Associate Attorney

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Bowditch Job  PostingAssociate Attorney – Trust and Estates

Bowditch seeks an Associate Attorney to join our growing Trust & Estate Practice Area in our Worcester or Framingham office. This is an opportunity for an Associate to work closely with, and learn from, more experienced attorneys.

This position includes the planning and implementation of sophisticated estate planning strategies and involves extensive interactions with clients and other professional advisors requiring the highest level of technical knowledge, confidentiality and professionalism. This is a full-time position, with a hybrid work schedule.

Core Responsibilities:

• Demonstrate knowledge and skills in the areas of estate planning strategies, trust administration, and income, gift, estate and generation-skipping tax matters, including tax return preparation

• Handle a wide variety of tasks to assist attorneys in the practice, including drafting trust and estate documents and communicating with clients or client representative

• Operate effectively in an environment that stresses individual accountability

• Exhibit strong interpersonal communication skills

• Have a strong working knowledge of Massachusetts probate and trust law

• Demonstrate superior and written communication skills

• Be highly organized with an extreme attention to detail

• Use effective problem solving and analytical skills

• Be extremely effective in a fast-paced environment, multitasking and assisting highly experienced senior partners to deliver high quality client service.

Qualifications:

• Superior academic credentials including a J.D. LL.M in taxation preferred
• 3 - 5 years of sophisticated estate planning experience required

Computer/Technical Requirements:

• Ability to use all Microsoft Office software including: Word, Excel, PowerPoint and Outlook.
• Knowledge of Client Records management software such as Netdocs is a plus.

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Bowditch & Dewey LLP

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Bowditch is a highly regarded law firm handling sophisticated transactions, challenging litigation and complex regulatory issues for businesses, families and institutions throughout Massachusetts, the region and beyond. With more than 60 lawyers seamlessly connected in three strategic Massachusetts offices – Boston, Framingham and Worcester ­– Bowditch is a preeminent law firm, deep in the areas of business and finance, real estate and environmental, litigation, employment and labor, and estate and tax planning, delivering outstanding client satisfaction and big-firm quality legal services. Our lawyers are licensed to practice in 12 jurisdictions: Connecticut, District of Columbia, Florida, Illinois, Maine, Maryland, Mashpee Wampanoag Tribe, New Hampshire, New York, Massachusetts, and Rhode Island as well as before several appellate courts. Bowditch’s litigation lawyers appear regularly in federal and state courts as well as before various administrative agencies in New England and elsewhere in the U.S. Chambers USA recognizes Labor & Employment practice among the most notable in Massachusetts and the following as leading lawyers in Massachusetts: Robert Cox, Environmental Law David Mawhinney, Bankruptcy & Restructuring Timothy Van Dyck, Labor & Employment 16 practices ranked in U.S. News and World Report: Best Lawyers “Best Law Firms,” including a national ranking for Trust & Estates Law 16 attorneys listed in Best Lawyers in America