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The Qualities To Look For When Selecting A Family Lawyer

Leading family lawyers tend to be charismatic and show empathy to an array of situations, as their work involves them with a variety of sometimes difficult situations. The practitioner needs to demonstrate a professional approach and be passionate about their area or law and outcomes they can achieve for their clients.

Couples facing a relationship breakdown find themselves needing the services of a trusted family lawyer. These solicitors are trusted, and need to be to represent former husbands, wives, partners and parents and their expertise can determine how favourably the legal proceedings turn out for their client.

The qualities needed should include:

Excellent Communication Skills

Family lawyers deal with subjective and emotionally charged matters. This means that they need to be able to communicate at times incredibly complex legal information in a way that’s easily understood by their client and makes sure that they fully understand not only the law relating to their matter but ramifications of outcomes.

They need to be a great listener. Family lawyers need to listen to all that their clients are conveying to them and taking notes of all relevant matters disclosed relating to the case.

Family and relationship related issues are emotionally charged, the family lawyer needs to be patient during client interviews and will need to help those suffering cope with the stress of the situation but at the same time communicate what the legal process is.

Interpersonal skills and a good grasp of the latest digital technology for communicating with clients is also required as they need to keep in touch with clients on an ongoing basis while engaged. It cannot be emphasized enough that maintaining a high level of communication with clients is a hallmark of a top family lawyers.

Excellent Negotiators

Family lawyers need to be excellent negotiators. The legal process in Australia encourages disputing parties to settle issues like property settlement and child custody outside of the courtroom.  An experienced lawyer is invaluable in negotiating favourable outcomes for their clients in sometimes very trying circumstances.

Family lawyers need not only to be prepared for negotiation but encourage it as way of resolving the dispute. Solicitors need to understand the emotional burden that family and relationship disputes have and have the skills to bring a fast resolution to minimise the impact on children and families.

Court Experience

When negotiations fail, they will need to represent their clients in court. There they will need to argue their clients case as to why they should receive certain financial assets, custody of children etc.

In order to successfully argue a clients case, family lawyers need to have an abundance of experience and present evidence and their own explanation of why it proves their case. Their oral skills to persuade the judge to side with their client is essential while at the same time fully grasping the evidence to back up the claims.

Sound Judgement

A leading family lawyer has excellent judgement skills. They need to respond quickly with sound judgement to counter or respond to actions or moves made by the opposing party.

Clients want their legal representation to call on their legal expertise and show great judgement but want the appointed lawyer to charge them for only the amount of time that they actually spent helping them. An experienced lawyer will be able to confidently give an estimate of time based on their judgement on time spent on similar past cases.

Above all, you need to be confident that the family lawyer you are looking to engage has great judgement. Then the appointment you make must imply implicit trust the judgement and experience of the professional you have appointed. Then its simply up to their ability to securing the ideal outcome for you.

Selecting the right lawyer can make your case, but unfortunately, in some cases, selecting the wrong one can doom it. Do your homework, ask friends of trusted and experienced family lawyers they or their friends have used. Look at their social media pages and check their Google & directory reviews.

Airborne Magazine team endorse the work of Watts McCray lawyers. They are Family Lawyers Sydney residents trust. You can learn more about them and view their website here: https://www.wattsmccray.com.au/