Estate Administration & Probate Paralegal

Carolina Estate Planning; United States; On-site; USD 65,000 - 70,000; Full time

Job summary

Carolina Estate Planning is seeking an Estate Administration & Probate Paralegal to manage probate caseloads with hands-on experience. You will coordinate with clerks, banks, and CPAs to ensure timely filings and accurate inventories.

The role offers growth within a fast-growing, well-run firm and reports to attorneys with support from a Legal Production Case Manager across practice areas.

Qualifications

• Hands-on probate experience and ownership of a caseload.
• Experience coordinating with Clerk of Court, banks and CPAs.
• Ability to ensure timely filings and accurate inventories.

Responsibilities

• Administer probate matters and estates from intake to distributions.
• Coordinate filings, inventories, and appraisals with clerks and financial partners.
• Communicate status updates and manage deadlines for multiple cases.

Skills

Estate administration

Probate experience

Court filings

Job description

We are looking for an Estate Administration & Probate Paralegal who thrives on bringing order and momentum to complex, deadline-driven cases. This role is focused on the administration side of our practice — guiding estates through probate, working closely with the Clerk of Court, financial institutions, and CPAs, and making sure every filing, inventory, and distribution is accurate and on time.

You will work directly under the supervision of our attorneys, with additional coordination and support from our Legal Production Case Manager, who oversees workflow across all three of our practice areas (Estate Planning, Probate, and Fiduciary Litigation). This is a role for someone with hands-on probate experience who wants ownership of a caseload and a clear path to grow within a well-run, fast-growing firm.

Compensation: $65,000 - $70,000 base salary plus quarterly performance incentive bonus