Gerard is a Solicitor in the Construction & Property Litigation team at Carson McDowell.
Gerard graduated from Queen’s University Belfast in 2021 with a LLB and from Trinity College Dublin with a LLM in 2023. He previously worked in foreign affairs before commencing his solicitor training at another leading Northern Ireland law firm based in Belfast. Gerard qualified as a Solicitor in September 2025 after obtaining a postgraduate diploma from the Institute of Professional Legal Studies.
Gerard joined Carson McDowell in September 2025 and primarily assists John Dugdale and Stuart Murphy with property disputes and matters involving both contentious and non-contentious aspects of construction law.