Senior Associate/Senior Counsel (Remote) #ESF3050
$160,000–$260,000 year
On-siteLos Angeles, California, United States
Job Summary
Research legal issues for trust and estate litigation matters and draft pleadings, discovery, memoranda, motions, and other legal documents. Handle trust and estate litigation matters from inception through trial, including depositions, mediations, and settlement negotiations, while attending hearings regularly in probate courts. Make independent decisions and advise clients on pre-litigation and litigation matters, and manage conservatorship, guardianship, and probate administrations from initiation to discharge. Consult trustees or beneficiaries on trust administration and complete other projects as assigned. This role requires five plus years of demonstrated probate and trust litigation experience or eight to ten years in civil or family law litigation.
Required Qualifications
- Demonstrated interest in probate, trust, and estate law
- Strong verbal and written communication skills
- Attention to detail
- Strong organizational skills
- Ability to work independently
- Ability to work as a member of a team
- Ability to multitask
- Ability to meet deadlines
- Ability to manage cases and clients independently
- 5 plus years of demonstrated probate and trust litigation experience
- 8-10 years plus of civil or family law litigation experience
- Strong job stability
- References
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