Paralegal

Firm Overview

Crow Estate Planning & Probate, PLC is a reputable and fast-growing estate planning law firm with offices in Nashville, TN, Clarksville, TN, Springfield, TN, and Hopkinsville, KY. Our mission is to provide our clients with exceptional legal services in the areas of estate planning, probate, conservatorships, and business planning. We currently have 20 employees, including 9 attorneys.

Our core values stand as the bedrock of our firm's identity:

• We treat one another as we would want to be treated.
• We prioritize continuous learning.
• We highly value open debate, acknowledging that all perspectives are instrumental in forging the best path forward.
• Our workplace is characterized by an atmosphere of camaraderie and laughter.
• Ego is the enemy.
• Character and integrity are fundamental components of a successful law practice.
  
  

Our primary mission is to protect our clients' legacies, ensuring their assets are secured and transferred according to their wishes.

Our Clientele

Our typical client is 50 years old or older, primarily female, a grandparent, on the conservative side, and has retired or is about to retire. They rightfully expect a high level of client service, personal attention, and superior expertise. Our goal is to provide an excellent customer experience for the client and build our relationship with them to better understand their goals and the legacy they seek to protect.

Overview Of Position

We are currently planning to open a new location in Franklin, Tennessee and are seeking a full time paralegal for that office. The candidate must be able to effectively manage a high volume workload, be independent, organized, technologically savvy, and a self-starter, all while being on a larger team.

At least 5 years of experience as a paralegal is required. If you do not have experience with estate planning and probate in your prior jobs, do not let that dissuade you from applying, but we do prefer those with experience in this area. We take time to train you fully and make sure that you know the material.

We strive to create a work environment that is exciting, fun, friendly, and educational. We value hard work and a willingness to learn above all else.

Compensation

We offer competitive salaries and desire candidates that are looking for long term employment and the ability to grow with the firm.

• Pay: $60,000.00 - $80,000.00 per year
• Salaried position with compensation based upon experience level
• Vacation is gained on an accrual basis
• 7 paid sick days/personal days
• Paid holidays
• Health insurance
• Short term disability
• Long term disability
• Life insurance
• We offer vision, dental, and critical illness insurance, but we do not offer compensation for those
• Retirement plan with 3% matching by employer after one year of employment
  
  

Responsibilities

• Assisting attorneys with managing caseloads
• Keep office organized and properly administered
• Draft estate planning, probate, and other routine legal documents
• Meet with clients to perform intake
• Answer phones and emails
• Able to answer routine estate planning and probate questions from clients
• Must be able to work on deadlines and keep up in face paced environment
• Create and maintain files
• Be able to keep track of income and expenses; general bookkeeping skills
• Manage CRM and task management systems
• Work on deadlines
• Manage calendars
  
  

Desired Attributes

• Good character
• Intelligent
• Willingness to learn
• Hard worker
• Self starter
• Friendly and professional
• Independent
• Technologically savvy
• Good sense of humor
• At least have read one John Grisham book or watched A Few Good Men
• Proficient in Microsoft Office (Word, Excel, Outlook, etc) and Adobe
• Experience with WealthCounsel
• Experience handling probate cases
  
  

Schedule

• 8 hour shift
• Monday to Friday