Estate Planning Associate Attorney

Scion Staffing; Atlanta (GA); Hybrid; USD 140,000 - 210,000; Full time

Job summary

Scion Staffing, Inc. invites applications for a Trusts & Estates Associate to join a sophisticated AmLaw firm in Atlanta. The role targets 4–8+ years of experience in trusts and estates with a focus on sophisticated planning and client service.

This position offers hybrid flexibility, meaningful client relationships, and strong career growth within a national platform. A Georgia Bar admission is required to practice in this market.

Qualifications

• 4–8+ years of sophisticated trusts and estates experience.
• Strong background in estate planning, wealth transfer taxation, and trust administration.
• Experience advising HNW/UHNW clients preferred.
• Excellent drafting, analytical, and client relationship skills.

Responsibilities

• Advanced estate and gift tax planning, including generation-skipping transfer strategies.
• Sophisticated trust structures, irrevocable gifting trusts, and charitable planning.
• Estate planning for HNW/UHNW individuals and families.
• Complex trust and estate administration and fiduciary counseling.
• Drafting and implementing customized wealth preservation and succession plans.

Skills

Drafting

Analytical skills

Client relationships

Education

Georgia Bar admission

Job description

High-Net-Worth & Ultra-High-Net-Worth Clients | Hybrid Flexibility | Work-Life Balance | Career Growth

A highly regarded AmLaw firm with a sophisticated national Private Wealth and Tax Planning practice is seeking an experienced Trusts & Estates Associate (4–8+ years) to join its Atlanta office. This is an exceptional opportunity for an attorney looking to elevate their practice while enjoying greater flexibility, meaningful client relationships, and a collaborative, supportive environment.

Why This Opportunity Stands Out

• Sophisticated HNW/UHNW Practice: Advise affluent individuals, multigenerational families, business owners, and fiduciaries on complex estate and wealth transfer strategies.
• Hybrid Flexibility & Work-Life Balance: Enjoy the benefits of a flexible work environment without sacrificing sophisticated legal work or professional advancement.
• National Platform & Resources: Access an established wealth planning practice with extensive tax, corporate, and fiduciary resources.
• Direct Client Relationships: Take ownership of complex matters, work closely with experienced partners, and build lasting relationships with high-value clients.
• Long-Term Growth: Excellent opportunity for increased responsibility, professional development, and advancement within a respected national firm.

The Practice

• Advanced estate and gift tax planning, including generation-skipping transfer strategies.
• Sophisticated trust structures, irrevocable gifting trusts, and charitable planning.
• Estate planning for HNW/UHNW individuals and families.
• Complex trust and estate administration and fiduciary counseling.
• Drafting and implementing customized wealth preservation and succession plans.

Ideal Candidate

• 4–8+ years of sophisticated trusts and estates experience.
• Strong background in estate planning, wealth transfer taxation, and trust administration.
• Experience advising HNW/UHNW clients preferred.
• Excellent drafting, analytical, and client relationship skills.
• Active Georgia Bar admission required.

About Our Firm

Scion Staffing, Inc. is an equal opportunity employer and service provider and does not discriminate based on race, religion, gender, gender identity, national origin, citizenship status, sexual orientation, disability, political affiliation or belief, or any other protected class. We are committed to the principles of Equal Opportunity Employment and are dedicated to making employment decisions based on merit and value, for ourselves, our client companies, and the candidates we represent. For opportunities located in a region that has enacted fair-chance, arrest-, or conviction-based employment ordinances, Scion Staffing proactively follows the enacted guidance and considers for employment all qualified applicants with arrest and conviction records. We engage in socially conscious business practices and believe that diverse, inclusive, and non-biased talent and recruitment processes are foundational to the success of Scion as well as every client organization with whom we partner.