Stephanie Leszman studied her law degree at the University of Kent, graduating in 2015, before completing her legal practice course at the University of Law in 2016.
Stephane subsequently joined Venters where she was a Paralegal for a year before completing her two-year training contract, qualifying as a solicitor in 2020. There she remained for a further year practising as a family solicitor.
Stephanie joined Pinney Talfourd in 2021 as a solicitor in the family department where she undertakes work in relation to private child applications, divorce and finances and cohabitation. She was promoted to Associate in November 2024.
Stephanie sits on the staff committee,People of Pinneys Society (POPS).
EXPERTISE
Stephanie’s expertise covers:
- Domestic Abuse
- Divorce
- Cohabitation Agreements
- Civil Partnership Dissolution
- Children Act (application for parents)
- Children Act (application for grandparents)
- Separation Agreements
- Mediation
- Fixed Fee Family Services
- Finances Post Divorce
BADGES & AWARDS
Stephanie is a member of Resolution.
ON A PERSONAL NOTE
In her spare time Stephanie is a fan of the NFL and supports the Green Bay Packers. Stephanie completed a sky dive with some of her colleagues to raise money for the firm’s Charity of the Year 2022/23, Kids Inspire.
Areas of expertise
Noteable achievements
- Advising on a divorce and finances matter where there has been issues regarding a lack of disclosure of financial documents from the other party and pre-marital assets to be distributed.
- Advising on a divorce and finances matter where the parties care for a child subject to a Special Guardianship Order and how the finances should be divided to take this into account.
- Advising clients regarding applying for a Special Guardianship Order for a child following the conclusion of care proceedings and representing them at the Court hearings regarding this application.
- Acting for a client in children act proceedings where the other party had fled the family home with their young child without notice to the client and there were concerns the other party would take the child abroad without permission. An urgent application for a PSO to prevent the other party leaving the country with the child and a spends time with order for the client were granted.
- Acting for a client in children act proceedings where the other party had fled the family home with their young child without notice to the client and there were concerns the other party would take the child abroad without permission. An urgent application for a PSO to prevent the other party leaving the country with the child and a spends time with order for the client were granted.
- Acting for a client in children act proceedings for a spends time with order where the other parties had made allegations to Social Services about the client but no further action was taken.
- Acting for a client in children act proceedings where contact was taking place supervised in a contact centre but the other party did not agree for this to change, therefore an application was made to Court and an interim decision was made for an increase in contact, unsupervised and be outside the contact centre.
Qualifications & memberships
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