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About the role
An exciting opportunity has arisen for a Special Counsel to join our highly regarded Asbestos & Dust Diseases team based either in our Brisbane or Sydney office on a full-time, permanent basis. You will have the opportunity to manage your own practice, producing high quality work for our clients whilst maintaining a practical and commercial focus. In this role you will be constantly challenged and expanding your skill set. You will meet with potential clients and use your technical knowledge and expertise to strive for fair outcomes.
Our Asbestos, Silica and Occupational Disease Team have accumulated more than 20 years of experience in Dust Diseases litigation and pride themselves on ensuring that their clients not only receive the best compensation result but provide exceptional services during our client’s compensation journey.
Using your high levels of interpersonal communication skills, and ‘can-do’ attitude you will have the ability to easily manage conflicting business needs and deadlines with confidence in your ability to prioritise accordingly. With your strong client focus and passion for helping people, you will foster and manage relationships with referrers and other external parties, while also looking to grow our incredible practice. Part of this role will also provide support and mentoring to our junior legal staff.
The experience we are looking for
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7+ years post admission experience
- Experience working within a personal injuries’ litigation environment with a background in dust diseases matters
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Alternatively, high quality workers’ compensation experience in either QLD or NSW with a desire to specialise in dust diseases claims will be considered
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Ability to supervise and train others, including paralegals and junior lawyers
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Proven leadership and people management skills
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Excellent interpersonal skills with experience providing high level client service
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Display empathy and compassion for our clients
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Ability to think creatively to find legal and advocacy solutions for our clients
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Experience in working with a team to prepare matters for mediation and hearing
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Capability to draft court documents, letters of advice and conduct complex legal research in novel and unfamiliar areas of law
