Tompkins Wake

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Tompkins Wake
Headquarters Hamilton
No. of offices4
No. of lawyers120+
No. of employees210+
Major practice areasFull Service
Key peopleTom Arieli (Chair), Jon Calder (CEO)
Date founded1922
Website www.tompkinswake.com

Tompkins Wake is a New Zealand law firm, headquartered in Hamilton, New Zealand with offices also in Auckland, Rotorua and Tauranga. The firm was founded as Tompkins and Wake in Hamilton on 22 June 1922 by Lance Tompkins and Cecil Barry Wake (known as Barry Wake).

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History

Tompkins was a prominent lawyer in Hamilton. In 1958, he was appointed a Queen's Counsel. In 1963, he was called to the Supreme Court. [1]

Sir David Tompkins (Lance Tompkins' son), studied from 1947 to 1952 and graduated from the then University of New Zealand with an LLB. He was also a partner in Tompkins Wake, was made a QC, and then sat as a High Court Judge in Auckland. Sir David was Chancellor of the University of Waikato from 1981 to 1985. [2]

While the firm still bears its founders' names, it did become Tompkins, Wake, Paterson and Bathgate during the 1960s through to the 1980s when it returned to Tompkins Wake. [3]

The firm famously launched the "Case for Hamilton" [4] in 2009, threatening to sue the rest of New Zealand because it was difficult to recruit lawyers.

In November 2010 Tompkins Wake acquired Swarbrick Dixon to create Hamilton's largest law firm. The firm then opened its Auckland office in 2012 and in November 2014 Tompkins Wake merged with Davys Burton in Rotorua. [5]

Awards and recognition

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2021

2022

Best Lawyers

Benchmark Litigation

Chambers and Partners

Doyles Guide

Human Resources Director (HRD)

NZ Law Awards

NZ|Lawyer

The Legal 500

References

  1. ↑ "Family of Lawyers". Auckland Law School. University of Auckland. 22 October 2012. Retrieved 25 May 2017.
  2. ↑ "Former Chancellors of the University of Waikato: University of Waikato Calendar". calendar.waikato.ac.nz. Retrieved 13 January 2019.
  3. ↑ "Obituary Judge John Bathgate". NZ Law Society. NZ Law Society. Retrieved 25 May 2017.
  4. ↑ "Take that NZ: Lawyers consider suing the nation". Stuff. Retrieved 1 June 2018.
  5. ↑ "Tompkins Wake and Davys Burton to merge". NZ Law Society. NZ Law Society. Retrieved 25 May 2017.
  6. ↑ "2017". www.lawawards.co.nz. Retrieved 1 June 2018.
  7. 1 2 "The Legal 500 Asia Pacific 2018 – New Zealand – Corporate and M&A recommended Law firms, Lawyers". www.legal500.com. Retrieved 10 July 2018.
  8. ↑ "Best Lawyers List for New Zealand | Best Lawyers". www.bestlawyers.com. Retrieved 10 July 2018.
  9. 1 2 3 "NZ Law Award Finalists 2018". NZ Law Awards. 14 January 2019. Retrieved 14 January 2019.
  10. ↑ "The Legal 500 > Tompkins Wake > Hamilton, NEW ZEALAND >". www.legal500.com.
  11. ↑ "The Legal 500 > Tompkins Wake > Hamilton, NEW ZEALAND > What we say".
  12. 1 2 "Search". www.bestlawyers.com. Retrieved 28 April 2021.
  13. ↑ "New Zealand's innovative firms revealed". www.thelawyermag.com. Retrieved 28 April 2021.
  14. 1 2 3 "NZ Law Awards 2020 winners revealed". www.thelawyermag.com. Retrieved 28 April 2021.
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