Associate Attorney - Trusts and Estates Practice Group

GORDON FEINBLATT LLC•Baltimore, MD

About The Position

We are seeking an Associate Attorney in our Trusts and Estates Practice Group. This role involves handling all aspects of estate administration, including probate processes, preparing estate tax returns, running tax projections, and coordinating income tax returns. Trust administration responsibilities include preparing fiduciary accountings, managing distributions to beneficiaries, tax planning, and coordinating fiduciary income tax return preparation. Estate planning responsibilities include drafting sophisticated estate planning documents, ancillary transactional documents, client correspondence, running economic projections, and interfacing with clients and outside advisors.

Requirements

Minimum of five to seven years of experience administering large and complex estates
Minimum of five to seven years of experience administering all types of trusts
Minimum of five to seven years of experience drafting all types of estate planning documents
Excellent written and oral communication skills
Creative problem-solving skills
Aptitude for business generation
Experience first chairing projects
Experience assuming significant responsibility for clients

Responsibilities

Handling all aspects of the probate process
Preparing federal and state estate tax returns
Running various tax projections
Coordinating the preparation of income tax returns (individual and fiduciary)
Preparing fiduciary accountings
Managing distributions to beneficiaries
Tax planning for trusts
Coordination of fiduciary income tax return preparation
Preparation of sophisticated estate planning documents
Preparation of ancillary transactional documents
Accompanying written correspondence with clients discussing estate planning materials
Running various economic projections
Interfacing with clients and outside advisors to implement estate plans