Five Minute Focus On: Anne O’Connell, Anne O’Connell Solicitors
Tell us about yourself
I am from Meath and I am mad about sports, particularly GAA, rugby, tennis and horseracing. I keep my sanity by either yoga or going to O’Brien’s! I qualified as a solicitor in 2001 and I am passionate about employment law. I also qualified as a New York Attorney and had a job in Manhattan that was to start at the end of September 2001 but September 11th changed that route. I worked for most of my career in William Fry solicitors and never thought that I would set up my own practice but I am so happy that I did.
Tell us about AOC Solicitors
We are a specialist employment law firm. The Firm was set up in February 2017 and we moved to Glandore in October 2018. From our first year we were ranked as a Leading Firm in Employment Law in Ireland by Legal500 and received a number of esteemed awards including our latest award of Employment Law Firm of the Year at the Irish Law Awards 2019.
We are currently a team of five and we are so delighted that Laura Reid joined the team as Associate Solicitor in June from an employment law team in a large corporate firm.
What’s your role in AOC Solicitors?
The Boss!!
Tell us something about AOC Solicitors we may not know
We are all culchies, we love to laugh and our weakness is scones on a Friday morning and a drink on a Friday evening.
What’s next for AOC Solicitors?
Continue our successful growth and have more fun along the way.
What do you think is the future of work?
There will be a much great focus on work-life balance which will include more flexibility in relation to working times and working location, 9am to 5pm will be a thing of the past.
What do you like about being a Glandore Member?
It is great to be part of such a nice community and supported by a great team in Glandore. We really enjoy the organised events.
What do like about living and working in Dublin?
We enjoy the buzz. There is always lots to do and plenty of people to do it with.