Estate Planning Attorney

Position Summary:

Clients greatly appreciate an attorney who can counsel them with the confidence and skill that comes from seasoned experience! Our ideal candidate is an attorney with 8 years of experience in estate planning with an emphasis in tax and/or business planning who is a self-starter and thrives in a collaborative small-firm environment. The ideal candidate has cultivated strong referral relationships and has a strong desire to continue building their reputation alongside like-minded professionals who value integrity empathy grace and transparent communication.

Why Join Us:

• Collaborative collegial environment.
• Inclusive work environment where we value diverse backgrounds and insights and welcome new ideas for continuous improvements.
• Supportive leadership where we provide administrative marketing and operational support to help you focus on the client work. Your success is the firms success!
• Work-life harmonyWe work from home on Fridays turn the phones off at 5 pm daily and enjoy our weekends and personal time off free from client work.
• Competitive compensation structure that includes base pay 401(k) contribution health insurance short-term disability insurance paid holidays and paid time off.

If youre looking for a firm where your contributions truly matter and where you can continue to build your practice in a supportive growth-minded setting wed love to hear from you.

Total compensation package of $150000 - $175000 (additional compensation above base pay is available and designed to reward both origination and exceptional client service)

Key Responsibilities:

• Advise clients on estate planning tax and business succession strategies.
• Draft and review complex estate planning documents (must have experience with not only revocable trusts wills powers of attorney etc. but also complex irrevocable trusts for gift charitable and tax planning).
• Counsel clients on wealth transfer charitable giving and asset-protection planning.
• Oversee trust and estate administration matters as needed.
• Collaborate with firm partners on business development and firm growth initiatives.
• Manage and grow your own client relationships with firm support and shared resources.

Qualifications:

• J.D. from an accredited law school; active law license in Texas free from any state bar investigations; licensure in a second jurisdiction preferred.
• 8 years of experience in estate planning tax or related business planning practice.
• Experience counseling high-net-worth clients preferred.
• Partial book of business or established referral sources required.
• Excellent drafting communication and client management skills.
• High comfort level with technology (aside from the paper estate plans we produce we are a paper-free law firm with all files and documents being electronically maintained accessed and stored in the cloud).
• Growth mindset and desire to be part of a growing law firm.