Private-client family law. You sit in a pod and work the file as a team. Real support. Transparent progression. Paid well. Yearly retreats.
National powerhouse with a thriving family law practice
High-end private client base
Fantastic culture; realistic targets; close-knit team
The files are private clients. The work is not done alone.
This is a family law practice built around people, not a corridor of closed doors.
You will act for private clients on the matters that follow a relationship breakdown: parenting, property, financial agreements, divorce, and the court work when settlement will not hold.
You will not be left to invent the practice by yourself.
Lawyers here sit in pods. Files are discussed. Drafts are tested. Strategy is shared.
The support — legal assistants, seniors, systems — is built so you can practise law instead of hunting for a stapler and a second opinion.
What you will do?
Run private-client family files from first conference through resolution
Advise on parenting and property with a plan the client can follow
Draft applications, affidavits, consent orders and financial agreements that survive scrutiny
Appear at FDR, conferences, mentions and hearings when the matter requires it




Work the file inside a pod: ask, brief, review, and take the next step together
Build a practice with a visible path from lawyer to senior lawyer and beyond
Who this is for?
You have 2 to 10 years' post-qualification experience in family law. You can take a frightened or angry client and turn the facts into options. You write clearly. You know the difference between a matter that should settle and a matter that must be run.
Two years is enough if the work is already in your hands. Ten years is welcome if you still want a team around you.
What you get?
Paid well for this market
Fantastic operational and legal support, so the file is not only yours after 6pm
A pod culture: you sit with the people who are on the matter, not three floors away
Clear progression — title, responsibility and pay that move when the work does
Yearly retreats, plus the ordinary firm calendar of team events that actually happen
Professional development that is funded, not theoretical
Flexibility that treats family lawyers as people with families of their own
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📌 Family Lawyer | 2-10 Years Pqe (Melbourne)
🏢 Burgess Paluch Legal Recruitment
📍 Melbourne