Muckle's sports team is led by Mr Devine and includes partner Tony McPhillips, senior associate John Kellett, associates Adam Aston, Richard Nixon and Stephanie Coulson plus solicitors Em Love, Anthony Coultas, Tom Justice, Samantha Roberts and Luke Donockley.
He said: "Taking on the role of managing partner for
Muckle is a huge privilege.
Muckle decided to offset its carbon footprint by backing Northumberland's beach clean project, after learning that Britain fails to recycle around 16m plastic bottles every day.
In June 2012,
Muckle LLP was named the UK's best law firm outside London at the Lawyer Awards 2012, when it won the Regional Law Firm of the Year.
"The fantastic support shown by
Muckle to the Foundation will allow us to maintain and grow our work in the community and continue to motivate, educate and inspire via the power of sport.
"The Dispute Resolution team here at
Muckle increasingly work on large claims where disclosure documents can be in the hundreds of thousands so having access to groundbreaking software such as TAR is gamechanging.
Banking and finance, education, charities and not-for-profit and debt recovery were also top ranked, along with sport, where
Muckle remains the only firm ranked in the North.
We were delighted to support Chopwell Tea Dance, and hope they can continue their good work." The
Muckle LLP Fund at the Community Foundation was founded in 2000 and has contributed over PS341,000 to support local community projects.
Partner and head of
Muckle's dispute resolution team, Susan Howe, said: "Using this type of technology is relatively new and is now being recognised by the court.
Senior partner from
Muckle, Hugh Welch, said: "Supporting charities which really make a difference in our local community is at the heart of our commitment to fundraising.
Success 4 All has received five Lenovo IdeaPads as part of
Muckle's long-term commitment to help young people in the community.
It looked like the points were safe until James Armstrong pulled one back in the 75th minute - and 10 minutes later
Muckle struck.
"It was great to work with the team from
Muckle again, who have worked seamlessly with Baldwins and Barclays to secure the optimum investment solution and structure a deal to meet our objectives.
There's a common misconception that regional businesses have to look to London for an IT lawyer, but at
Muckle we offer a range of services and a team of lawyers who specialise in this particular area.
DURHAM County Cricket Club has renewed a threeyear partnership with Newcastle law firm
Muckle.