Legal Assistant

WizeHire, Inc; Westview Manor (NY); On-site; USD 60,000 - 80,000; Full time

Job summary

Safe Harbor Wills & Trusts in New York is seeking an experienced Probate & Estate Administration Paralegal to join our growing probate practice.

You will step into active files, quickly determine current status, identify required next steps, and move matters toward completion with limited attorney supervision. This is not an entry-level role and requires hands-on probate and estate administration experience, with the ability to work independently.

Qualifications

• Hands-on probate and estate administration experience
• Ability to work independently
• Not entry-level position

Responsibilities

• Take over active probate files and assess current status
• Identify what needs to happen next and move files toward completion
• Work with limited attorney supervision
• Organize complex probate information to support families

Skills

Probate experience

Estate administration

Job description

Safe Harbor Wills & Trusts is seeking an experienced Probate & Estate Administration Paralegal to help support our growing probate practice. We are looking for someone who can step into existing active files, quickly determine where each matter stands, identify what needs to happen next, and move the file toward completion with limited attorney supervision. This is not an entry-level position. Candidates must have hands-on probate and estate administration experience and be comfortable working independently.

If you enjoy organizing complicated information, solving problems, and doing work that genuinely helps families, we'd like to hear from you.