Family Law Careers
At Michael Lynch Family Lawyers our focus is on staff excellence both for professional staff and support staff.
Since our commencement in 1996, we have grown to be one of the largest specialist Family Law firms in Queensland. Most of our lawyers are accredited Family Law specialists.
Family and de facto Relationship Law is a challenging and rewarding jurisdiction. We are proud to be able to help and support our clients to solve their Family Law problems and move on with their lives.
We encourage all professional staff to achieve specialist Family Law accreditation and, in so doing, to continue to grow a pre-eminent Family Law practice. As a result, this attracts the most talented, prospective employees and offers them support; it also assists them with developing/attaining their best.
Current Employment Opportunities and Vacancies
RECEPTIONIST
We are looking for an experienced Receptionist to join our busy law firm with a fantastic culture in our new state of the art premises located in 240 Queen Street, Brisbane close to transport and the Queen Street Mall
The Role
As you will be the face of Michael Lynch Family Lawyers your duties will include:-
- Opening and closing of office
- Answering and transferring telephone calls to employees and communicating messages to the appropriate staff members
- Effectively dealing with incoming and outgoing mail both written or electronic and keeping records of same
- Welcoming and attending to clients and guests either in person or on the telephone
- Maintaining conference room calendar and updating any changes to new client appointments
- Maintaining tidiness of reception and conference rooms
- Accessing, modifying and storing of new client correspondence and documents
- Maintaining and ordering of firm stationery
- Maintaining the staff kitchen including emptying/loading of dishwasher, ensure kitchen is clean and presentable at all times, monitoring of kitchen supplies and ordering supplies when necessary
- Assistance to Office Manager utilising document management and accounting system (Leap), such assistance to include –
- Creation of new clients and new matters
- Creation of new client initial consultation accounts
- Creation and sending out welcome packs to new clients
- Contacting clients in relation to appointments
- Assisting Solicitors with making client appointments, sending emails, creating and sending Microsoft Teams appointments
- Preparation of Client 5- and 8-week reminder letters, limitation date reminder letters and file close letters
- Completing any outside duties such as, bank deposits, kitchen supply runs and Birthday morning tea shopping
You
To be successful in this role you will display well-developed interpersonal and communication skills, exceptional organisational skills and the ability to work well under pressure and to multi-task. Good typing skills with high accuracy, digital technology knowledge and Microsoft Office skills are also essential technical skills for the role.
About the Firm
Michael Lynch Family Lawyers is part of Galleon Law Group (GLG Legal) which was founded by Christopher Saines in 2014. Michael Lynch Family Lawyers and GLG Legal are an ambitious and innovative law practice providing its clients with real world solutions, to meet the full range of their client’s needs across:
- Family Law
- Property & Conveyancing
- Commercial Law
- Wills and Estates
We provide a positive, open door, working environment that values staff and strives for excellence in all areas of client care and representation.
What you get:
- Great work/life balance;
- Working in a Paperlite office;
- Great career support and training;
- Working with an experienced and caring team.
The firm offers a professional friendly working environment together with a number of staff benefits. Salary package negotiable depending upon experience and expertise.
To apply for this role please email your cover letter and resume to Kelley Pritchard, Office/Accounts Manager via [email protected]
*Please note only successful applicants will be contacted.
LEGAL OFFICE ACCOUNTS CLERK
The successful applicant will support our Office/Accounts Manager and our Director of Finance and Operations. Applicants for this role will require experience in the following areas:
- Internet banking
- Daily reconciliation of accounts
- Trust and General Payments (including electronic processing)
- Trust and General Receipts
- Office Journals
- Trust Account transfers
- Compliance with Trust Account Act and regulations including audit requirements
- Production and posting of monthly invoices to clients
- Reconciliation of firm credit card
- Term deposit investment accounts
Other requirements:
- Experience in Leap and Xero would be an advantage but is not essential;
- Excellent time management and organisation skills
- A professional manner and appearance
- Excellent people skills
- The ability to work as part of a team
This is a full-time position in a friendly, supportive environment. Salary is commensurate with experience.
Please email your Cover Letter and Resume to [email protected]
*Please note only successful applicants will be contacted.
