Estate Planning - Elder Law Legal Assistant

Job Description

Job Description

Do You:

• Love helping families?
• Know the difference between a testator and a testatrix?
• Like to help families achieve the satisfaction of creating an estate plan?
• Do you want to work really hard in estate planning and elder law but not burn out working 80-hour weeks and weekends?

If the answer to these questions is “Heck, yes!” and if you are a legal assistant or paralegal with 2 or more years of experience, we may have the ideal position for you.

We are Antanavage Farbiarz PLLC.

Our Pennsylvania-based firm is looking for that special someone to assist in the case management, document drafting, and coordination of estate planning and elder law cases. We are looking for someone who can work with our existing dedicated team of paralegals, intake, and attorneys to make a difference in families' lives. That’s the job – talking to clients, their families, and the people who love them to help figure out how our firm can help them create an estate plan that protects their family and help clients navigate the complicated world of Medicaid and elder law.

Antanavage Farbiarz PLLC is a family-focused and team-oriented firm with a focus on providing client-centered, relationship-driven estate planning and elder law services to individuals and families throughout Southeastern Pennsylvania.

Our core values are:

• Flexibility. We meet clients where they are and use technology to facilitate communications, and we make it easy for clients to reach us, to provide services, and we are transparent in our process and fees (flat fees)
• High Standards. We believe it is important to provide the highest quality services to clients. We are willing to put in the work to get the job done right.
• Empathy and Compassion. We listen to clients and empathize with their situations. We recognize that clients are probably going through the worst problem they have ever had or are planning for the worst problem they have ever had.
• Access to Justice. We believe it is critical that people of all walks of life be able to access basic legal services, such as estate planning. We provide free information on our website, our blog, social media, and our email campaigns. We will help anyone who wants to create an estate.

$20 - $22 hourly

• Serve as primary contact and case manager for estate planning clients
• Assist with gathering client information for their cases and the preparation of documents
• Draft documents for estate planning clients based on the attorney's instructions and using appropriate templates
• Assist clients with funding trusts
• Gather and organize necessary documents to file completed Medical Assistance Applications
• Provide reception duties, including greeting visitors and answering phones.

• Experience with legal software (we use Smokeball, Interactive Legal, and Lawmatics)
• Associates degree, or some college, is preferred;a high school diploma or equivalent is required
• Must be able to prioritize tasks with demanding deadlines and work in a fast-paced environment
• Highly proactive with attention to detail, dependable, and extremely organized
• Excellent problem-solving and analytical skills
• Experience and comfort using technology, including Microsoft Office (Word and Excel), Google Chrome, Outlook, etc.

Antanavage Farbiarz PLLC is a law firm focused on estate planning, estate administration, elder law, and real estate. We work hard for clients, but also balance expectations with reality; take time to be with our own families and find a real work-life balance that allows us to bring our best to work each and every day.