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Family Lawyer

Community Services & Development

Posted 07/03/2026
Closes 21/03/2026

Northern QLD, Townsville, Queensland

Full time

Not specified

About Strategic 

“Ultimate Service, Superior Performance, Positive Impact.”

Strategic Lawyers is a premier law firm in Townsville providing high-quality legal services to clients in most areas of law. The law firm consistently experiences growth and remains a leading business in the region. This has been achieved through our high-performance team and consistently delivering high-quality life-changing legal outcomes for clients.

Due to growth in the business, we are seeking a full-time family lawyer to join our team.

We welcome applications from both Senior and Junior Family Lawyers - what matters most to us is finding the right person; someone with the right attitude, strong work ethic, and the skills to thrive in a fast-paced, client-focused environment.

About the Role

  • Manage a diverse caseload across all areas of family law

  • Handle matters involving both dispute resolution and complex litigation

  • Demonstrate strong knowledge in children’s matters and property settlements

  • Draft high-quality correspondence, consent orders, applications, affidavits and other court documents

  • Negotiate effectively to achieve favourable outcomes for clients

  • Appear in court for Mentions, Hearings, Conferences and Trials

  • Opportunity to work across other areas of practice if desired

About You

  • Experience in family law, ideally within a private practice environment, with confidence managing your own files and clients

  • Strong prioritisation and time-management skills, enabling you to stay organised and deliver high-quality work in a fast-paced environment

  • Warm, friendly and professional manner with a strong client-service focus

  • Strong written and verbal communication skills, with attention to detail and the ability to draft clearly and persuasively

  • Solid capability with Microsoft Office 365

At Strategic, we offer:

  • State-of-the-art offices in the CBD 

  • Your own professional office space and laptop

  • Your own under-cover car park beside the office

  • Good training

  • A strong and supportive culture, with a happy and diverse team

  • Staff social events

  • Career promotion and pay rise opportunities


We know teams with diverse ideas, experiences and perspectives are more creative and are critical to ensuring effective delivery and innovating to enable our future success. As such, we welcome applications from people with diverse backgrounds and life experiences. If you have the skills, curiosity and an adaptable mindset but don’t meet every responsibility or qualification listed in this advertisement, please still get in touch with us.

For more information about our business, check out our website here: https://strategiclawyers.com.au/

Also see the Meet Our Team page for more about the team you would be joining.

Apply Now

If this sounds like your next career move then apply now. All applications will be held in strict confidence.

Our preference is both a cover letter and a resume for this position.

If suitable, we will contact you quickly for an interview. We look forward to meeting you.

Applications open to:

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