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Estate Planning Paralegal
1010 Lamar St , Ste. 900 Houston, TX 77002 US
Job Description
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Salary: $26-31/hr
Location: Houston, TX 77002 – In-Office
Type of Position: Direct Hire
Responsibilities:
- Draft legal documents for estate planning, probate, and business law clients by using specialized drafting software or customizing document templates.
- Prepare and make legal filings with the Texas Secretary of State, local county court clerks, and other similar institutions.
- Prepare correspondence to clients, courts, clerks, and other parties.
- Communicate with clients and other team members to give updates and collect necessary information.
- Maintain an organized digital filing system.
- Calendar legal deadlines and other important dates.
- Update the firm’s databases, reports, or spreadsheets to track case status and other important information.
- Help us continue to develop our internal systems, processes, and procedures, and share insight on how they can be improved.
- Serve in a "backup" role to help answer phones, schedule consultations, and perform other administrative duties as necessary due to staff vacations, illness, etc.
Requirements:
- 3 + years of experience as a paralegal or legal assistant in a law firm setting.
- Experience with estate planning and probate law required.
- Experience using legal drafting software
- Comfortable working with and developing templates in Microsoft Word and Adobe Acrobat
- Comfortable working with web-based applications for case management, lead tracking, email, etc.
- Notary is a plus
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