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Associate Attorney

MassNAELA
Newton, MA Full Time
POSTED ON 3/20/2025
AVAILABLE BEFORE 4/10/2025

At Blake Law, our lawyers have decades of experience helping families plan for the future and work for stability today. We specialize in elder law, guardianships and conservatorships, estate planning, probate, and estate administration as well as mental health law and competency and capacity hearings. Our growing firm is seeking an associate to join our team. Ideally this is an associate seeking a long-term growth opportunity.

We value our team and offer :

  • Health insurance
  • Retirement plan
  • Dental insurance
  • Holidays
  • Payment of Massachusetts Bar dues
  • Reimbursement for CLE classes
  • Bonus potential

About Us

We are a small firm with a congenial environment. We work as a team and provide an opportunity for different kinds of experience to branch into related areas of law. We are also firm believers in having a work / life balance.

Our ideal candidate has 3-5 years' experience in our practice area and is seeking a position that they can stay with and commit to. You are motivated to assist in working with families in a meaningful way. You are also comfortable working independently and as part of a team.

Duties include but are not limited to :

  • Drafting pleadings and forms, including Probate, Estate, Trust, Guardianship and Conservatorship Pleadings, affidavits, and motions,
  • Working with and conversion of Potential clients,
  • Possible overseeing Mass Health long-term care applications,
  • Drafting Estate planning documents including Wills, Trusts and Special Needs Trusts.
  • Performing legal research,
  • Working with clients
  • Court appearances including both emergency and regular hearings, filings, reviews, and status conferences,
  • Case management,
  • Capabilities in working with numbers in Excel and experience or capacity in drafting Probate Accounts
  • Assisting with Mental Health Publication for Mass Practice
  • Experience and Qualifications :

  • Ideally Minimum of 2 to 3 years' experience required
  • Massachusetts bar license required
  • Possesses a strong work ethic
  • Exhibits empathy to clients
  • Has a passion for this area of law
  • Has excellent critical thinking abilities
  • Has exceptional writing and drafting techniques
  • Has strong legal and research skills
  • Possesses excellent communication skills
  • Has excellent drafting skills, attention to detail and is results driven
  • Follows established processes
  • Salary is competitive commensurate with experience.

    To apply for this opportunity, please submit a detailed resume as well as a cover letter telling us why you chose this area of law and why you are the best fit for our firm. Only those candidates being considered will be contacted. No agencies please.

    The Massachusetts Chapter of the National Academy of Elder Law Attorneys (MassNAELA) is a non-profit voluntary association whose members consist of a dedicated group of elder law and special needs attorneys across the Commonwealth of Massachusetts. MassNAELA was incorporated in 1992, to serve the legal profession and the public with the following mission : Educate, inspire, serve, advocate, and provide community to attorneys with practices in elder and special needs law.

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