Family Lawyer | 5-8 PAE | Brisbane

Gorilla Jobs; Brisbane; On-site; AUD 110,000 - 170,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Birthday RDO

Bonuses and salary growth

Collegial, supportive culture

Job summary

Gorilla Jobs is seeking a Family Lawyer in Brisbane with 5-8 years' post-admission experience to handle a broad suite of family law matters largely unsupervised. You will manage property settlements, parenting matters, consent orders, and advocacy across directions hearings and trials.

Join a collegiate team that values work-life balance, mentorship, and career progression. A client-focused, empathetic approach and ability to build trusted relationships are essential.

Qualifications

• 5-8 years' post admission experience in family law within Australian private practice.
• Current practising certificate and admission in Queensland, or eligibility to transfer.
• Confidence running your own matters end to end with minimal supervision.
• Strong drafting, negotiation and advocacy skills.
• A client focused, empathetic approach and the ability to build trusted relationships.

Responsibilities

• Property settlements, including complex pools involving businesses, trusts, superannuation splitting and third party interests.
• Parenting matters, including applications, defended matters, relocation disputes and matters intersecting with family violence.
• Drafting and negotiating consent orders and binding financial agreements.
• Advocacy at directions hearings and interim applications, and trials for suitable matters, with counsel briefed on complex files.
• Family dispute resolution, mediations and settlement negotiations.
• Mentoring junior lawyers and supporting the team's continued growth.

Skills

Drafting

Negotiation

Advocacy

Client relationships

Education

Legal practising certificate

Admission in Queensland

Job description

Our client is a well established South East Queensland firm with more than 50 years' history and offices across Brisbane and the wider region. Its family law team is known for judgment free client service and a strong community reputation, the kind of practice clients return to and refer on. The environment is collegiate and supportive, with a genuine focus on work-life balance alongside quality work.

The Position:

As a Family Lawyer with 5-8 years' post admission experience, you will carry your own file load across the full spread of family law matters, largely unsupervised.

Your work will include:

• Property settlements, including complex pools involving businesses, trusts, superannuation splitting and third party interests
• Parenting matters, including applications, defended matters, relocation disputes and matters intersecting with family violence
• Drafting and negotiating consent orders and binding financial agreements
• Advocacy at directions hearings and interim applications, and trials for suitable matters, with counsel briefed on complex files
• Family dispute resolution, mediations and settlement negotiations
• Mentoring junior lawyers and supporting the team's continued growth

Requirements:

• 5-8 years' post admission experience in family law within Australian private practice
• Current practising certificate and admission in Queensland, or eligibility to transfer
• Confidence running your own matters end to end with minimal supervision
• Strong drafting, negotiation and advocacy skills
• A client focused, empathetic approach and the ability to build trusted relationships

On Offer:

• Generous salary and bonus package
• Genuine career progression opportunity
• An interesting variety of family law work
• Birthday RDO
• A collegiate, supportive culture with real work-life balance

Family Lawyer | 5-8 PAE | Brisbane