We had the Lawyer Awards back in June this year and, more recently, the winners of the Law Society’s Excellence Awards 2009 were announced at a prestigious black tie dinner last week.

Here are some of the winners:

Solicitor of the Year – Private Practice
Jason McCue – H20 Law LLP

Junior Lawyer of the Year
Natasha Catterson – Fisher Meredith LLP

Advocate of the Year
Paul Bowen – Doughty Street Chambers

Legal Executive of the Year
Darren Hill – United Utilities

AWS Legal Business Woman of the Year
June Venters QC – Venters Solicitors

For the full list click here .

And if that’s not enough red carpets and champagne, then you can look forward to the announcement of the 2009 British Legal Awards on 3 December.