Trusts & Estates Attorney – Partner / Practice Leader

Executive Staffing Group (ESG); United States; On-site; USD 450,000 - 900,000; Full time

Job summary

Executive Staffing Group (ESG) is assisting a client in expanding its Trusts & Estates practice nationwide by recruiting established partners or senior counsel with a proven book of business.

This platform offers access to a national client network, integrated services, and potential equity participation within a broader professional services organization.

Ideal candidates originate business, maintain relationships with high-net-worth clients, and are ready to lead practice growth and mentoring.

Qualifications

• Partner or senior counsel with a law firm and established book of business.
• Personally originated client relationships with meaningful portability.
• Experience in estate planning, trusts, wealth transfer, and tax planning.
• Proven business development capabilities and interest in growth.

Responsibilities

• Grow and lead a trusts & estates practice within a national platform.
• Develop and manage client relationships and coordinate with other professionals.
• Collaborate with team members to expand practice and potentially equity participation.

Skills

Business development

Client relationship management

Leadership

Entrepreneurial drive

Education

Juris Doctor degree

Job description

An opportunity to grow an established private-client practice within a national professional services platform.

Our client is expanding its legal practice nationally and is seeking established Trusts & Estates Attorneys at the Partner or senior-level with demonstrated business development capabilities and strong relationships with high-net-worth families, entrepreneurs, and business owners.

This is an opportunity for attorneys who have already built successful practices and are interested in accelerating their growth through access to an established client network, additional resources, and potential equity participation.

The organization operates alongside a national accounting and advisory platform with significant capabilities across tax, wealth management, transaction advisory, and family office services.

Unlike a traditional lateral partner opportunity, the firm is interested in both individual attorneys and established practice groups (team lift-outs) seeking a larger platform for continued growth.

The Opportunity

• Practice Growth: Access to an established national client network and potential internal referrals from professionals advising business owners, wealthy families, and entrepreneurs.
• Practice Leadership: Opportunity to establish or expand the firm's Trusts & Estates capabilities in your market, with the ability to help shape the practice's future direction.
• Team Expansion: Resources to support practice growth, including the potential to transition existing attorneys and support professionals.
• Integrated Services: Collaborate with professionals across tax, accounting, wealth management, family office, and transaction advisory to serve clients with complex planning needs.
• Partner Economics: Competitive compensation arrangements and potential equity participation in the broader organization's growth.

Ideal Candidate

We are particularly interested in entrepreneurial attorneys who have built meaningful client relationships and have demonstrated an ability to originate business.

Qualifications include:

• Current Partner, Shareholder, Member, or established Senior Counsel with a law firm.
• Personally originated client relationships and an established book of business with meaningful portability.
• Significant experience in estate planning, trusts, wealth transfer, estate and gift tax planning, and business succession.
• Established relationships with high-net-worth individuals, business owners, entrepreneurs, or family offices.
• Demonstrated business development capabilities and an interest in continuing to grow an existing practice.
• Ability to manage client relationships and collaborate with other attorneys and professional advisers.
• Interest in building a team or expanding an existing practice within a larger organization.
• Juris Doctor degree and active admission to practice law in the applicable jurisdiction.

Experience advising closely held businesses, coordinating with outside CPAs and financial advisers, or managing a private-client practice is particularly relevant.

An Opportunity for Established Practices

In addition to individual partner additions, our client is interested in exploring opportunities with established attorneys and practice groups considering a move to a larger platform.

The organization recognizes the importance of existing client relationships, team continuity, and the business an attorney has spent years developing.

For the right attorney or group, this represents an opportunity to preserve those relationships while gaining access to additional resources, complementary professional services, and new avenues for business development.

Why Consider This Opportunity?

Successful attorneys often reach a point where further growth requires additional resources, a stronger delivery team, and access to new client relationships.

Our client is building a national legal practice designed to capitalize on the relationships and capabilities of a broader professional services organization.

For entrepreneurial attorneys who have already demonstrated the ability to develop business, this offers a potentially differentiated path for continued practice growth and long-term value creation.

We welcome confidential discussions with established Trusts & Estates attorneys and practice leaders interested in exploring the opportunity.