Title
President 2017-2018
Company
The Law Society of Scotland
Bio
Graham Matthews qualified as a solicitor in 1979. After an apprenticeship in Musselburgh, he returned to his native Aberdeenshire in January 1981 to take up an assistant post in Inverurie and never left, having now occupied the same office and same desk for 35 years. He is a partner at Peterkins Solicitors. He joined the Law Society’s Council in 2005 and has sat on and convened many committees and working parties before being elected Vice President for 2016/2017 in December. He is on the Future of Conveyancing Working Party. Graham is enthusiastic about the legal profession and particularly high street practice and all it entails, including legal aid, access to justice and education. His interests outside law include learning to ride, ballroom dancing, family, music, fast cars and bikes.