Fiduciary Litigation Paralegal

Min 5 yrs required

Full-time

No

## Fiduciary Litigation Paralegal

Burns & Levinson, a mid-size Boston law firm, is looking for a Fiduciary Litigation Paralegal to join their Private Client Department. This individual must be organized, efficient, and highly responsive to a group of many lawyers, self-motivated with excellent verbal and written communication skills and possess a commitment to client service.

This position offers a competitive salary and benefits package in a great working environment.

### Responsibilities

- Drafting probate pleadings such as guardianship petitions, conservatorship petitions, estate administration and trust related form petitions and collateral standard form court documents
- Drafting non-technical complaints, answers, motions, responses, assents, and oppositions
- Discovery requests and responses, including interrogatories, requests for production of documents, notices of deposition, subpoenas, and schedules A
- Reviewing discovery responses, including document management, labeling, organizing and uploading for electronic retrieval of discovery materials and tracking discovery deadlines
- Document management in trust litigation and estate litigation matters
- Guardianship care plans and tracking deadlines
- Rogers review preparation and tracking deadlines
- Conservators inventories and accounts and trustee inventories and accounts
- Calendaring dates and deadlines
- Preparing lawyers for court appearances
- Filing in court and arranging for service of pleadings, citations, summonses
- Development of pleadings binders or docket books
- Participation with lawyers in strategy conferences
- Communications with clients, family members, opposing counsel, co-counsel, and third parties and vendors

### Qualifications

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- Experience with various county courts within the Massachusetts Probate & Family Court Department including the Fiduciary Litigation Session
- Some experience with or knowledge of rules of the Superior Court
- Knowledge or familiarity with the MUPC and MUTC is highly desirable

Burns & Levinson is an Equal Opportunity Employer. They value collaboration and communication with an "open-door policy," encouraging all legal and professional personnel to exchange ideas, express views and share observations in the workplace.

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Competitive salary and benefits package

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Drafting probate pleadings, drafting non-technical Complaints, Answers, Motions, Responses, Assents, and Oppositions, Discovery requests and responses, Rogers review preparation, Guardianship Care Plans, Conservators Inventories and Accounts, Trustee Inventories and Accounts, Calendaring dates and deadlines

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Qualification and Experience 5+ years of paralegal experience in fiduciary matters, representation of fiduciaries, and probate litigation

Legal