FAMILY LAWYER, 2 + YEARS PAE
Our solicitors work in director-managed teams that enhance and strengthen our supportive and collegiate office environment. We are looking to expand our team and an exciting opportunity exists for a Family Law Solicitor with 2 + years PAE to join our highly regarded Specialist Family Law team and service a private clientele base. You have the flexibility to work in either our Brisbane city office or our Brookwater office. With 12 Family Law solicitors (including 4 Accredited Specialists) this is a rare opportunity to work with an experienced, stable and friendly professional team. You will be an integral member of our team and someone who enjoys sharing their knowledge and experience with team members. To be successful in the role you will also be:
- Reliable, dependable and a great communicator;
- Have a genuine passion for Family Law with complex property and children’s matters;
- Have solid Court experience;
- Have excellent interpersonal skills and the ability to effectively negotiate matters;
- Be willing to work as a team;
- Able to manage your own file load;
- A motivated and ambitious Family Law professional;
- Client focused and possess experience in a broad range of complex Family Law matters;
- Have strong technical skills.
Specialist Accreditation in Family Law will be highly regarded.
If Accreditation has not yet been attained, we will support you in achieving Accreditation should you wish to apply for Accreditation, or further your career with additional training in the Family Law field.
What you get
The right candidate will have a broad and diverse range of interesting and engaging private family law matters to work on autonomously including:
- Great work/life balance;
- Working in a Paperlite office;
- Generous parental leave policy;
- In-house marketing department dedicated to building your profile;
- Flexible work environment with ability to work from home;
- Great career support and training;
- Working with an experienced and caring staff team;
- A firm laptop and Remarkable tablet to support your flexible working;
- The opportunity to be involved in the firm’s business development activities, if you wish.
This is an excellent long-term opportunity for the right candidate to be a Family Law Solicitor with a prestigious law firm.
Remuneration is above market and negotiable in accordance with experience.
How to apply
All applications will be kept strictly confidential.
Please send your Cover letter and CV to [email protected].
Please note that only shortlisted candidates will be contacted.
Client Testimonials
Michael, thank you again for your presence here yesterday. We really appreciated the clarity and accessibility of your presentation. It is a rare thing to find somebody who not only has expertise, but also has a skill in communicating it.
You, guys, provide extraordinary service.
Many thanks to Stephanie for her help and support through this time, I was incredibly impressed with her work.
Amy, thanks very much to you and your team. Throughout my dealings with MLFL I have been continually impressed with your level of professionalism and, in particular, your understanding of circumstances and the articulate way you conduct yourself. I was completely satisfied with today’s outcome and without your experience and expertise in family law I doubt that the result would have been achieved.
I really appreciated the happiness of your secretarial staff.
We had such a positive experience with Michael Lynch Family Lawyers, and we highly recommend their services. Meticulous attention to detail, attended quickly to every additional request we made, and made sure we always knew exactly where we were every step of the way. Our lawyer took what was such a stressful and emotional time for our family, and made the process feel so smooth and seamless.
My lawyer acted with professionalism in all her dealings with me and with the lawyer on the other side. I was always kept in the loop. I liked her approach. Thanks.
Michael Lynch Family Lawyers are easy to deal with, and your systems are good.
Thank you for the great newsletter. Your article on “Coping with Christmas” is brilliant – clear, caring and helpful. Thanks again!
My lawyer was the most knowledgeable of all lawyers I spoke to when looking for a lawyer. Michael Lynch Family Lawyers showed professionalism.
At Michael Lynch Family Lawyers I got professional and ‘no-nonsense’ advice, costs were within quoted amounts and my matter was resolved quickly – well done!
Thank you, you placed my needs first, you were aware of the need to reach a final result and not get caught up in the personal issues of the other party.
My lawyer has been an amazing help through this stressful time. I will remember her help for the rest of my life. Thank you.
I really liked the personable service by Michael Lynch Family Lawyers, the simple plain language you adopt and everyone’s patience.
Thank you for providing me with a professional yet empathetic approach to gain the best outcome for me. My solicitor was excellent in explaining the processes and in representing me in Court. You have great customer service!
Your team’s communication with me was exceptional, I knew exactly what was happening.
A personalised and professional service. Information has been clear and provided timely to assist my decision-making.
Thank you for being very personable, professional and always providing me with the most appropriate advice in my times of difficulty. The other party’s lawyers were extremely aggressive, while Michael Lynch Family Lawyers remained calm and professional.
I just wanted to get in touch to say thanks for helping me get through my custody and settlement. Thanks again to you and your staff. You have had a significant positive impact in my kids’ lives!
I was impressed by my solicitor’s attention to detail and her concern for me, and that the process was explained to me and that I understood it at all times.
I would like to thank your firm for the support and compassion shown while dealing with my matter.
