Senior Litigation Lawyer

PO6 Managing Lawyer | QLD Gov | Diverse range of litigated matters | Lead a dynamic legal team delivering high-quality, customer-focused services| Real work-life balance

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Join a government body where your litigation expertise and ability to manage and lead a team will be valued, challenged and rewarded.

Our client is looking for a lawyer with civil litigation or estate litigation experience (or both) with 5+ years PAE to manage a small team (of around 3-4 lawyers) in Brisbane. In this role, you will be providing our client with legal advice, conducting difficult and complex litigation (particularly complex and contentious probate, succession and elder/disability matters) as well as other financial and property-related matters. Very collegiate group with a true work/life balanced approach.

You will find yourself appearing before all Courts and Tribunals with jurisdiction in Queensland on a weekly basis as this is a very litigation heavy role.

This is an exciting opportunity to further develop your managerial skills and work on interesting and varied matters. To allow you to focus more on mentoring and progressing claims run by the junior lawyers in your team, there is a lower billable hours target.

The ideal candidate will be someone who:

• Has 5+ years PAE;
• Can manage and mentor Lawyers and paralegals (and has proven managerial experience);
• Can deliver efficient and high-quality professional legal advice and services;
• Can represent our client in a timely way in relation to their responsibilities; and
• Has demonstrated experience in litigation, or is able to swiftly acquire the skills to advise on and represent our client, in any of the following areas:
  • Equity and Trusts
  • Succession law
  • Elder/Disability law
  • Property law

• Genuine work-life balance / Remote working available
• Lower billable hours
• Attractive remuneration (dependent upon experience)
• Exposure to very complex and interesting legal matters
• Develop your leadership and managerial skills

Applications will close on 10 September 2025.

For a confidential discussion regarding this role please contact:

Rachael Musgrave | Partner - Legal Professional

Ref No: RM28864

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Rachael Musgrave is a Partner - Legal Professional Recruiter at empire group. She has been supporting the Legal Industry throughout her career, initially as a Lawyer, and then later as Legal Professional Recruiter. She understands how to balance the needs and wants of her candidates and is highly qualified at connecting these candidates to their next great opportunity.

If you cannot contact Rachael, please reach out to her Candidate Manager, Caroline Marley, at or on

If this role doesn\'t suit you, reach out today for a confidential discussion regarding your career.

At Empire Group, we value diversity and are committed to equitable recruitment. We encourage Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander peoples, people from culturally diverse backgrounds, people with disability, and other underrepresented groups to apply. Our focus is on creating fair, accessible, and culturally safe recruitment processes that genuinely reflect and respect the communities we serve.