Trust and Estate Disputes Associate

Connect Legal Partners; California; Híbrido; USD 175.000 - 225.000; Jornada completa

Descripción de la vacante

Connect Legal Partners seeks an attorney to handle contested trusts and estates matters in the San Francisco Bay Area. You will work with trustees, executors and beneficiaries on disputes, including contested wills and elder fiduciary issues, contributing to case strategy and written submissions.

The ideal candidate has a California bar membership and roughly four to six years focused on trust and estate litigation, with strong drafting and advisory capabilities.

Formación

• Active California bar membership required.
• Approximately four to six years of focused trust and estate litigation experience.
• Able to handle probate disputes with clear drafting and practical advice.

Responsabilidades

• Develop your contentious trusts and estates practice through disputes involving trustees, executors, beneficiaries and family wealth.
• Prepare pleadings and substantive written work, and manage discovery.
• Help prepare matters for hearings and trial; direct client contact is part of the role.

Conocimientos

California Bar

Trusts & Estates Litigation

Descripción del empleo

Handle contested trusts and estates where fiduciary duties, family relationships and litigation strategy intersect.

The role

Develop your contentious trusts and estates practice through disputes involving trustees, executors, beneficiaries and family wealth. Matters can include contested wills and trusts, fiduciary claims, elder abuse allegations and applications to remove fiduciaries. You will contribute to case strategy, prepare pleadings and substantive written work, manage discovery and help prepare matters for hearings and trial. Direct client contact forms part of the role.

What you will need

The practice is seeking an attorney with active California bar membership and approximately four to six years of focused trust and estate litigation experience. You should be comfortable with the procedural and interpersonal demands of probate disputes and able to combine clear drafting with practical advice. General litigation experience alone does not meet the stated specialist requirement.

What is on offer

• This is a full time hybrid opportunity in the San Francisco Bay Area.
• The annual base salary is US$175,000 to US$225,000, with production and year end bonus opportunities.
• There is scope to develop toward greater leadership responsibility.