Attorney - Estate Planning - Chicago - 220k

We Are Legal Revolution; Chicago (IL); Remote; USD 140,000 - 220,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Health insurance

Dental and life insurance

401(k) with 3% firm contribution

Fully remote

Job summary

We Are Legal Revolution in Chicago is seeking an experienced Estate Planning Attorney to join a well-established firm and lead a growing estate planning practice. You will meet clients, design plans, and draft complex documents with substantial autonomy and minimal oversight.

The position offers a base salary up to $220k plus a strong bonus structure, comprehensive benefits, and a flexible remote option. Licensed in Illinois with 5+ years of estate planning is required.

Qualifications

• Licensed in Illinois.
• 5+ years of hands-on estate planning experience.
• Comfortable running estate plans with minimal oversight - not just form-filling.
• Strong drafting skills and client-facing confidence.
• Tax experience strongly preferred - e.g. LL.M. in Tax or tax certificate, or meaningful tax-focused planning work.
• Willingness to help on corporate tax matters and to develop a book over time (no book required to start, but openness to business development is a plus).

Responsibilities

• Meet directly with clients, design plans, and draft complex estate planning documents (wills, revocable/irrevocable trusts, powers of attorney, tax-sensitive structures, etc.).
• Run matters beginning to end – from fact-gathering and design to drafting, revisions, and signing.
• Collaborate with the broader business/tax group on related tax and corporate planning issues.

Skills

Estate planning

Drafting skills

Client facing

Tax planning

Education

LL.M. in Tax

Tax certificate

Job description

NEW IN Estate Planning Attorney Help Lead & Grow an Estate Planning Practice |Paying $140k-$220k + Bonus in $100k's Chicago - Flex Remote Big-Firm Work, Boutique Feel

Highlights:

• Join a well-established Chicago business law firm with a thriving, in-house estate planning practice.
• Step into a team of 5 estate planning attorneys as attorney #6 – with a real chance to become the go-to estate planner in the firm.
• Substantial autonomy: take an estate plan from initial client meeting through signing with minimal oversight.
• Mix of sophisticated estate planning and the opportunity to support corporate/tax work if that interests you.
• Positive, low-drama culture where people are genuinely happy, well-treated, and stay long term.
• Focus: Estate planning only (partner in the group focuses on probate).

Core work:

• Meet directly with clients, design plans, and draft complex estate planning documents (wills, revocable/irrevocable trusts, powers of attorney, tax-sensitive structures, etc.).
• Run matters beginning to end – from fact-gathering and design to drafting, revisions, and signing.
• Collaborate with the broader business/tax group on related tax and corporate planning issues.

Comp and benefits:

• Base salary: Up to $220k depending on experience
• Bonus structure (very real, very lucrative):
• Hours bonus: for associates, roughly ⅓ of your billable rate on hours over target - can add tens of thousands of dollars, even $100k's
• Collections bonus: 10-15% of collected originations (depending on associate vs partner).
• Billable expectations:
• Partner level: ~1,600 hours, with bonus kicking in after that.
• Health insurance: Firm covers the individual health premium (Blue Cross), your share is minimal (often ~$30-40/month).
• Dental and life insurance.
• 401(k) with 3% mandatory firm contribution (i.e. the firm contributes regardless).

Other points of interest:

• Healthy, established estate planning practice you can step into on day one - not a "build it from scratch" situation.
• Real opportunity to become the internal leader for estate planning as the current partner focuses on probate.
• Collaborative, pleasant environment - described as a place where people are happy, supported, and not micromanaged.
• Chance to grow your own book over time with firm support, if you’re interested in developing a practice.

• Chicago Loop office.
• Fully Remote

What they're looking for:

• Licensed in Illinois.
• 5+ years of hands-on estate planning experience.
• Comfortable running estate plans with minimal oversight - not just form-filling.
• Strong drafting skills and client-facing confidence.
• Tax experience strongly preferred - e.g. LL.M. in Tax or tax certificate, or meaningful tax-focused planning work.
• Willingness to help on corporate tax matters and to develop a book over time (no book required to start, but openness to business development is a plus).

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