Richard Grogan
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Richard Grogan BCL, AITI, TEP, CEDR, Solicitor and Accredited Mediator. Richard specialises in Employment Law, and Taxation of Employment Law Awards and Settlements. Richard provides mediation services, both in employment disputes as an alternative to Court proceedings or claims to the WRC and workplace mediation. Richard also heads up our Reputational Risk and Crisis Management practice for Senior Executives and Senior Managers. Richard brings over 30 years experience, specialist knowledge and expertise as a Solicitor and Chartered Tax Advisor to provide a quality and value for money service to his clients. Richard is one of the best known and respected Employment Law Solicitors in Ireland. Richard is ranked as one of the top Employment Lawyers in the country. Richard writes and lectures extensively on Employment Law and Taxation. You can see some of Richards publications and lectures in our publications section.
Richard Grogan – BCL, AITI, TEP, CEDR, Accredited Mediator was educated at Blackrock College. Richard then studied Law at UCD where he obtained an Honours BCL. Richard qualified as a Solicitor in 1979. Later he qualified as an Associate of the Taxation Institute of Ireland. Richard was a founding member of the Society of Trust and Estate Practitioners in Ireland. Richard is a qualified Solicitor, a Chartered Tax Consultant and Registered Trust and Estate Practitioner. Richard is a member of the Employment Law Association of Ireland and the Dublin Solicitors Bar Association.
Richard is a member of the Employment Law Association of Ireland and the Dublin Solicitors Bar Association, and, is a member of the Employment and the Equality Committee of the Law Society of Ireland. Richard has written and lectured extensively on Employment Law, Wills, Trusts, and, Taxation. He was the original editor of “Payroll and Taxation for Employers”. Richard had a regular column for over 10 years in The Taxation Institute of Ireland – Monthly magazine; The Irish Taxation Review entitled “Legislation Events”. Richard has written extensively in The Law Society Gazette, The Irish Tax Review, The Commercial Law Practitioner, The Employment Law Journal and “The Parchment”. Richard in 2016 started writing a regular column for Irish Legal News. Richard has written Opinion Pieces for the Irish Times and the Irish Daily Mail. Richard has appeared regularly on RTE, on radio and television and on Newstalk FM, Today FM along with various local radio stations in particular Highland Radio, Midlands 103, Cork’s 96 FM and Waterford FM. Richard has been quoted regularly in national newspaper including The Irish Times, The Irish Independent, The Examiner, The Irish Daily Mail, The Business Post and The Sunday Times.
Richard was a lecturer in Succession and Trust Law for The Taxation Institute of Ireland. Richard has lectured extensively for The Chartered Institute of Personnel and Development, The Law Society, The Society of Trust and Estate Practitioners, Central Law Training, various Bar Associations and many specialist interest groups on Employment Law and Taxation. Richard was also a regular columnist for the Irish Independents “Know Your Rights”. Richard appears regularly in the Workplace Relations Commission, The Labour Court, the Circuit Court, and in the High Court in Employment cases.
After Richard qualified as a Solicitor he worked in Conveyancing. Later he moved to general Litigation where he specialised in Litigation cases involving workplace accidents and general accidents including car accidents. Subsequently Richard became the Head of Conveyancing in a medium sized Dublin firm. After that Richard moved to a Top Four Accountancy firm where he specialised in Capital Acquisitions Tax and Capitals Gains Tax. Richard moved to the Human Resource Solutions practice of that firm where he was a Senior Manager. Subsequently Richard became a Senior Associate in a leading Cork firm of Solicitors but worked in Dublin before becoming a Partner in one of the most highly respected medium sized firms in Dublin where he headed up their Employment and Taxation Department. In 2009 Richard decided to set up the firm of Richard Grogan & Associates to provide boutique legal services in our specialised areas of Law.
Richard is a recognised specialist in Employment Law and Litigation. Richard also has a strong knowledge of Taxation Law as it applies to Employers and Employees. Richard has been involved as the lead lawyer in some of the most challenging Employment Law cases. Richard acts for both employers and employees.
Richard was a Committee member of the Employment Law Association of Ireland from 2011 until 2016.
Firm Description:
We are a specialist boutique law firm providing legal services in Employment Law & Personal Injury* Litigation. We are not a full service law firm. We only provide legal services in the areas of law where we can provide best practice, expertise and experience to our clients. Giving honest & unbiased advice in a simple & straightforward fashion without legal jargon is our trademark. This sometimes means telling clients what they need to hear and not what they want to hear. If you want a straight talking legal team, we are the firm for you.
In 2019 we were winners of the Law Firm Innovation Award and in 2018 the Employment Law Firm of the Year Award from Irish Law Awards. In both years we were finalists in the Leinster (including Dublin) Litigation Firm of the year. In 2020 the Firm won the Leaders in Law 2020 Global Awards as Employment Law Firm of the Year in Ireland.
We are a straight talking solution based Firm. If we believe, you have a case, or a claim, or an area of services which we can provide to you, we will tell you. If we do not believe that is the position, we will equally tell you. We are known as a straight talking Firm. We are also known as a Firm that seeks to provide solutions.
Guide on Employment Law
https://grogansolicitors.ie/guides-on-employment-law/