Congratulations to Partner Stacey Shortall, on being named as a Member of the New Zealand Order of Merit (MNZM) in the 2022 Queen’s Birthday honours list.
The honour recognises Stacey’s commitment to both the law and the community.
Stacey’s legal expertise and work to create social change is widely recognised and highly regarded says MinterEllisonRuddWatts’ Chief Executive, Andrew Poole.
“We are extremely proud of Stacey’s legal and community work, and she is an inspirational leader to many. Her unwavering commitment to serving her clients and helping those in the community is a true testament to her personal drive to create a positive difference for all New Zealanders.”
Stacey has over 25 years of experience successfully representing financial institutions, other corporate clients, public sector entities, and directors and officers in significant litigation and regulatory matters. Alongside a broad regulatory and litigation practice, including substantial trial and appellate experience, Stacey also provides legal and strategic advice on a wide variety of matters to directors, executive management, and in-house counsel.
Stacey has received numerous awards for her community-based work in New York and New Zealand, including being named a semi-finalist for the Kiwibank New Zealander of the Year Award in 2019 and 2020. In 2020, she won Social Mobility Lawyer of the Year for her pro bono work at the Chambers Diversity and Inclusion Awards. In 2021, she received a Distinguished Alumni Award from Herenga Waka, Victoria University of Wellington.
Stacey is the founding trustee of the Who Did You Help Today? charitable trust which has developed a number of projects designed to create social change including homework clubs in low decile primary schools, a programme connecting imprisoned mothers with their children, and an online digital platform enabling community causes to access skilled volunteers. She is also the founder of Our Words Matter which is an online forum for sharing ideas to solve the issues that affect New Zealand.
