Senior Law Firm Paralegal - Estate Planning & Elder Law

Duties

• Utilizing templates to draft deeds, powers of attorney, healthcare directives, underlying will and trust instruments
• Drafting correspondence to clients, courts, adversaries, government agencies, financial institutions
• Drafting and assembling pleadings for litigation matters
• Creating estate accountings for fiduciaries
• Assisting estate plan signing ceremonies
• Utilizing case management program (CLIO)
• Answering phones as needed

Minimum Requirements

• Ability to prioritize, calendar deadlines, organize workload, adhere to processes and take initiative to assist the attorneys
• Experience organizing computer files and physical files, and maintaining documents according to a predetermined system
• Experience with tracking billable time
• Experience with drafting and assembling documents and pleadings addressed above; daily office tasks, such as answering phones, scanning and organizing incoming and outgoing mail and filing documents; conducting internet and legal research; reviewing written documents and emails for typographical consistency, grammar, and spelling; entering data into a database or computer software
• Professional and empathetic phone manners with clients, the public, other professionals and the court

Benefits

• Paid time off
• Retirement plan and health insurance available after introductory period
• Wellness benefits include an in-house Exercise Room and a Relaxation Room
• A private shower will be available for the firm