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Legal Assistant

Legal Assistant

Law Office of Adriane S. Grace, PLLC • Frisco, TX, US
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Job Description

Job Description

Grace Estate Law seeks an experienced and highly motivated Legal Assistant with a focus on estate planning. We are hiring for a detail-oriented Legal Assistant who does their best when working within well-established processes and procedures. Our firm is fast-paced and growing, and we seek a career-minded Legal Assistant to join our team.

Our core values of integrity, accountability, transparency, empathy, and grace are the foundation of what it means to be successful on our team. We believe you’ll find a rewarding and fulfilling place here if you share our values.

The successful Legal Assistant candidate possesses the following qualities :

  • Proactive and Self-Motivated : Driven to take initiative and stay focused with limited oversight.
  • Consistent and Organized : Brings order and reliability to every task.
  • Caring and Empathetic : Demonstrates a genuine understanding of appropriate interpersonal interactions with clients and colleagues.
  • Integrity : Says what they mean, and does what they say, while upholding the highest ethical standards.
  • Transparent Communication : Communicates openly and early, to foster trust and psychological safety within our team.
  • Accountability : Owns their responsibilities and the occasional human error, by following through on commitments and offering solutions.

Compensation : $24 - $29 hourly

Responsibilities :

  • Organize client files, both paper and electronic, and scan client documents and files
  • Schedule and calendar meetings with clients and case deadlines
  • Prepare standard legal forms for clients
  • Draft estate planning documents by utilizing the law firm’s standard forms for attorney review and editing
  • Draft correspondence to clients and other third parties
  • Prepare deeds using the law firm’s standard forms
  • Perform basic public records research concerning property title history, and marriage and divorce records in support of client matters
  • Communicate case updates and workflow processes with clients and gather information needed from clients to complete their estate plans and other legal matters with the firm
  • Assist with notarizing and witnessing at estate planning signings and other client meetings
  • Track and manage case workflow alongside the Firm’s attorneys and other production staff to track all cases / client matters that are timely proceeding through each phase, and anticipate and coordinate next steps in the process, both for the client and the attorneys
  • Providing excellent customer service while assisting the intake specialist with the intake of new potential estate planning clients during the client intake and onboarding process
  • Qualifications :

  • Minimum 3-5 years of experience working as a Legal Assistant (this is NOT a Paralegal role)
  • College degree, OR other degree from an accredited school with a Paralegal certificate, AND Legal Assistant experience above
  • Confident knowledge of the Texas Estate Code, specifically Will formalities, probate process, and Texas intestacy / inheritance laws (your knowledge will be tested)
  • Excellent legal drafting and writing skills (3 years of consistent and regular experience preparing near-complete drafts of estate planning documents, real estate deeds for an attorney to finalize)
  • Excellent verbal and written communication skills : 3 years of experience calling on clients and probate court clerks and staff, and asking questions to get to the root of the problem, as well as drafting detailed written communications with specific instructions to clients concerning their matter
  • 3-5 years of customer service and client care in a law firm environment
  • 3 years managing multiple calendars, tracking schedules for clients and attorneys, and docketing court deadlines
  • Demonstrated experience meeting billable requirements
  • About Company

    Join our thriving team and become an essential part of our expanding law firm. Our mission is to empower clients to create meaningful legacies with confidence and grace. We are a woman-owned estate law firm that has been in practice in Collin County for well over a decade. We have a strong reputation for providing effective and competent legal solutions to individuals, families, and business owners.

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