Senior Litigation Lawyer

Description:

The Department:
Intellectually stimulating, professionally engaging, personally rewarding and lifestyle accommodating is the basis of a career with Crown Law. With four legal branches and 15 teams, a broad range of legal services are offered servicing the Queensland Government across significant, high profile matters.
About the role:
It is an exciting time for Crown Law as the in-house firm for the Queensland Government continues to grow. This has seen two new opportunities created to join the large, well-resourced and collegiate Commercial Dispute Resolution practice. You will work closely with and be mentored by experienced lawyers, providing dispute resolution advice to a range of government departments and agencies. Day to day, you will:

• run a consistent file load of litigated matters, including drafting pleadings, affidavits and other court documents and correspondence;
• advise on liability, evidence, quantum, settlement, costs and strategic direction including working closely with Counsel mostly in the Supreme and District Courts;
• work across a mix of government litigation that will include: commercial disputes, property disputes, repossession of property, debt recovery, insolvency, property damage claims, negligence claims, injunctive relief, class actions, defamation, false imprisonment, malicious prosecution and misfeasance in public office claims; and
• advise and work on complex and sensitive matters for consideration at Ministerial, Cabinet and inter-governmental levels.

Skills/Experience:
To be considered for these roles you will:

• have 4-10+ years’ PAE in litigation with strong training in a well regarded law firm;
• have a good working knowledge of the UCPR and experience handling Supreme and District Court level matters;
• work collaboratively in a team;
• be accustomed to a consistent workload and able to pivot from matter to matter (given the breadth of this practice);
• have experience supervising work and working with more junior lawyers; and
• have a dedication to client service delivery and achieving excellent outcomes for your clients.

Benefits:
Awaiting you is:

• the opportunity to join Crown Law as it embarks on an exciting period under the leadership of a new Crown Solicitor;
• a challenging, interesting and varied work mix of government litigation matters (as described above);
• excellent mentoring and development from experienced senior practitioners;
• a flexible working environment with excellent employment conditions including various leave provisions;
• personal and professional development programs;
• reasonable work hours; and
• salary package ~ $130-150k.

Apply now:
APPLY or contact Peter Liaw at Peppercorn Recruitment on 1300 804 625 or email peter@peppercornrecruitment.com.au, quoting reference number 3909550. Please submit your resume in Word format only.
Applying online through the Smart jobs and careers website www.smartjobs.qld.gov.au is the preferred means to submit an application. To do this, access the 'apply online' facility on the Smart jobs and careers website. You will need to create a 'My SmartJob' account before submitting your online application.
Peppercorn Recruitment has been exclusively retained to recruit this role. All third party applications will be forwarded to Peppercorn Recruitment for consideration in the process.