Senior Trusts & Estates Tax Lead Paralegal

Husch Blackwell; Chicago (IL); On-site; Confidential; Full time

Job summary

Husch Blackwell LLP in Chicago seeks a Senior Trusts & Estates Tax Professional to support high‑level estate administration, post‑death irrevocable trusts, and fiduciary tax matters for domestic and international clients.

You will prepare estate and fiduciary tax returns, maintain trust accounting records, fund irrevocable trusts, and assist attorneys with probate filings while delivering exceptional client service.

Qualifications

• 8+ years of progressively responsible experience in Trusts & Estates, including complex estate and trust administration, as well as estate and fiduciary tax matters.
• Bachelor’s degree or Paralegal Certificate from ABA approved program preferred; significant, substantive related experience may be considered in lieu of formal education.
• Excellent communication, analytical, and organizational skills; ability to thrive in a fast-paced, changing environment.
• Proficiency with Microsoft Office applications; familiarity with tax and trust accounting software; experience with document database programs and/or software; client case management.

Responsibilities

• Prepare various tax returns including Estate Tax Returns and Fiduciary Income Tax Returns.
• Maintain financial records of trusts; perform trust accounting; audit accounts.
• Irrevocable trust funding and administration (post death).
• Probate administration, including drafting probate pleadings.
• Meet annual billable hour requirement of 1600 hours.
• Learn/develop technical proficiency in database use and management; internet/electronic research; and project folder/electronic file maintenance.
• Independently organize and manage files or delegate similar tasks to appropriate business professionals and supervise same.
• Familiarity and experience with adopting legal AI and ability to learn and implement new AI preferred.

Skills

Estate tax matters

Trust administration

Client management

MS Office

Tax software

Attention to detail

Time management

Team collaboration

Legal AI familiarity

Education

Two-year degree

BA or Paralegal Certificate preferred

Tools

Microsoft Office

Tax accounting software

Document databases

Trust accounting software

Job description

Husch Blackwell LLP in Chicago seeks a Senior Trusts & Estates Tax Professional to support high‑level estate administration, post‑death irrevocable trusts, and fiduciary tax matters for domestic and international clients.

You will prepare estate and fiduciary tax returns, maintain trust accounting records, fund irrevocable trusts, and assist attorneys with probate filings while delivering exceptional client service.