James Underwood is a trainee solicitor in the trust, will and estate disputes team. 

Before joining Russell-Cooke in 2023, James worked for 10 years as an academic and university lecturer.

• read English Literature at Durham University, graduating with first-class honours in 2011
• MA in Modern and Contemporary Literature (Distinction) and PhD in English Literature from the University of Hull
• completed the Graduate Diploma in Law and Legal Practice Course at BPP University, achieving Distinctions in both