Senior Lawyer – Family Law
Job Description
About Us
Madison Marcus is a leading boutique law firm with offices in Sydney, Melbourne, and Parramatta. We have been consistently recognised by the legal and business communities for excellence in our legal work, innovation, corporate citizenship, and our employee health and well-being initiatives, along with individual team members for their success and leadership. We are a young, diverse firm offering great working conditions, diverse and enjoyable social events and ample development opportunities.
The Position
An exciting opportunity has developed for an experienced Senior Lawyer with developed Family Law experience to join our successful and growing team.
The position is based primarily in our Parramatta office where the team will be relocating to stunning new offices conveniently located near Parramatta Train Station, due to boast glass walls allowing ample natural light, impressive board, and meetings rooms, lots of break out spaces, open plan seating and hybrid working arrangements. The role will require you to work from our Sydney office from time to time depending on the client’s requirements.
There is an abundance of support and expertise available within our organisation. Working alongside our Directors of considerable skill, you will undertake a vast range of family law work. This is a superb opportunity for an experienced lawyer with family law experience and a passion for this area of law, to develop their skills and become a specialist in the family law arena. Career progression and empowering the candidate to so, is also available.
Skills & Experience
To be successful in this role you will have:
- Exceptional family law experience, ideally with specialist accreditation;
- Ability to work autonomously with minimal supervision;
- Proven capability of managing and supervising staff;
- Strong advocacy and client management skills;
- Understanding and meeting financial management requirements of files;
- Day-to-day carriage of files across all types of family law matters i.e. have exposure to broad spectrum of complex family law work including:
- Property & Financial Disputes;
- Children & Parenting Disputes;
- Divorce Applications;
- De Facto Relationship matters;
- Apprehended Domestic Violence Orders;
- Child Support matters; and
- Financial Agreements.
In addition, you will possess:
- A current practising certificate with a minimum of 5 years’ post qualified experience;
- Experience working in Local, District, Federal and Family Courts of Australia;
- Exhibit strong problem solving and time management skills;
- Be motivated, dynamic, career-orientated and a team player;
- Be professionally presented with initiative and superior communication skills; and
- Participate in and develop your own business development activities with a view to helping grow the practice.
Benefits and Culture
Our mission is to protect and empower both clients and employees.
Here at Madison Marcus Law Firm, we are entrepreneurial and forward thinking by nature. We thrive on new ideas, innovation and ESG initiatives. We proactively invest in new technologies to be a firm where law and business meet with technology. We are new age, surrounded by a supportive team.
We offer work anniversary loyalty bonuses, fortnightly drinks and team bonding, volunteer days credited to your budget, paid parental leave, business and staff referral incentives, wellness initiatives, fantastic social club activities and 1:1 Marketing Coaching and assistance.
How to apply?
Please send your resume and covering letter demonstrating how you meet the key selection criteria. For a confidential conversation, please contact Verdiana Riolo on 02 8022 1222 or email [email protected]. All discussions and emails will be treated as highly confidential to protect your privacy.
All discussions and emails will be treated as highly confidential to protect your privacy.
Recruiters – at this stage, no applications will be received from recruiters.
Applicants must have legal rights to work in Australia.
