Job Details

Clay Iwamura Pulice & Nervell seeks a full-time legal assistant to join our growing Estates, Probate and Trust department.

This position provides legal assistant support to three attorneys and a senior paralegal specializing in the area of estate planning, probate and trust administration.

Successful candidates will either have experience with the following responsibilities or demonstrate a strong willingness and ability to learn them:

* Notary Public – Ideally already certified, or willing to become a notary public.
* Document Preparation and Correspondence – Ability to format and prepare letters, transmittals, and emails for corresponding with clients, opposing counsel, and the court.
* JEFS Filing – Familiarity with the Judiciary Electronic Filing System (JEFS), particularly for filing probate documents, trust proceedings, and Land Court petitions.
* Bureau of Conveyances - familiarity with Land Court v. Regular System, able to record deeds and pull up relevant information and documents.
* Tech-Savvy – Able to learn and efficiently use office technology, including scanning, secure uploading/downloading, file compression, and working with document management and case management software.

We value candidates who desire to learn and grow in the position to eventually prepare trust accountings, standard probate/trust proceeding filings, and basic estate planning documents such as Powers of Attorney, Advance Health Care Directives, Bills of Sale, and other similar types of documents.

Our firm values work-life balance and we offer an outstanding employee benefits package including paid medical, dental, drug and vision insurance, long term care, long and short-term disability insurance, paid holidays and sick leave; 401K plan, parking and more.
Salary commensurate with experience.