Estate Planning and Probate Attorney

Job Overview

A law firm seeks an Estate Planning and Probate Attorney in Sarasota, FL. The role involves handling sophisticated estate and tax planning work for high-net-worth clients, focusing on complex trust structures, multi-generational tax strategy, and business succession matters.

Duties

• Advise high-net-worth individuals and families on estate, tax, and wealth preservation planning.
• Draft and implement wills, revocable trusts, and irrevocable trusts.
• Counsel clients on income, estate, gift, and generation-skipping transfer tax planning.
• Handle probate, trust, and estate administration.
• Support business succession and family-office matters.
• Conduct advanced research and produce memoranda for complex planning.

Requirements

• 2+ years of experience in sophisticated estate and tax planning from a private practice law firm.
• Strong drafting skills for complex estate planning documents.
• Superior research and writing capabilities.
• JD from an ABA-accredited law school.
• Active Florida Bar membership in good standing.

Education

• Juris Doctor (JD) from an ABA-accredited law school.

Certifications

• Active Florida Bar membership.

Skills

• Strong drafting and research skills.
• Comfortable with nuance and precision.

Benefits

• Health insurance.
• Retirement plan.
• Generous PTO.
• Continuing Legal Education (CLE) fully covered.
• Annual all-expenses-paid firm trip (post-eligibility).
• Collaborative work environment with a commitment to work-life balance.

Having expertise in real estate law, this law firm pays extreme attention to detail for their clients. Their areas of practice include commercial real estate, residential real estate, commercial litigation, business transactions, lender representation, and land use. Their offices are located in Florida.