Senior Associate - Family Lawyer

Practice Family Law. Leave the Rest to Us.

If you're a capable Senior Associate wondering what the next real step in your career looks like, this role has been designed with you in mind.

You've built strong technical expertise, earned the trust of your clients and successfully managed your own matters. Now you're looking for:

• More complex, high-quality work

• A clearer pathway for progression

• A firm where you can focus on practicing law, not everything around it

If that resonates, we'd like to speak with you.

About Unified Lawyers

Unified Lawyers is Australia's largest and fastest-growing specialist family law firm.

Family law is all we do.

Our lawyers regularly work on complex parenting disputes, high-net-worth property matters, family violence proceedings and matters involving international asset structures.

As we continue to expand nationally, we are looking to appoint a Senior Associate to join our growing team.

Why Join Us?

Most family lawyers didn't enter the profession to spend their time generating work, chasing invoices or dealing with administrative burdens.

We've built a structure that allows our lawyers to focus on legal work while our support teams take care of the rest.

This includes

A dedicated Client Care Team managing enquiries, consultations and client onboarding

• Strong administrative and accounts support

• A consistent pipeline of quality matters

• No expectation to build your own practice from scratch

You'll spend your time doing what you're trained to do: practice family law at a high level.

A True Specialist Family Law Firm

Unlike firms where family law sits within a broader practice, our entire business is built around it.

This means you'll benefit from

• Working alongside specialist family lawyers

• Exposure to complex and rewarding matters

• Systems and processes designed specifically for family law

• Continuous development of your technical expertise

Career Progression That Matches Your Goals

We recognise that not every Senior Associate wants the same career path.

Whether your goal is to:

• Deepen your technical expertise

• Work towards Specialist Accreditation in Family Law

• Develop leadership capability

• Progress towards Special Counsel or Partnership

• Continue building your practice within a specialist environment

You'll be supported to build a career aligned with your ambitions.

Our continued growth is creating genuine progression opportunities for lawyers who want to take the next step when the time is right.

The Opportunity

In this role, you will:

• Manage your own family law caseload with a high degree of autonomy

• Work on complex parenting, property and financial matters

• Appear in the Federal Circuit and Family Court of Australia

• Provide strategic advice to clients during significant life events

• Collaborate with experienced practitioners, barristers and external professionals

You'll enjoy significant autonomy while having access to experienced practitioners for support, collaboration and ongoing development whenever needed.

About You

To succeed in this role, you will bring:

• 4+ years PAE in Family Law

• Strong experience managing your own files from commencement through to resolution

• Experience appearing in the Federal Circuit and Family Court of Australia

• Well-developed advocacy and negotiation skills

• Strong client relationship management ability

• Sound commercial judgement

• A genuine passion for family law

• A desire to continue developing professionally and progressing your career

LEAP experience is advantageous but not essential.

What We Offer

• Highly competitive salary and performance-based bonus structure

• Clear and realistic billable expectations

• Hybrid and flexible working arrangements

• Strong administrative and operational support

• Genuine career progression opportunities

• Ongoing professional development and continuing legal education

Additional benefits include

• Up to 25 days annual leave

• Additional annual leave based on years of service

• $20,000 "Golden Decade Adventure" travel reward after 10 years of service

• Employer-funded wellness programme

• Access to over 2,000 gyms and fitness facilities nationwide

• Mental health and wellbeing support

• Paid practicing certificate

• Flexible parental return-to-work support

• Regular team events and social activities

Confidential Discussion

We understand that career conversations at this level require discretion.

For a strictly confidential discussion, please contact: Anthony Singh, Talent Acquisition Manager ***email_hidden***

Join a firm where family law is all we do, leadership opportunities are real, and ambitious lawyers have the platform to reach their full potential.