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Martina is a partner in the liability department of Kennedys' Dublin office.

Prior to joining Kennedys Martina spent a number of years in-house as a defence litigation solicitor with a global insurer, managing key account policy holder claims. She is ACII qualified having completed the Advanced Diploma in Insurance with the Chartered Insurance Institute and the Professional Diploma in Insurance with the University College Dublin.  

Martina has extensive experience in providing specifically tailored legal advice to fleets, retailers, hoteliers, and financial institutions in relation to personal injury claims relating to employers liability, public liability, defamation, product liability and motor.

Martina is an author of Kennedys’ Claims Handling Law and Practice Guide, the fourth edition of which was published in February 2021, and regularly lectures on the Law Society of Ireland Diploma in Insurance.

She also contributed to the Claims inflation and personal injury claims: a global review report, published in June 2023.

Qualifications

  • Qualified in Ireland in 2002
  • Qualified in England and Wales in 2011

Market recognition

  • Recommended Lawyer for 'Dispute Resolution (Ireland)'
    The Legal 500 EMEA 2023
  • Recommended Lawyer for 'Insurance (Ireland)'
    The Legal 500 EMEA 2023