Legal Jobs in Winthrop

Executive Compensation + Benefits Associate Attorney (Mid-Level)

Our client is a top Am Law 100 firm seeking a highly qualified mid-level associate to join their Executive Compensation + Benefits practice. This role is available in their Boston, MA, New York, NY, or Washington, DC offices. The position offers an exciting opportunity to advise public and private companies on sophisticated executive compensation arrangements across a wide range of industries and transaction types.

The estimated salary range for this position is $310,000 – $390,000 (annually) and may vary depending on experience and other factors.

Qualifications

• Authorized to work in the U.S.
• Must be a member of the state bar for the office applying to or eligible for admission by waiver
• 4–6 years of law firm experience advising public and private companies on executive compensation matters, particularly in connection with transactions
• Significant deal and private company experience, including public company and private equity work in both deal and ordinary-course advisory contexts
• Experience with equity plans/awards and executive agreements; employee benefits experience is a plus
• Strong analytical, drafting, and communication skills
• Ability to manage components of transactions independently

About Us

Marina Sirras & Associates LLC is a boutique legal recruiting firm committed to connecting exceptional legal talent with top-tier law firms and in-house legal departments nationwide. With decades of experience and a personalized, relationship-driven approach, we take pride in understanding the unique needs of both our clients and candidates.

We are a proud member of the National Association of Legal Search Consultants (NALSC) and strictly adhere to the NALSC Code of Ethics. Marina Sirras, our founder, is a former President and Chairperson of the organization, reflecting our longstanding commitment to integrity and professionalism in legal recruiting.

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DarrowEverett LLP is looking for a Trust & Estates Attorney for our Boston or Providence offices with immediate availability. The candidate must have excellent communication and administrative skills, be highly organized and detail-oriented, be able to multitask without sacrificing efficiency, be responsible, and be able to represent the firm, always, in ways that enhance its reputation.

Role & Responsibilities

• Provide legal guidance and advice to clients on estate planning, business formation, special needs planning, high net worth estate planning, and related areas of law.
• Draft legal documents, including trusts, wills, powers of attorney, and other estate planning and business succession documents.
• Drafting sophisticated estate and tax planning documents, such as SLATs, IDGTs, charitable remainder and lead trusts, and decanting instruments.
• Representing personal representatives and trusts before probate and family courts, on a variety of estate, trust and guardianship matters.
• Assist clients in creating and implementing strategies to protect and preserve assets.
• Comply with all client and firm standard operating procedures.
• Legal and tax research.

Qualifications:

• Bachelor’s degree and J.D. Degree
• Ideal candidates will have a minimum of 3 to 5 years’ experience in trust and estate matters, business formation, and related areas of law, including high net worth estate planning.
• The ideal candidate will have experience working directly with high-net-worth clients on estate preservation and planning strategies, including preparing revocable and irrevocable trusts for asset protection and tax strategies, and managing reorganization of asset ownership.
• Handling surrogate court proceedings.
• Strong oral and written communication skills
• Ability to organize factual and legal data into clear and logical arguments.
• Ability to handle sensitive matters on a confidential basis.
• An active license as an attorney in Massachusetts. Active licenses in Florida and Rhode Island are a plus.
• A high degree of initiative, mature judgment, and discretion.
• Organization and time management skills.

Job Summary

The Legal Executive Assistant (LEA) serves as a key partner to attorneys, providing high-level administrative and operational support while managing day-to-day responsibilities. This role involves acting as an attorney’s right hand—screening, organizing, and prioritizing requests from both internal and external clients to ensure work flows efficiently and deadlines are met.

This position is ideal for a motivated self-starter with strong energy and independence who enjoys problem-solving, managing competing priorities, and contributing meaningfully to the success of a legal practice.

Essential Capabilities

• Demonstrates alignment with trusted advisor and proactive assistance principles.

• Maintains a polished, professional demeanor and exercises strict confidentiality in all interactions. Communicates effectively with individuals at all levels of the organization.

• Exhibits exceptional written and verbal communication skills with strong attention to detail and adherence to business writing standards.

• Maintains a consistently positive and professional attitude while collaborating across departments to solve business challenges. Demonstrates curiosity and a drive for continuous improvement.

• Remains open to feedback and flexible in adjusting performance or approach as needed.

Responsibilities

Client Service – Relationship Management

• Maintains open and consistent communication with teammates to ensure seamless support for assigned attorneys, including cross-training colleagues to maintain continuity of service during absences.

