A new lawyer joined the Bar in a ceremony packed with family and friends at the Supreme Court on Friday.

Tashae Trott thanked Sophia Greaves, director of the corporate department at Conyers Dill & Pearman, for inspiring her at age 16 to pursue law.

Ms Trott thanked her family for supporting her across 17 years of tuition – and her mother for teaching her “the importance of finishing what I start, no matter how badly I want to quit – something I failed to understand growing up, but that has served me well in adult life”.

Ms Trott, who graduated from Saltus in 2016 with honours, obtained a bachelor of science degree in psychology from Nottingham Trent University, followed by a distinction in her graduate diploma in law from the University of Law in London in 2019, and a distinction in her legal practice course in 2021.

She told Puisne Judge Larry Mussenden that she joined Conyers in September, 2021 as a pupil alongside two others – Nicole Yearwood and Joshua DeAllie.

“I’m grateful to have been blessed with such a supportive and hardworking cohort and I look forward to what the future holds for each of us.”:

Ms Trott thanked her pupil masters: Jackie King, Ben Adamson, Grace Quinn and Neil Henderson.

She told the court she also worked with Chiara Nannini during her first internship at Conyers in 2020.

She gave special thanks for St Paul’s Church in Paget and the Church Girls’ Brigade, which she has been part of all her life.

“This organisation has encouraged my development into the young woman I am today, who has now been Called to the Bar,” Ms Trott said. “I share this accomplishment with them, as they have played an instrumental role in the person I have become.”

She said it was an honour to join the Bermuda Bar and that her career would be in litigation.

Mr Justice Mussenden commended Ms Trott’s family for supporting her through her studies.

“You have made them proud today and they will for ever be proud of today,” he added.

He said Conyers was “first class”, adding: “It’s a pleasure to know you wish to be in litigation.”

Mr Justice Mussenden encouraged Ms Trott to continue volunteering.

“We have very busy lives as lawyers, but we need to have balance,” he said.

He told the room: “I look forward to seeing her in the courts soon.”