Senior Lawyer: Family - Accredited Specialist
High-quality work: Run sophisticated family law matters for high net worth individuals, business owners and families with complex financial structures and sensitive parenting issues.
Meaningful court exposure: Take a leading role in contested proceedings, interim and final hearings, urgent applications and strategic litigation.
Established specialist team: Work alongside senior family lawyers and Accredited Specialists in a practice focused exclusively on family law.
Autonomy and influence: Take ownership of your matters, work directly with clients and counsel, and contribute at a senior level to the continued growth of the Melbourne practice.
Culture that matters: Join a firm that takes pride in maintaining a welcoming, down-to-earth and supportive environment while delivering exceptional client work.
What's in it for you?
High-quality work: Run sophisticated family law matters for high net worth individuals, business owners and families with complex financial structures and sensitive parenting issues.
Meaningful court exposure: Take a leading role in contested proceedings, interim and final hearings, urgent applications and strategic litigation.
Established specialist team: Work alongside senior family lawyers and Accredited Specialists in a practice focused exclusively on family law.
Autonomy and influence: Take ownership of your matters, work directly with clients and counsel, and contribute at a senior level to the continued growth of the Melbourne practice.
Culture that matters: Join a firm that takes pride in maintaining a welcoming, down-to-earth and supportive environment while delivering exceptional client work.
About your new employer:
A highly regarded specialist family law practice with an established presence across multiple Australian cities.




The broader team includes a strong group of Accredited Specialists and has been consistently recognised in leading industry rankings for its family law capability.
A resolution-focused practice that aims to resolve disputes sensibly where possible, while maintaining strong litigation capability when court intervention is required.
A people-focused culture where lawyers work closely together, have direct client responsibility and are supported by an experienced team.
About the role:
Manage a broad family law practice spanning complex property settlements, parenting disputes, divorce, financial agreements and related family law issues.
Act on high net worth property matters involving businesses, trusts, investments, superannuation and other significant asset structures.
Run contested parenting and property proceedings, including urgent applications, interim hearings and matters progressing through to trial.
Appear in court, instruct counsel, attend mediations and conferences, and develop strategy across complex and sensitive disputes.
Provide clear, commercial and empathetic advice to clients through significant personal and financial decisions.
Mentor more junior lawyers and contribute to the technical strength and team-oriented culture of the team.
The ideal candidate:
5-8 years' post-admission experience in family law, ideally with exposure to complex parenting, property and litigation matters.
Accredited Specialist in Family Law, with the technical depth and judgement expected of a senior practitioner.
Robust experience across both property and parenting matters, ideally including complex/high-value financial disputes and contested litigation.
Confident running matters autonomously, appearing in court and managing relationships with clients, barristers and experts.
Commercial, pragmatic and emotionally intelligent, with the judgement to resolve matters where possible and litigate decisively when required.
A collaborative senior lawyer who values culture, enjoys mentoring others and wants to play a meaningful role in a growing specialist practice.
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📌 Senior Lawyer: Family - Accredited Specialist (Melbourne)
🏢 Naiman Clarke
📍 Melbourne