What are the responsibilities and job description for the Associate Elder Law Attorney #ESF4700 position at ExpertHiring?
What’s in it for you?!
- Advance by building your own client relationships!
- Master estate planning, Medicaid, guardianship, and litigation!
- Protect vulnerable seniors and families in difficult moments!
- Learn from leadership with 25 years of experience!
- Join a team where empathy equals professional excellence!
- PTO, health insurance, and retirement plan!
- Recharge with onsite exercise and relaxation rooms!
If that’s you, let’s talk!
Job Type : Full TimeLocation : Watchung, New JerseyPay : Great pay and very strong benefits! Job Description Summary
Join a respected estate and elder law practice helping families navigate sophisticated planning, aging, incapacity, and end-of-life matters. This experienced attorney will immediately support the Managing Member/Founder while independently handling complex estate planning and elder law matters. This is a specialized position requiring at least five years of direct Estate Planning and Elder Law experience. Attorneys whose backgrounds are primarily in unrelated or general practice areas will not qualify.
- What You’ll Be Doing
- Draft wills, trusts, powers of attorney, and healthcare directives.
- Develop complex asset-protection and Medicaid planning strategies.
- Advise clients on estate, inheritance, and tax implications.
- Manage estate and trust administration matters.
- Prepare fiduciary accounts and estate and inheritance tax returns.
- Guide Medicaid spend-down strategies and application processes.
- Represent clients in Medicaid fair hearings when needed.
- Handle guardianships, will contests, and trust-related litigation.
- Advise families during death, incapacity, and elder-care crises.
- Advocate for elderly clients in institutional and home-care settings.
- Communicate with courts, beneficiaries, financial institutions, and advisors.
- Supervise paralegals and oversee accurate matter progression.
What You’ll Need
- J.D. from an accredited law school.
- Active New Jersey attorney license in good standing.
- 5 years of direct Estate Planning and Elder Law experience required.
- Hands-on experience drafting sophisticated estate-planning documents.
- Experience managing estate, trust, Medicaid, or guardianship matters.
- Ability to independently manage complex and sensitive client situations.
- Strong legal research, writing, advocacy, and client-counseling skills.
- Elder law litigation and crisis-management experience strongly preferred.
- Direct elder-care advocacy experience strongly preferred.
- LL.M. in Elder Law or Estate Planning strongly preferred.
- Ability to work full-time onsite and additional hours when necessary.
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Salary : $75,000 - $115,000