Stephanie Hawthorn

Senior Associate

What can I do for you

Stephanie assists individuals with a wide range of family law matters, including relationship or marriage breakdowns, children disputes, nuptial agreements and domestic abuse injunctions.

She provides compassionate and pragmatic legal advice to ensure that her client’s feel supported throughout, seeking to get to the heart of the matter from the very first meeting.

Stephanie has significant experience in complex asset and income structures, pension issues and complex children matters, including both internal and international relocation and matters concerning serious domestic abuse.

Stephanie is ranked as an 'Associate to Watch' in Chambers & Partners 2025.

What do others say

"Stephanie Hawthorn has been fantastic, very hard working, diligent, patient and understanding. She makes sure that everything is done way before the deadlines. Cannot fault her at all, she gives 110% when dealing with me." - Client

"Stephanie is a great up-and-coming lawyer who shows great client care." - Chambers & Partners 2025

"Stephanie Hawthorn is very sensible and switched on- she is a good opponent." - Chambers & Partners 2025

Supporting your ambitions

Stephanie is keenly aware of the emotional impact family disputes can have and works tirelessly to resolve disputes in a fair and timely manner. She provides practical solutions to resolve matters and to enable her client's to move forward with their lives.

She strives to avoid the court forum wherever possible, but recognises that litigation can be required to ensure progress and reach a resolution with the best possible outcome for her client. She is a fearless lawyer in this arena working to promote her client's interests and achieve their aims.

Stephanie can assist with a wide range of family law issues, allowing her to support clients through multiple, complex and inter-linked issues

What else should you know?

Stephanie was previously co-chair of the University of Birmingham's Free Legal Advice Group, through which she now acts as a professional volunteer, working with students to provide legal advice to those most in need.

Outside of work, Stephanie is working hard to travel the world and experience as many new cultures and cuisines as possible.

What our clients say about us

“I think Mills & Reeve are a wonderful firm. The support they have provided to us in a really difficult area has been brilliant, collaborative and commercially minded. The team were absolutely wonderful and a joy to work with. Amazing advice and support and a real collaborative effort with us. I can't thank them enough for getting us through some really tough times and doing so with an amazing can-do attitude.”

“They are friendly, fast, always available and always on top of the game. I tend to judge my legal team against the other side's legal team and never doubt Mills & Reeve is the better of the two.”

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“I value the fact that Mills & Reeve are recognised as a good place to work in the UK Best Companies survey. This aligns with the values of our business and means that Mills & Reeve can share what is required to achieve this status with our business.”

As many clients will testify, too many lawyers deliver the required legal expertise but fail to deliver an outstanding client experience. Which is why we always listen to our clients and constantly ask ourselves what we can do to deliver the results you expect.

You expect a close and attentive working relationship, with a lawyer that is responsive and available when you need them. You also want clear, pragmatic and commercial advice tailored to your needs, and transparency and certainty on costs. We completely agree. That’s why every day, through our culture and approach we are committed to delivering the exceptional results and service our clients expect of us.