Contact the AOP Legal Team

Call 020 7549 2020

Gerda Goldinger - Director of Legal Services

Email: gerdagoldinger@aop.org.uk

Gerda’s work in the medico-legal field over the past 20 years provides the AOP with a wealth of experience.

Steven King - Deputy Head of Legal Services

Email: stevenking@aop.org.uk

Steven undertakes most aspects of company secretarial work and deals with the members’ general legal enquiries.

Fiona Mitchell - Solicitor

Email: fionamitchell@aop.org.uk

Fiona is a solicitor and former optometrist, giving her first hand experience of the pressures faced by practitioners.

Sama Hossain - Solicitor

Email: samahossain@aop.org.uk

Sama qualified as a solicitor with the AOP in 2006. Sama is a law graduate with a Masters degree in the Legal Aspects of Medical Practice.

Ella Power - Solicitor

Email: ellapower@aop.org.uk

Ella qualified as a solicitor with the AOP in 2007, having previously obtained a degree in Medical Biochemistry. In 2010 she successfully completed a Masters Degree in Law.

Trevor Warburton - Optometrist & legal adviser

Email: trevorwarburton@aop.org.uk

Trevor is a former Chairman of the AOP and has many years experience of assisting the AOP in disciplinary cases before the GOC.

Funmi Jones – Trainee Solicitor

Email: funmijones@aop.org.uk

Funmi joined the AOP as a trainee solicitor after four years undertaking professional regulatory and indemnity work with leading firms of solicitors.