I was very impressed with the initial interview. Everything was well-explained, and the advice was honest about what I should expect.
Michael Lynch Family Lawyers always gave me competent and knowledgeable advice. I was consistently kept up to date. The meetings and phone calls were kept business-like, yet caring and thoughtful of my emotional state at the time. Thank you.
Thank you, you kept me sane in a difficult situation and gave me the encouragement and the confidence to keep going. You made me feel extremely comfortable.
Thank you for your ongoing conciliatory approach in this matter and as always I appreciate your level headed advice. I certainly feel that I ended up with the right Solicitor.
Michael Lynch Family Lawyers know what they are talking about.
I appreciate my lawyer’s professional approach and her being on top of my situation.
Your staff is knowledgeable, professional and very calm.
Your team is professional, warm, friendly and real.
I always felt that the service provided by Michael Lynch Family Lawyers was of a high standard. Each time, after appointments I came away feeling secure. Keep doing what you are and maintain the ‘family feel’ that permeates your services.
May I take this opportunity to express my gratitude to you and your staff for the excellent professional services I received. In a word, priceless.
So pleased to have had a good, sound and knowledgeable firm.
The professionalism and reliability delivered by Amy Honan was fantastic. I had an urgent matter around my property sale and Amy offered to provide assistance over a weekend if I required it – that’s above and beyond!
Lovely to deal with and provides a balanced view in what are very difficult circumstances.
I was always confident that I was getting the very best advice.
Thank you for helping me through this difficult time. You have been caring, compassionate and efficient. Some of my divorcing friends have not been so fortunate. In my mind, you are the best family lawyer in Brisbane. If anyone I know needs a good family lawyer, I will tell them to speak to you. Thanks again.
Amy, thank you for all that you have done during this matter. You impressed me with your professionalism from our initial meeting, and you have proven beyond doubt, to have had the skills and knowledge required. You are a credit to the company, and I would highly recommend you to anyone in a similar situation.
Thank you Debra for all the work you did for me, you both made the process manageable and brought sense to the chaos.
The staff at Michael Lynch Family Lawyers were great. Everyone was fantastic, professional, understanding, caring and always communicated with me. I knew I was in good hands.
If I need a family lawyer in the future I’ll be heading to Michael Lynch Family Lawyers again.
After utilising the mediation services team recommended by your organisation, my ex-partner and I were able to reach some interim agreements about parenting. I am incredibly grateful for the advice provided by Debra Effeney; and found your firm’s services to be exceptionally professional. If we needed to consult a family lawyer in the future, we would have no hesitation in reconnecting with your firm.
I have appreciated the way that you and the staff at your firm have handled my situation. I would especially like to mention the professional and caring way my lawyer conducted my case, I am deeply grateful and extremely happy with the results. I will be referring others to your service.
My solicitor is a good listener. My documentation maintained the high moral ground.
Amy’s work was extremely professional but above all she has a manner and wisdom in dealing with people under stress. I will be recommending your firm to anyone that requires assistance.
Thank you for the outstanding legal advice you have provided and professionalism in which you conduct yourself. I am truly thankful that it was you who represented me.
My solicitor provided a personalised service, prompt and quick responses and cost information prior to my commitment.
I like that my lawyer treated me like a friend and kept jargon to a minimum. She was easy to contact and kept me informed.
I liked my solicitor keeping things as simple as possible.
I’m very glad ‘Michael Lynch Family Lawyers’ is my lawyer and not the other side’s solicitor.
I was guided through a really difficult time with expertise of Michael Lynch Family Lawyers. I am more than happy with the outcome of mediation.
I like your friendly service and the ability to speak to my solicitor directly.
Amy, thank you. You have been diligent, accurate and pro-active for the entire duration of my matter. I appreciate it.
Many thanks for your assistance – life is now great – I’m moving on.
I appreciate you being upfront with fee estimates. You also have a fantastic website and the seminars REALLY helped to get me focussed.
Michael is very personable and very good at covering the material and explaining the strategy.
Michael Lynch Family Lawyers have really listened to me. I felt confident my case was handled well. The law has changed recently, and I did not feel that a previous law practice I spoke to was suitably up-to-date.
Your newsletters are great, I appreciate them.
Thank you very much to everyone at Michael Lynch Family Lawyers. Thank you for helping me get my life back and make a fresh start. To have that fresh start without fear and anxiety is priceless.
My family lawyer was very helpful in assisting me to combat a very ugly situation without stooping to the low levels that the other solicitor attempted to take us.
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