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Chicago office of our client seeks trusts and estates associate attorney with 2-4 years of experience. The candidate will serve in related tax matters. Legal

The candidate must have excellent academic credentials, good interpersonal skills, and a strong client-team focused work ethic.

This is one of the youngest, as well as one of the most prestigious, of Chicago's major law firms. This firm has a strong entrepreneurial bent, and since its inception has grown tremendously with the explosive rise of startups and emerging technology companies. The firms and specializes in litigation, corporate, finance and real estate law. Instead of Fortune 500 companies as clients, the firm primarily relies on the historical base of entrepreneurial, diversified small clients that have grown quickly with the firm. Likewise, the slowdown of the high tech industry has constricted the firm's growth, and some say the growth will slow down, or perhaps decline, before the activity pick up again. But the firm is on solid ground and will once again ride the wave to greater success. Be assured that the firm does have its share of large corporate companies as clients. Because the partners are mostly younger than their counterparts at other firms, the place feels less institutional and hierarchal. Just about all associates bill over 2000 hours per year, but bonus is above 2200, to which the firm strictly adheres. Compensation is top market. Attorneys at the firms take the practice of law very seriously, and put out a great product for the clients. Accordingly, work is the primary focus of the lawyers at the firm, and the firm is not a place for the weak or timid, which is not to say people there are not nice. Both partners and associates leave their doors open and are approachable. You must have stellar academic credentials and meaningful law firm experience to work here. This is a great opportunity for someone who wants to work hard, produce great work product, and get highly compensated in the process.

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Chicago office of our client seeks senior trust and estate planning associate attorney with 6+ years of experience. The candidate should preferably have an LL.M. degree in tax. Legal

The candidate must have strong academic credentials and excellent verbal and written communication skills.

Associates praise this firm for its high-quality work and high-quality associates, both of which they say foster an outstanding work environment. The firm undertakes initiatives to help build comradery amongst new associates, while partner relationships are generally positive, with partners offering invaluable feedback to newer associates. The firm is also cited for its flexible facetime policies and work-life balance.

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Chicago office of our client seeks senior trust and estate planning associate attorney with 6+ years of experience. The candidate should preferably have an LL.M. degree in tax. Legal

The candidate must have strong academic credentials and excellent verbal and written communication skills.

Associates praise this firm for its high-quality work and high-quality associates, both of which they say foster an outstanding work environment. The firm undertakes initiatives to help build comradery amongst new associates, while partner relationships are generally positive, with partners offering invaluable feedback to newer associates. The firm is also cited for its flexible facetime policies and work-life balance.

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Chicago office of our client seeks junior to mid-level trust and estate planning associate attorney with 2 years of experience. The candidate will work with leaders in the practice at a national level. Law review or journal experience is strongly preferred. An LL.M. degree in tax are preferred. Legal

The candidate must have excellent academic credentials.

Associates praise this firm for its high-quality work and high-quality associates, both of which they say foster an outstanding work environment. The firm undertakes initiatives to help build comradery amongst new associates, while partner relationships are generally positive, with partners offering invaluable feedback to newer associates. The firm is also cited for its flexible facetime policies and work-life balance.

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Chicago office of our client seeks lateral attorney with experience. The candidate should specialize in Immigration, Estate Planning and Intellectual Property law. Must have portable business. Legal

The candidate must have excellent interpersonal, verbal, and written communication skills.

Established around the mid-nineteenth century, this prestigious law firm employs a considerably large number of highly skilled attorneys. Some of its main areas of practice are business-corporate law, environmental, international, real estate, and tax. The firm's attorneys specialize in complex legal issues related to the automobile, energy-utilities, financial services, and gaming practice industries. An equal opportunity employer, this firm encourages diversity and inclusion at the workplace.

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Chicago office of our client seeks estate planning attorney with 10+ years of business succession, and asset protection strategies experience. The candidate should have portable business. Legal

must have excellent interpersonal, verbal, and written communication skills.

Established around the mid-nineteenth century, this prestigious law firm employs a considerably large number of highly skilled attorneys. Some of its main areas of practice are business-corporate law, environmental, international, real estate, and tax. The firm's attorneys specialize in complex legal issues related to the automobile, energy-utilities, financial services, and gaming practice industries. An equal opportunity employer, this firm encourages diversity and inclusion at the workplace.

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Chicago office of our client seeks mid-level trusts and estates associate attorney with 3 -5 years of experience. The candidate will consult with and advise fiduciaries in probate and trust administration, work with clients in connection with contested trust and tax matters, review estate and gift tax returns (including complex reporting and valuation issues), and assist clients in the establishment of private foundations and other charitable vehicles. Must preferably have experience working with ultra high net-worth individuals in the design and drafting of their estate plans, including wills, revocable and irrevocable trusts, powers of attorney, premarital agreements, and other estate planning documents. Should be experienced with family limited partnerships and limited liability companies, shareholder agreements, installment sales, and other related transactions. Admittance to the Illinois Bar is preferred. Legal

One of the nation's oldest, largest and hottest Chicago law firms, with offices in several of the major cities in the U.S. as well as the world. It has one of the best litigation practice groups in the country. The firm is a full service firm, meaning that it has respectable intellectual property, employee benefits, energy, corporate, securities, finance and other practice groups. It has grown tremendously through mergers with other firms, and lateral hires. The firm hires from the best regional law schools, as well as the well know national schools. It is not a law school snob at all, but requires superior grades. Client contact is early, and associates are given as much responsibility as they can handle. But client service is paramount and associates are expected to produce top quality work. Just because you are well compensated, you are not necessarily required to work on weekends, but most lawyers bill well over 2000 hours per year. The work is demanding, but you can feel assured that you are in one of the post prestigious litigation law firms in the country.

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Chicago office of our client seeks senior estate planning attorney with 5+ years of experience. The ideal candidate must have experience working on sophisticated estate planning and estate administration matters as well as with providing general business advice. A strong financial or accounting background is essential. Must have significant client and referral source interaction. Legal

The ideal candidate must possess excellent drafting skills. Must have a deadline-oriented attitude.

Established more than thirty years ago, this reputed Illinois-based law firm is comprised of a sizable group of seasoned attorneys and a highly qualified professional support team. Some of its main areas of practice are corporate planning-transactions, litigation-dispute resolution, banking law, real estate law, development-construction law, estates law, tax law, and retirement planning.

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Chicago office of our client seeks associate attorney with 3-5 years of experience and a heavy concentration in estate planning and estate administration. The candidate should preferably also have experience in income tax law. Must be licensed to practice law in Illinois. Legal

Formed around the mid-twentieth century, this reputed law firm is headquartered in Illinois and specializes in all aspects of business law. Some of its main areas of practice are alternative dispute resolution, commercial transactions, employee compensation & benefits, and labor & discrimination law. An equal opportunity employer, this firm encourages diversity and inclusion at the workplace.

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