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Reflections

LEGAL MILESTONE
Cairns Family Law Group looks
back at lessons learned on the
second anniversary of starting
their business.

On June 13, Cairns Family Law Group
turns two. Surviving the first year in
business is a major achievement for
most small businesses, and thriving
throughout a two-year period is even
more impressive. Directors Amalie Grima
and Catherine Ross reflect on their first
two years in business, looking back on the
lessons learnt and outlining their vision
for the future.

Two years in, does your business look What would you do differently? What is your vison for the future of
the way you imagined it would when Amalie: We are always learning and Cairns Family Law Group?
you launched? adapting. I love change and am always 2020 has helped us to stop and reflect
Catherine: Amalie and I had a clear vision looking for new and innovative ways on what is important and focus on our
of what we wanted and what we didn’t to practice law and do business. Some core values. We already had the tools and
want. We started with our branding and things work and some don’t. We learned mindset in place to move seamlessly to
everything snowballed from there. We the hard way that cheap is not always working remotely for a period during the
wanted to create a boutique law firm better. In hindsight we would have done COVID-19 crisis. We’re in the process of
specialising in family law that was warm some more research before investing in developing an online family law solution
and welcoming and gave clients a safe our initial legal software product, but which our clients all over the country
space to share their problems and work given we are a small business we are agile will be able to access. Our current motto
with them to find solutions. We grew and can adapt. Catherine is a little more is ‘ride the wave’. Life and business are
faster than expected, moving out of our cautious than me by nature, but that’s about highs and lows, just take them as
initial workspace into our now 100 square what makes us a great team. We balance they come.
metre office on Sheridan Street. This each other out. Teamwork makes the
year we have expanded to open an office dream work! MORE: cairnsfamilylawgroup.com.au
in Innisfail.

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