Family Fee Earner

My client is looking to recruit a Family Fee Earner to deal with their own busy caseload of a range of family law matters in Wakefield.

The firm have exciting expansion plans and are currently looking to add to their Family Law department.

This is a fantastic opportunity for an experienced Family Fee earner to come in and add to the future growth of the firm, along with personal and career development opportunities!

Your caseload will consist of; divorce/separation, civil partnerships, financial settlements, child law, pre/postnuptial agreements, parental responsibility/grandparents' rights, child abduction and cohabitation.

You will be working in Family Law currently and be a qualified Chartered Legal Executive.

You will have proven experience of running your own busy and complex caseload of family matters and ideally you will have an abundance of experience in divorce, financial settlements, and children law.

Responsibilities:

• Run your own caseload of a full range of private family matters.


• Provide a consistently high level of client care and professionalism.


• Drafting and collating relevant bundles of legal documentation for legal proceedings


• Acting as the point of contact for clients via telephone and email enquiries whilst writing letters to clients and the Court


• Attending court, arranging meeting, taking client instructions, and preparing statements for clients.

What's on offer?

• Hybrid working.


• Small but supportive and friendly team environment, with the opportunity to be part of a wider team with offices regionally.


• Genuine career progression opportunities.


• Opportunities to build and develop a team around you.

If you are interested in this Family Fee Earner role in Wakefield, then please get in touch Chloe Smith on 0113 467 9783 to find out more information or if you've a CV to hand please submit this for review.