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Boss Lawyers is a commercial litigation and insolvency boutique. We are small by design, serious by reputation, and growing by choice. If you are the right person, there is a place here.
Most law firms recruit for the work they need done. We recruit for the lawyers we want to become part of what Boss Lawyers is building.
The work here is the complex, contested end of commercial law. Director liability. Shareholder oppression. Statutory demands in the Federal Court. Insolvent trading proceedings. Contested liquidations. These are not matters where you assist a partner. They are matters where you have carriage, the client knows your name, and the outcome has your signature on it.
If you are looking for a place to hide in a large team, this is not it. If you are looking for a place to actually practise law at a high level from the beginning, keep reading.
No waiting. The matters are live from day one. Supreme Court, Federal Court, QCAT, insolvency appointments. You will not spend your first two years watching someone else run your files.
Mark Harley is accessible, runs his own files, and is genuinely invested in developing the people around him. Not a name on a letterhead. Not a floor above you. Someone who answers your questions directly.
Hybrid working, flexible hours, outcomes-focused. School drop-off, home writing days, a schedule that fits your life. We care about the quality of the work, not how many hours you are visible.
We pay at the top of the boutique market. No bureaucratic salary bands. No waiting for an annual cycle. If you bring value, the number reflects that.
A tight team with high standards and zero tolerance for the kind of posturing that makes large firms miserable. The only thing that matters here is the quality of your work.
Our offices are in Brisbane CBD, one of the city's best commercial addresses. Clients come to us. You will be proud of where you work. So will they when they visit.
We are not going to pretend every firm is the same. The difference between a volume practice and a boutique that does serious work is real, and it matters to your career. Here is the comparison, straight.
| Everywhere Else | Boss Lawyers |
|---|---|
| ✗Years of document review before you touch a file | ✓Carriage of real files from week one |
| ✗Partner takes the credit. Client knows their name, not yours. | ✓The client knows your name |
| ✗Six-minute timesheets and attendance tracking | ✓Outcomes matter. Not attendance. |
| ✗Partnership track measured in decades, not merit | ✓A meaningful role now, with a real path forward |
| ✗Internal politics, approval chains, firm hierarchy | ✓Small team. Zero tolerance for ego. |
| ✗High volume, low complexity, interchangeable staff | ✓Complex, contested, commercially significant matters |
Three roles. All immediate starts. Every position offers real carriage of files from day one, not a promise for later, a condition of the job. Mark reads every application personally. No recruiters. No agencies.
You are at the start of your career and you want to learn from someone who actually practises, not someone who delegates and reviews. At Boss Lawyers, you will be in court, on files, and in client meetings from the beginning. Mark trains lawyers by working alongside them. If you are sharp, motivated, and serious about commercial law as a career, this is where you start, before the big firm habits set in.
Email CV and covering note directly to Mark
You are two to four years in, running solid work, and not yet being trusted with what you are actually ready for. At Boss Lawyers, you will have genuine carriage of commercial disputes, statutory demands, director liability matters, and insolvency proceedings from your first week. No waiting until you prove yourself on admin. No watching a partner run your matter.
Email CV and covering note directly to Mark
You are running files independently. The partner puts their name on your work and the client does not know who you are. You are ready to own the relationship. At Boss Lawyers, you will. Sophisticated commercial matters, your name on the file, real court time, and a salary that reflects what you actually bring. This is the role for the lawyer who is done waiting.
Email CV and covering note directly to Mark
"I started Boss Lawyers because I was good at this work and I was tired of making it look easy for someone else. If that sounds familiar, I want to talk to you."
We are not going to promise you a partnership in five years. What we will promise is that the work you do here will be the foundation of a genuinely strong commercial litigation practice, because you will actually have built it, not watched someone else do it.
We will not dress this up with foosball tables and free lunches. Here is what working at Boss Lawyers actually looks like, the honest version, for lawyers who do not need to be sold a lifestyle.
This is a demanding practice. The matters are complex, the clients have real stakes, and the standard expected is high. If you want easy, this is not it. If you want good, keep reading.
Mark is accessible. You do not email through an EA. You do not wait for a scheduled slot. Questions get answered. Feedback is immediate and constructive.
Hybrid working is real here. So are flexible hours. There is no performance of being-at-your-desk. If the work is done well, the schedule is yours to manage.
We do not pay boutique salaries. We pay competitive commercial salaries for lawyers who do commercial work at a high level. The number reflects what you bring, not what band you are in.
No office politics. No approval hierarchies. No one taking credit for your work. A small, high-performing team where what you do is visible and what you achieve is acknowledged.
Boss Lawyers is growing. The lawyers who join now will help shape what the firm becomes. That is not a recruitment line. It is the genuine opportunity on the table.
Mark reads every application personally. Send your CV and a short note, two or three sentences about why Boss Lawyers, why now. No recruiter, no HR filter, no weeks of silence. If you are the right person, you will hear back within five business days.
mharley@bosslawyers.com.auSerious commercial law. No nonsense. A firm that rewards ambition, expertise, and the kind of work ethic that does not need managing.
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