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Trusts & Estates Associate

Project Recruit, Syracuse, New York, United States

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Senior Legal Recruiter | Passionate about pairing you with the perfect opportunity | Former Paralegal Project Recruit has partnered with a multidisciplinary law firm with nearly 300 attorneys. They are a regional leading law firm that operates from a strategic platform in major markets such as NY, Boston and Toronto. The firm encourages firm-wide participation in diversity-related work and initiatives by infusing diversity and inclusion principles at every level. The firm is committed, from the top down, to promoting inclusion, mentorship, and education. Transparency is crucial to their vision, and they believe all associates have insight into the business. Their philosophy is "great attorneys lead to great clients."

Base pay range $110,000.00/yr - $135,000.00/yr

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RESPONSIBILITIES:

Representing primarily high-net-worth clients

Perform transactional work, including drafting wills, revocable and irrevocable trusts, and operating and shareholder agreements

Quantify tax impacts of estate and business succession plans

Work on estate and trust administration matters, including structuring the administration plan, supervising the preparation of accountings and estate and gift tax returns, and addressing procedural and disputed matters

Responsible for developing and maintaining relationships with clients, referral sources, and other attorneys within the firm

QUALIFICATIONS:

A minimum of one year of progressively responsible experience in trusts and estates practice

Strong verbal and written communication, analytical, quantitative (e.g., computational abilities and ability to work with spreadsheets), matter management, and executive functioning skills are required

Strong work ethic is also required

License to practice in Florida, an LLM in tax, experience in corporate and transactional work, or three or more years of experience will be highly regarded

Seniority level

Entry level

Employment type

Full-time

Job function

Legal

Industries

Legal Services and Law Practice

Inferred from the description for this job Medical insurance

Vision insurance

401(k)

Disability insurance

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