Penny Heighway currently serves as an Associate Director at Freeths LLP, a position held since September 2022. Prior to this role, Penny worked as a Recruitment Consultant at Chadwick Nott from January 2015 to September 2022, specializing in private practice legal recruitment in the South East from newly qualified to partner level. Previous experience includes a tenure as a Solicitor at Kennedys, focused on professional negligence cases and policy disputes, and as a Partner at Henmans LLP, dealing with professional negligence, medical malpractice, and personal injury. Early career experience includes serving as an Assistant Solicitor at Bond Pearce in defendant personal injury cases. Penny holds a Bachelor of Science (BSc) degree in Political Science from the University of Bristol and additional education from the University of Exeter.