Audley's deep experience surrounding local labour laws has been invaluable.
Chambers Global 2024
Audley Hanna, Jr. specialises in various areas of Civil and Commercial Litigation, with a particular focus on employment law, admiralty law, insurance law, intellectual property litigation, and personal injury litigation. Audley has significant experience as Counsel in The Supreme Court of the Commonwealth of The Bahamas.
Audley holds a Bachelor of Arts (B.A.) degree from Fisk University in Psychology and English. He obtained his Bachelor of Law (LL.B.) degree, with First-Class Honours, from the University of Buckingham in England. Thereafter, he completed the Legal Profession Course and obtained his Master of Law (LL.M.) degree from Northumbria University.
Audley was called to the Bar of the Third Appellate District of the State of New York in 2008. He completed a Legal Education Certificate at the University of the West Indies and was called to the Bahamas Bar in 2010 becoming an Associate with Higgs & Johnson that same year. He was named a Senior Associate in 2017 and became a Partner in 2019.
Audley is listed as a recommended lawyer in the area of Dispute Resolution by Legal 500 Caribbean (2019-2024) and Chambers Global (2022-2024) and has contributed to numerous publications including co-authoring the Bahamas Chapter in Shipping for the Legal 500 Comparative Guide (2021) and International Franchising (2016).
Education
- Fisk University (B.A.), Nashville, Tennessee, USA
- University of Buckingham (LL.B.), Buckingham, UK
- Northumbria University at Newcastle (Legal Profession Course), (LL.M.), Newcastle upon Tyne, UK
- Eugene Dupuch Law School (LEC), Nassau, Bahamas
Bar admissions
- New York, 2008
- Bahamas, 2010
Professional memberships
- Bahamas Bar Association
- American Bar Association
- New York Bar Association
- International Bar Association
- International Trademark Association
Publications
Bahamas Class Actions Comparative Guide, Mondaq (2023)
Legal 500 Country Comparative Guide – Shipping in The Bahamas (2021)
Doing business in The Bahamas, Thomas Reuters Practical Law (2020 – 2021)
Enforcement of Foreign Judgements in The Bahamas, Lexology, Getting the Deal Through (2020-2021)
Contributor to The Bahamas Chapter. International Franchising, 2016
Recognition
- The Legal 500 Caribbean, “Recommended Lawyer” (2019-2024)
- Chambers Global (2022-2023)
A skilled commercial litigator who is praised as ‘excellent, particularly with regard to contract disputes, as well as labour disputes.’
Legal 500 Caribbean (2021)
Audley Hanna, Jr. specialises in various areas of Civil and Commercial Litigation, with a particular focus on employment law, admiralty law, insurance law, intellectual property litigation, and personal injury litigation. Audley has significant experience as Counsel in The Supreme Court of the Commonwealth of The Bahamas.
Audley holds a Bachelor of Arts (B.A.) degree from Fisk University in Psychology and English. He obtained his Bachelor of Law (LL.B.) degree, with First-Class Honours, from the University of Buckingham in England. Thereafter, he completed the Legal Profession Course and obtained his Master of Law (LL.M.) degree from Northumbria University.
Audley was called to the Bar of the Third Appellate District of the State of New York in 2008. He completed a Legal Education Certificate at the University of the West Indies and was called to the Bahamas Bar in 2010 becoming an Associate with Higgs & Johnson that same year. He was named a Senior Associate in 2017 and became a Partner in 2019.
Audley is listed as a recommended lawyer in the area of Dispute Resolution by Legal 500 Caribbean (2019-2024) and Chambers Global (2022-2024) and has contributed to numerous publications including co-authoring the Bahamas Chapter in Shipping for the Legal 500 Comparative Guide (2021) and International Franchising (2016).
Education
- Fisk University (B.A.), Nashville, Tennessee, USA
- University of Buckingham (LL.B.), Buckingham, UK
- Northumbria University at Newcastle (Legal Profession Course), (LL.M.), Newcastle upon Tyne, UK
- Eugene Dupuch Law School (LEC), Nassau, Bahamas
Bar admissions
- New York, 2008
- Bahamas, 2010
Professional memberships
- Bahamas Bar Association
- American Bar Association
- New York Bar Association
- International Bar Association
- International Trademark Association
Publications
Bahamas Class Actions Comparative Guide, Mondaq (2023)
Legal 500 Country Comparative Guide – Shipping in The Bahamas (2021)
Doing business in The Bahamas, Thomas Reuters Practical Law (2020 – 2021)
Enforcement of Foreign Judgements in The Bahamas, Lexology, Getting the Deal Through (2020-2021)
Contributor to The Bahamas Chapter. International Franchising, 2016
Recognition
- The Legal 500 Caribbean, “Recommended Lawyer” (2019-2024)
- Chambers Global (2022-2023)
