Julie Jones

"As an employment lawyer I come from the traditional law firm background, where I worked my way up to being a partner in a large and well respected regional law firm. But before I became a lawyer, I spent many years running my own business and employing other people, and I felt that the traditional law firm structure wasn't always able to provide the support that clients were looking for in finding the right solutions for their people.

I started Starford because I wanted to work more closely with my clients, genuinely becoming part of their in-house team, without them worrying about exorbitant legal fees. I wanted to work only with people who want to do the right thing, whether by their company, by their people or by the law.  I also wanted to create a legal and HR consultancy that could offer flexibility for its lawyers and HR professionals, and that's what Starford does. We don't have a head office, and all of our consultants work from home, during hours that suit them and the clients they work with. All good relationships are built on trust - the trust that I have built with my clients and the trust that I have for all of the consultants who work with me."