Associate Attorney

Monteforte Law•Woburn, MA

4d•Onsite

About The Position

Monteforte Law is an established and growing Massachusetts estate planning, elder law and probate firm. For 20 years, we've helped families make important decisions about their assets, their aging, their long-term care, and the people they love. We're looking for an attorney who wants to become an exceptional counselor and advisor to clients. You do not need to arrive as an expert in every area we practice. Estate planning or elder law experience is valuable, but it isn't the most important thing we're looking for. We care about whether you're smart, curious, comfortable working directly with clients, willing to take ownership, receptive to coaching, and motivated to grow into greater responsibility. You'll work with our legal team on estate planning, trusts, probate, elder law and long-term-care planning. Your responsibilities will be based on your existing experience and will grow as you demonstrate readiness. You'll have the opportunity to analyze legal issues, help design estate plans, counsel clients, review and supervise work, take ownership of client matters, and ultimately lead client planning meetings of your own. This is not a position designed around spending your days quietly drafting documents for someone else to review. Our goal is to develop an attorney who can own a matter, advise a client, exercise sound judgment, and confidently lead a room. We believe great lawyers do more than know the law. They know how to listen, ask the right questions, explain difficult concepts clearly, exercise judgment, and help clients make important decisions. You'll receive substantial training and mentoring, direct client experience, meaningful responsibility, and the opportunity to develop skills that go well beyond legal research and document preparation. As the firm continues to grow, we're looking for someone who wants the opportunity to grow with it. We specialize in helping moderate to high-earning families protect the assets they have worked hard for. We can help you protect your wealth, pass it on to the next generation, and leave a legacy for your family. At Monteforte Law, P.C., we create estate plans for moderate to high-net-worth individuals, families, and business owners. We also specialize in helping retirees and seniors with trusts, Medicaid planning, and protecting assets from long-term care costs. We can even help you with the overwhelming task of applying for MassHealth long-term care benefits. We don’t do “easy”; we do the difficult and complex stuff here.

Requirements

Admitted to practice in Massachusetts or eligible for prompt admission
Genuinely enjoy working directly with clients
Can explain complicated subjects in understandable language
Want responsibility and the opportunity to earn more of it
Confident enough to form and express an opinion, but humble enough to be coached
Instinct to figure things out when you don't know something
Take ownership of your work rather than waiting to be told every next step
Want to become substantially better at counseling and advising clients
Care about excellent work and being part of a strong team

Nice To Haves

Experience in estate planning, elder law, probate, trusts, tax, real estate, family law, litigation, or another client-facing practice may be valuable, but specific estate-planning experience is not required.