Jobs in Freeport

Our Client: A full-service law firm in western Nassau County, Long Island (close to LIRR stations) with 20 attorneys is hiring an Associate Attorney, Trusts & Estates. The firm Partners are committed to a limit of 1600 billable hours / year to prioritize personal well-being, and better manage life's demands outside of work. A special opportunity to work in Nassau County, Long Island with sophisticated firm clients, resolving complex T&E matters, and employing T&E strategies equally as complex and sophisticated as at larger firms, but with a 'smaller-firm' feel, more collaboration and ease to share knowledge, flexibility, and colleague familiarity, as well as an opportunity for tremendous growth that often surpasses larger firms.

The firm's T&E clients typically include high-net-worth families and individuals, business owners, investors, and company executives. Candidates should have experience and be comfortable working with clients having an estate value in excess of $5M.

Candidate must have at least 4+ years of complex Trusts & Estates experience, including strong tax planning. Joining the firm with a 'book of business' is NOT required, but a plus.

Location: The Long Island office is close to a LIRR train station for those living west or north of Long Island.

Commute: The work is ON SITE in the firm's Long Island office for the most part, with some flex to work in the firm's Manhattan or NJ office now & then, or sporadically on a remote basis as needed.

Salary: Up to about $175k, plus bonus, plus origination fees / commissions for any existing book of business brought into the firm and for any new business brought into the firm.

Responsibilities:

• Prepare wills, annuities, trust documents, etc.
• Perform estate & trust planning; prepare and review domestic and international estate planning strategies and documents.
• Trust work includes grantor trusts (annuity trusts and interest partnerships), revocable and irrevocable trusts, charitable trusts, dynasty trusts, etc.
• Assist clients with preserving their wealth and administering estates and trusts.
• Protect and prevent client estate or trust assets from unauthorized or improper use, waste, or depletion for taxes or long-term care costs and to creditors.
• Work with clients to plan for taxes including estate, gift, generation-skipping transfer taxes, personal, etc. as well as gift and estate tax audits.
• Assist clients to plan for elder law issues, succession of businesses, related marital matters, and public benefits.
• Assist clients to plan, create and administer charitable giving and foundations.
• Assist with the probate process and administration of estates for trustees and executors.
• Effectively counsel clients in all aforementioned disciplines

Qualifications:

• At least 4+ years of strong, 'hands on' experience with Trusts & Estates matters, including complex matters, and strong estate tax planning.
• J.D.
• Licensed to practice law in NY State.
• Experience working with estates valued over $5 Million.

All replies and discussions are confidential. If qualified and interested, please email a MS Word version of your resume to David Rivard, Director of Recruiting, Executive Alliance, at

This client is NOT OPEN TO:

• Sponsoring those in the U.S. on a temporary visa / not authorized to work for U.S. employers
• Providing a relocation package for those living outside of a commuting area to Long Island