Estate Planning Attorney

LJW Solutions; Jacksonville (FL); On-site; USD 130,000 - 175,000; Full time

Job summary

LJW Solutions in Jacksonville, FL, is seeking an experienced Estate Planning Attorney to join our Private Client practice. You will advise individuals, families, business owners, and fiduciaries across estate planning, probate, trust and estate administration, asset protection, and business succession, with significant client interaction.

The role offers a broad private wealth practice within a well-established regional law firm and opportunities to develop long-term client relationships.

Qualifications

• 5+ years of estate planning experience.
• Strong wills and trusts drafting experience.
• Trust and estate administration experience.
• Experience advising high-net-worth individuals would be advantageous.
• Business succession and asset-protection experience would be attractive.
• Excellent drafting and communication abilities.
• Ability to manage matters independently.

Responsibilities

• Estate planning for individuals and families.
• Drafting wills and trusts.
• Trust and estate administration.
• Wealth-transfer planning.
• Asset-protection strategies.
• Business succession planning.
• Advising owners of closely held businesses.
• Advising executors, trustees and beneficiaries.
• Guardianship matters where appropriate.
• Developing and maintaining long-term client relationships.
• Working alongside accountants, financial advisers and other professionals.

Skills

Estate planning

Wills & trusts

Trust administration

Business succession

Client communication

Independent work

Job description

An excellent opportunity has arisen for an experienced Estate Planning Attorney to join an established Private Client practice in Jacksonville.

The successful attorney will advise individuals, families, business owners and fiduciaries across estate planning, probate, trust and estate administration, asset protection and business succession matters.

The position is particularly attractive to an attorney seeking significant client interaction and a broad private wealth practice within a well-established regional law firm.

The Role

Your practice will include:

• Estate planning for individuals and families.
• Drafting wills and trusts.
• Trust and estate administration.
• Wealth-transfer planning.
• Asset-protection strategies.
• Business succession planning.
• Advising owners of closely held businesses.
• Advising executors, trustees and beneficiaries.
• Guardianship matters where appropriate.
• Developing and maintaining long-term client relationships.
• Working alongside accountants, financial advisers and other professionals.

About You

The successful candidate will ideally possess:

• 5+ years of estate planning experience.
• Strong wills and trusts drafting experience.
• Trust and estate administration experience.
• Experience advising high-net-worth individuals would be advantageous.
• Business succession and asset-protection experience would be attractive.
• Excellent drafting and communication abilities.
• Ability to manage matters independently.

What’s on Offer?

• Expected salary of $130,000–$175,000, depending on experience.
• Broad estate planning and administration caseload.
• Opportunity to manage matters independently.
• Regional firm environment.
• Strong long-term client relationships.
• Career-development and practice-building opportunities.

This is an excellent opportunity for an experienced Estate Planning Attorney looking for a broad private wealth practice and meaningful client responsibility in Jacksonville.