What are the responsibilities and job description for the Trust & Estates Litigation Associate position at CF Legal Recruiting and Staffing?
**Great opportunity for experienced Estate Litigation Associates to maximize earnings potential without commuting to Manhattan**
A top Long Island law firm is seeking a mid-level Associate for its growing, exciting and fast-paced Trust & Estate Litigation practice group.
Qualified candidate must have at least 3-5 years of Trust & Estate Litigation and/or Surrogate’s Court experience, a strong worth ethic, excellent writing, oral communication and time management/organization skills.
Candidates must also have general experience with business entities.
A general knowledge of estate planning and administration issues and strategies is a plus.
Their Trust and Estate group is nationally renowned and provides high level and complex tax, estate planning, and asset preservation for executives of major public and private companies, real estate developers and investors, successful entrepreneurs and business owners, high net worth individuals, multi-national businesses, and many non-profit institutions, including a substantial international estate and tax planning practice.
Their experienced group has over 25 Trusts and Estates attorneys and over 10 paralegals—including several ACTEC Fellows, adjunct law professors and leaders in the ABA and New York State Bar Association. Their sophisticated services in this field include asset preservation, wills and trusts, family limited partnerships, GRATs, GRIPs, Private Annuities, Freeze partnerships, dynasty trusts, charitable trusts, business succession planning, international estate planning, installment sales, state domicile and residence issues, charitable organizations and their for profit affiliates, estate, gift and generation skipping transfer taxes planning, personal tax planning, asset planning, restructuring, post mortem estate planning, gift and estate tax audits and estate administration.
This is a unique opportunity to work in a practice with very high net worth clients and strategies rivaling the sophistication of a major international law firm with the flexibility, nimbleness, collegiality, collaboration and opportunity for growth of a smaller firm.
Candidate must have at least 5 years of sophisticated Trusts & Estates experience and general experience with business entities. Business is not required. This opportunity offers tremendous growth potential and salary competitive with major NYC firms.
