▷ (30/10/2025) Family Lawyer (Associate-Senior Associate/Special Counsel)
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Overview
Family Lawyer (Associate-Senior Associate/Special Counsel) – Legal Sydney, New South Wales – Direct Hire – Oct 30, 2025
Your New Employer
Our client is a highly respected renowned mid-tier law firm led by industry-leading partners with 50+ years’ success with a flourishing and expanding well-established family law practice with sophisticated clients led by industry-leading Doyles’ Guide recommended partners.
Top legal professionals love working here (long term—even decades) because of its refreshingly real and down-to-earth people culture that values excellence, integrity, inclusion, growth, human relationships and generosity.
Your New Role
As a key valued lawyer in their winning Family Law team (10) reporting to a highly esteemed Accredited Specialist, Doyles Recommended Partner, you will relish the autonomy, variety, satisfaction having your own practice and clients advising on and resolving disputes (including litigation as required) across a full spectrum of family law issues including:
- Divorce and separation
- Asset disputes involving complex property
- Parenting and custody issues
- Property and financial settlements
- Child Support
- Domestic Violence
Also additional ‘STRETCH/GROWTH’ opportunities to:
- partake in business development/marketing
- lead/mentor junior lawyers (if you are a senior lawyer)
What’s In It For You?
- Inherit benefit from this firm’s reputation and astoundingly long proven success spanning over 50+ years with a well-established growing family law practice
- Stimulating, challenging and interesting work (lots of variety) including for high-end sophisticated/high net worth local/international clients
- More frequent salary reviews (subject to your performance)
- Exciting real career path including genuine directorship/equity in the future (subject to your ambition, performance and own client base)
- Delightful camaraderie, people-focused culture where you can make and have fun with genuinely friendly colleagues (without the nasty politics)
- Resources and support for you to fulfil your full potential
- Genuine work/life balance and flexibility for some work from home (after probation)
- Paid onsite parking (if you desire)
Who You Are
We are interested in hearing from you if you:
- are admitted as a lawyer in NSW and have minimum 3 years post-admission or MORE (up to special counsel level) practising in family law with reputable law firms
- have proven ability to autonomously manage your own family law cases and clients from start to finish
- have strong technical knowledge of family law, are results-focused, proactive, practical with strong time prioritisation skills
- are hungry to advance your career long-term with a premier firm where you can grow and advance
Reference: Maria Yun (0403 322 119)
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