A chance to advance your legal career and help people as well! This medium sized law firm is seeking a legal assistant/paralegal to join their trust and estates practice group.
Duties: Will be working with their senior and very experienced trust & estates paralegal in supporting our attorneys who practice primarily in this estate planning and estate/trust administration practice goup and in all those matters regularly interacting with clients and family members of deceased persons who often have just experienced death of a treasured person in their lives. On the paralegal side, duties include all aspects of assisting with estates and trusts that are being administered, including drafting correspondence, drafting deeds, obtaining tax IDs, drafting estate and trust administration documents, dealing with the offices of the Commissioners of Accounts which oversee estate administrations across Virginia, scanning, filing, and helping with overall organization of the department and its files.
On the legal assistant side, duties include assisting attorneys in managing and assisting with their practices and files in all aspects, including interacting with clients in the gathering and conveying of information and scheduling of whatever may be needed, including organizing and participating in client meetings for signing of estate documents as a notary or as a witness to the signing of certain documents by clients and may include assisting with preparation and editing of various estate planning documents.
Requirements: Previous experience working as an assistant paralegal or legal assistant preferred. If you have an analytical inclination and if helping people is important to you personally, this may be a position for you. Experience with estates and/or trust administration is preferred but they are willing to train the right person. They want someone who will want to be part of a team practice group which desires to provide excellent services to our clients. Also required Microsoft Word as well as various software. programs. 4 year degree also preferred but not required.
Benefits: 401K, dental insurance, disability insurance, flexible spending account, health insurance, health savings account, life insurance, paid time off, professional development assistance, travel reimbursement, vision insurance and wellness program.
This is an in office experience - not remote, Monday through Friday.