraig Hyland
The father of six young daughters Padraig is a local man from the well known and respected Hyland family.
He qualified and was admitted to the Roll of Solicitors in Ireland in 2003 and has worked with the long established and esteemed Wicklow firm BJ O’Beirne and Co Solicitors since being indentured in 1999 until the recent retirement of its Principal and prominent Wicklow solicitor Bernard O’Beirne. Padraig obtained his Primary Law Degree and subsequently his Masters Degree in Commercial Law from University College Dublin. He is qualified and Registered Notary Public and has completed several Law Society further Diplomas in areas as wide ranging as Planning and Environmental Law, Employment Law, Property Taxation Law and Sports Law.
Dorothy Rees
Dorothy Rees is the Office Manager and without her the office simply would not work. She has over 30 years experience as a legal Secretary and Executive and has worked on her career initially with the firm of William Fallon & Co. and BJ O’Beirne & Co. Dorothy has vast experience in all areas of General Legal Practice with particular expertise in the areas of contentious Conveyancing and Probate. She lives in Arklow and is blissfully married to esteemed author and local historian Jim Rees.
Carmel Breslin
Carmel is from Arklow and is one of Ireland’s longest serving Legal Secretaries, having spend about 50 years in practice starting work at the age of 18 with William Fallon & Co. Throughout her career she has experienced and helped resolve every type of legal difficulty and dispute and always with a friendly word or a joke. However, she takes her work extremely seriously and she can often be found late at night sifting through a dusty file trying to find a solution to a problem or trying to retrieve an old title deed. Carmel is hoping to retire this year and we are hoping to stop her. We won’t realise how important she is or how much work she does until she is gone.
Joanne Byrne
Joanne Byrne worked for over twenty-five years in administration with some of the country’s largest law firms, dealing with all aspects of law including commercial, litigation, conveyancing, financial to planning. Returning to education and completing a Law Degree, followed by a Masters in Criminology and Criminal Justice in UCD she is continuing to pursue a PhD focusing on Therapeutic Jurisprudence. Joanne has tutored Criminal and Company Law for over five years. She has consulted with the Irish Prison Service, Canadian Corrections and numerous criminal justice collaborations. Native of Arklow, after taking a break to care for her Dad, she is happy to join the team and looks forward to the new challenges ahead.
Clare Smith
Clare Smith from Ferns is the Legal Bookkeeper and is widely acknowledged as one of the best Legal Bookkeepers in Ireland. She has over 16 years experience specifically in Legal Bookkeeping.
Tom Purcell
Tom Purcell of Purconn IT Services ensures the legal practice has the most up to date IT systems, software and Case Management System implementation.
Bernard O’Beirne
Barney O’Beirne is a native of Arklow, he qualified as a Solicitor in 1976 and was indentured with the late Billy Fallon of the firm of William Fallon & Co. which followed from the former Arklow firm, Patrick McDowell & Co. who carried on practice at Main Street, Arklow from 1932 to 1953.
Barney has enjoyed a distinguished career in the law and has officially retired as Principal of B. J. O’Beirne & Co. since December 2018 but he has joined the Practice of Padraig J. Hyland & Co. in a Senior Consultancy Role where he will continue to provide a service to his long standing clients and to offer to share his vast knowledge of the law with the next generation. Originally a litigation expert in the courts Barney, in more recent years, has specialised in the areas of Conveyancing and Probate law and he is well known for his encyclopedic knowledge of the law and is a valuable member of our team.