Ms Tobin has been a member of the firm for 25 years and qualified as a solicitor in 2011, representing clients in the area of child care and family law.

She primarily practises in the area of divorce, judicial separation, civil partnership, cohabitation, nullity, surrogacy, custody and access disputes, maintenance and domestic violence disputes in contentious and non-contentious matters.

In the area of child law, she represents State clients primarily in proceedings pertaining to the Child Care Act, appearing daily at District and Circuit Court level.

In 2019, Ms Tobin qualified as an accredited mediator with the Mediators’ Institute of Ireland (MII).

Managing partner Deborah Moore said: “I am delighted to announce Karen’s promotion to partner. Karen is a valued member of the team and is well known by clients for her efficiency and thoroughness. I wish her every success in this new chapter.”