Frederick R.M. Smith, KC / Senior Partner of the Firm and Managing Partner Freeport
In October 2009, Mr. Smith received the honour of appointment to King’s Counsel, the highest appointment a member of the Bahamas or the UK Bar can achieve. The title of KC, which entitles the bearer to address the highest court in the U.K., the Privy Council, has been bestowed on fewer than one percent of The Bahamas’ practicing attorneys.
R. Dawson Malone / Nassau Managing Partner
Mr. Malone is very knowledgeable of the trial and appellant processes of the Courts. He has also served a short term as the Assistant Registrar (Acting) of the Supreme Court of The Bahamas.
Stephen A. Turnquest / Partner
Stephen Anthony Turnquest was born in Nassau in 1958. Mr. Turnquest received his LLB from the University of The West Indies in June 1985. He earned a Certificate of Legal Education from the Norman Manley Law School in Jamaica in 1987. Mr. Turnquest was called to The Bahamas Bar in the same year and is a member of The Bahamas Bar Association. His practice areas include Commercial and Civil Litigation (including personal injuries), Employment Law, Insolvency, Admiralty Law and Medical Malpractice.
Simone Morgan-Gomez / Partner
She has been practicing in The Bahamas since 1997 and specializes in Commercial Litigation involving: Employment, Insurance, Insolvency, Trusts, Agency and Multi-jurisdictional Contracts. Mrs. Morgan-Gomez speaks English and Spanish.
Courtney L. Pearce / Partner
Courtney Pearce received her B. A. in International Politics from Colgate University in New York. Ms. Pearce went on to study at the University of Buckingham where she graduated with Upper Second Class Honours in 2005. During her year at Bar School, Ms. Pearce was very active in the Pro Bono Legal Advice Centre of the College of Law and negotiated a settlement between her clients and their local Council in a property dispute. Ms. Pearce was called to the Bar in England and Wales in July 2006 and to the Bahamas Bar in December 2006. She currently works in litigation and is building her specialization in Corporate and Trust Law.
Cheryl D. Cartwright / Partner
Ms. Cartwright’s responsibilities involve advising on multi-jurisdictional legal issues, and acting as a Pupil Master. Her areas of practice include Insolvency and Liquidations, International Commercial Litigation, International Commercial Transactions, as well as limited work with Conveyance, Mortgage and Property Law. Ms. Cartwright has served as an Acting Deputy Registrar of the Court of Appeal, served as Chairman and Board member on various government bodies, and was the founding Vice-President of the Bahamas Association of Compliance Officers.
Pearline Y. Ingraham-Wood / Senior Associate
If ever there were a doubt about compassion and the law, one moment with Callenders Associate Pearline Ingraham-Wood will dispel any trace. A staunch defender of women’s and children’s rights, Ingraham-Wood is articulate and shining proof that passion about people and the law go hand-in-hand when in the right hands.
Syneisha Y. Bootle / Senior Associate
Ms. Bootle was called to the Bar of England and Wales (Lincoln’s Inn) in July, 2015, The Bahamas Bar in September, 2015 and joined the team at the Nassau office of Callenders & Co. that same year, having interned with the firm for six consecutive summers. Ms. Bootle is a member of the International Federation of Women Lawyers, The Honourable Society of Lincoln’s Inn, UK and The Bahamas Bar Association. Her areas of practice include Conveyance, Mortgage, Property Law, Wills, Insolvency and Liquidations and she is building her specialization in Maritime Law.
Raven A. Rolle / Senior Associate
In 2012 Ms. Rolle earned an Associates of Arts degree in Law and Criminal Justice from the College of The Bahamas which earned her a placement on the President’s List. She then pursued a Bachelor of Law with Upper Second Class Honours from the University of the West Indies in 2015 then attended the Eugene Dupuch Law School where she received a Legal Education Certificate in 2017, the same year she was called to The Bahamas Bar. She has served as president and public relations officer at the University of the West Indies at The College of The Bahamas Law Society.
Doneth A. Cartwright / Associate
Her areas of specialization include Arbitration, Estate Planning and Probate, Insurance, Family Law including divorces and adoptions, Human Rights Law and Civil Litigation.
Ian W.A. Cargill Jr. / Associate
Ian Cargill Jr. began his pupilage at Callenders in January 2021 when presented with an opportunity to learn from ‘one of the best litigators in the country’ in the person of Fred Smith, QC.
Ebonesse A. Bain / Associate
Ebonesse Bain loathes injustice and oppression. Therefore, it comes as no surprise that she decided to become an Attorney who fights for the rights of others, especially those less fortunate.
Miquel Cleare / Associate
Commencing my tertiary education at the then College of The Bahamas, I obtained an Associates in Law and Criminal Justice with honours in 2017. Subsequently, I pursued the law program at the University of The Bahamas, earning my Bachelor of Laws Degree with honours in 2020. Continuing my legal journey, I enrolled in the Eugene Dupuch Law School, where I distinguished myself as the best-performing Year 1 student in Criminal Practice and Procedure.
