Trust & Estate Planning Attorney
Job Description
Job Description
Our expanding law firm is looking for an experienced estate planning attorney. We require a highly analytical applicant with excellent negotiation and organizational abilities who is available to work full-time. You will prepare documents such as wills, trusts, and powers of attorney as our estate planning attorney. This role carries a great deal of responsibility and seeks to eliminate questions regarding how an estate should be managed. Our ideal candidate will have extensive estate planning knowledge, be a qualified attorney, and have excellent written communication abilities. Please apply if this describes you!
Compensation:
$90,000 - $125,000
Responsibilities:
- Represent clients in court proceedings as needed
- Confer with senior partners and paralegals to effectively move through the civil litigation process
- Create wills, trusts, and powers of attorney for your clients
- Discuss plans with clients for distributing clients’ assets
- Advise clients regarding retirement plans, charitable giving, and insurance options
Qualifications:
- Bachelor’s degree with a legal background and J.D. degree are required
- Must have worked on estate planning and probate law issues for at least 1-2 years
- Great communication skills, particularly in stressful and emotional situations
- Comfortable attending uncontested court hearings when necessary in probate court
About Company
We help people with some of their most important decisions, so building a good relationship, delivering great results, and taking ownership of the process while helping clients have a great experience is exactly what we do. We are an enterprising estates and trusts firm in Andover, on track for growth. We are a lifestyle firm that believes in achieving a work-life balance. Our current team consists of three attorneys, an administrative assistant, a paralegal, and an office manager.
We offer health, vision, and dental insurance, disability and life insurance, paid vacation time, paid holidays, and 401(k) retirement with matching.