How to choose the Best Family and Divorce Lawyer

September 11, 2024

Choosing the right Sydney family and divorce lawyer to help with your divorce is an important decision facing people who are leaving a relationship. Not only is choosing someone with the right legal skills and expertise invaluable, it is important to choose a family lawyer that you can work well with, during this distressing time. Making the right choice early should help produce the best result possible in the least amount of time and at a reasonable cost. Our team of lawyers have earned their reputations as being some of the best family lawyers in Sydney and expert family lawyers in North Sydney. They are known to show empathy and compassion, and at the same time work endlessly to achieving the best outcomes for your property settlement or custody dispute.


There are really 3 simple rules in making the right choice to finding the best family lawyer in Sydney:

  • Check how long the lawyer has been an accredited specialist in family and divorce law. Five years? ten years? or 20 years? – The more experience the better.
  • Insist on a Law Society Accredited Family Law Specialist. A divorce lawyer who is an Accredited Specialist has gained formal recognition of legal excellence. This means that a combination of relevant experience and study makes accredited specialist divorce and family lawyers the best in their field. By choosing an Accredited Specialist to be your lawyer you can expect the highest quality legal services, efficiency, best possible legal advice and best chance of a positive outcome in your legal matter.
  • Accessibility. There is no point having a lawyer that is not accessible. Family law clients need quick responses and quick decisive action to their very real problems. Make a phone call and see how accessible and willing the lawyer is to have a quick chat with you.


At The Norton Law Group we offer a Law Society Accredited Specialist Family Lawyer of twenty years standing as an accredited specialist. Make the call today and have a no obligation free chat or make an appointment for a no obligation first free consultation.


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