Mid-level Estate Planning Attorney

Rosenblum Law • Clifton, NJ

7d • $150,000 - $200,000 • Onsite

About The Position

Rosenblum Law is seeking a mid-level estate planning attorney to lead draft review and help build the systems and team supporting its growing estate planning practice. The firm’s paralegal team prepares initial drafts, while the attorney review team checks plans for legal accuracy, internal consistency, and alignment with clients’ goals. The role focuses on reviewing and improving estate plans rather than generating business or managing a full consultation calendar.

The attorney will establish drafting and review standards, develop checklists and processes, coach and help hire attorneys, paralegals, and drafters, handle complex drafting and escalations, and work with firm leadership to expand the practice’s planning strategies and legal infrastructure. The position may also involve strategy sessions and signing ceremonies. The role is full-time and in-office in Clifton, New Jersey, with predictable hours and a stated expectation that attorneys rarely take work home.

The advertised base salary is $150,000 to $200,000, based on experience, with a performance bonus of up to 25% of base salary. Additional origination bonuses are available for matters the attorney personally brings in, excluding firm-generated leads. The role offers a path to Senior Review Attorney and department leadership, with compensation reviews at each step.

Requirements

• J.D. and active New Jersey bar admission in good standing.
• At least 3 years of practice focused on estate planning, primarily drafting revocable living trusts, including individual and joint trusts.
• At least 150 trusts drafted.
• At least 3 years of experience independently drafting revocable and irrevocable trusts, wills, powers of attorney, and health care directives.
• High-level experience using Wealth Counsel.
• Strong attention to detail and ability to provide clear, constructive feedback.
• Working knowledge of federal estate and gift tax and New Jersey inheritance tax.
• Strong organizational skills and comfort managing a steady volume of drafts against deadlines.

Nice To Haves

• Experience reviewing, supervising, or training paralegals or junior attorneys.
• New York and/or Pennsylvania bar admission.
• Experience with WealthCounsel or similar document-assembly software.
• Experience building templates, checklists, or standard operating procedures in a high-volume practice.
• LL.M. in Taxation or Estate Planning.

Responsibilities

• Review wills, revocable trusts, powers of attorney, health care directives, and related documents for legal accuracy, internal consistency, and alignment with client goals.
• Provide clear, specific feedback to drafters and track recurring issues to prevent repeated errors.
• Create and maintain review checklists, quality standards, and turnaround targets.
• Work with attorneys to improve templates, clause libraries, and drafting standard operating procedures.
• Coach paralegals and drafters, run training sessions, and help onboard and evaluate team members.
• Help build and oversee the attorney review team and participate in hiring.
• Draft or revise complex plans, including specialized clauses, blended-family plans, and special-needs planning.
• Join strategy sessions and signing ceremonies as needed to answer questions and confirm plans fit clients’ needs.
• Monitor estate, tax, and elder law developments and update documents when the law changes.
• Help expand the types of estate planning matters and strategies offered, and develop the legal infrastructure and processes to support practice growth.

Benefits

• Health insurance.
• 401(k) with profit sharing.
• PTO.
• CLE reimbursement.
• Annual professional-development budget.
• Performance bonus of up to 25% of base salary.
• Origination bonuses on personally sourced matters, excluding firm-generated leads.

What This Job Offers

• Job Type: Full-time
• Career Level: Mid Level
• Education Level: Ph.D. or professional degree