Estate Planning Attorney - Hybrid Remote - Chicago
About the role
Based in Chicago, we are a 30+ attorney full-service firm with a general practice spanning T&E, business law and litigation, commercial and corporate work, real estate, employment, tax, and more than a dozen additional specialty areas. Our trusts and estates group counsels clients on sophisticated asset protection and wealth transfer — building personalized, flexible estate plans in close coordination with clients' financial advisors — and handles the full administration side, from estate and gift tax returns to estate and trust accountings. Because the platform is full-service, the T&E attorney isn't siloed: planning, business, and tax work feed each other and keep client relationships intact across generations.
Responsibilities
- Counsel individuals and families on sophisticated estate planning and asset protection, with occasional involvement in trust and estate administration.
- Design and draft personalized, flexible estate plans — wills, trusts, and wealth-transfer structures — coordinating with clients' financial advisors.
- Some trust and estate administration matters as needed.
Requirements
- Illinois Bar admission
- 3+ years estate planning experience
Qualifications
Associate through of counsel welcomed.
Benefits
- Medical, dental, vision
- Matching 401(k)
- Generous PTO, sick leave, and paid holidays
- Full-service platform — T&E work cross-pollinates with the business, tax, and real estate groups, with a built‑in referral pipeline
- Direct client and financial‑advisor relationships you own, not inherited file management
Pay
- Base salary: $150,000 – $200,000 per year
- Base salary DOE + bonuses (hourly, origination, and discretionary)
Schedule
Hybrid remote / Chicago