• Delivers high-quality service to internal and external clients with a proactive, solutions-oriented mindset when handling communications and requests on behalf of attorneys.

• Acts as a gatekeeper by prioritizing competing demands and managing matters independently, confidentially, and efficiently through completion. Recommends process improvements to enhance workflow.

• Follows attorney-specific scheduling preferences to maximize efficiency, consolidating meetings, preparing materials, and confirming logistics in advance.

• Develops a deep understanding of assigned attorneys’ work styles and preferences, anticipating needs and moving tasks forward with minimal supervision.

• Builds strong familiarity with attorneys’ practices and clients, maintaining accurate client contacts and detailed matter information in firm systems.

• Keeps attorneys informed of upcoming commitments and priorities, following up as needed and maintaining awareness of recurring obligations such as boards or committees.

Billing Management

• Reconciles and processes expenses on a daily basis.

• Reviews calendars, inboxes, and expense platforms to properly classify business and personal expenses, allocating charges accurately and resolving outstanding items within required timeframes.

• Actively manages attorney timekeeping by drafting, reviewing, and editing diary entries based on knowledge of attorney activity and communications. Ensures compliance with billing best practices and deadlines.

• Collaborates closely with billing coordinators to review proformas, track edits, and finalize invoices for timely client delivery.

• Supports attorneys in meeting billing targets and year-end requirements.

Project Management

• Drafts, edits, and proofreads correspondence, presentations, and other documents, demonstrating strong technical and document production skills.

• Coordinates internal and external meetings with minimal direction, arranging logistics such as conference rooms, visitor access, video conferencing, and dial-in details.

• Manages attorney travel using online tools and agent assistance, monitoring itineraries to ensure smooth arrivals and departures. Maintains updated travel preferences and prepares contingency plans when needed.

• Encourages delegation of non-billable administrative tasks to allow attorneys to focus on legal work, including document handling, filings, notary services, and shipment coordination.

• Demonstrates advanced proficiency in Microsoft Outlook, managing complex scheduling across multiple calendars, attorneys, clients, offices, and time zones.

• Oversees attorney inboxes by organizing, responding, and filing communications according to established preferences and document management systems.

Training and Professional Development

• Actively participates in team meetings, training sessions, and knowledge-sharing initiatives.

• Maintains strong proficiency in core applications and systems, following best practices and operational standards.

Qualifications

• Bachelor’s degree or equivalent experience.

• Expert proficiency in Microsoft Word, Excel, PowerPoint, and Outlook; experience with legal and billing software preferred.

• Strong organizational and multitasking skills with the ability to prioritize effectively in fast-paced, high-pressure environments.

• Excellent interpersonal skills and the ability to build strong relationships with attorneys, executives, staff, and clients.

• Prior experience supporting boards or senior committees is a plus.

• Demonstrates sound judgment, proactive problem-solving abilities, and strong decision-making skills.

Compensation and Total Rewards

This role is eligible for a discretionary performance-based bonus. Compensation is determined based on qualifications, experience, geographic location, market data, and internal equity.

Why USAA?

At USAA, our mission is to empower our members to achieve financial security through highly competitive products, exceptional service and trusted advice. We seek to be the #1 choice for the military community and their families.

Embrace a fulfilling career at USAA, where our core values – honesty, integrity, loyalty and service – define how we treat each other and our members. Be part of what truly makes us special and impactful.

The Opportunity

We are looking for a SIU Investigator (mid-level). This is a desk position. Within defined guidelines and framework, protects USAA and our members from potential fraudulent claims by investigating questionable, suspect claims activity in compliance with state insurance fraud-related laws and regulations and policies and procedures. The candidate selected will have strong multi-line SIU Investigation experience.

This role is remote eligible. However, you must live in the assigned territory which is ME, VT, NH, MA, CT, RI, DE, MD or Washington DC. There may be occasional business travel.

What you'll do:

• Applies knowledge and understanding of fraud schemes and investigation strategies on any questionable or suspect first or third part claims.

• Participates in the development of fraud prevention strategies.

• Applies knowledge of P&C insurance industry products, services, and processes in investigating claims to include P&C insurance policy contracts, coverages and internal claims handling process and procedures.

• Applies knowledge of state laws and regulations pertaining to insurance fraud in investigating claims.

• Collects evidence of potential fraud through field or remote interviews and thorough searches of investigative databases, internal resources, Internet resources, public records, and forensic tools.

• Makes recommendations within defined authority guidelines.

• Prepares and presents detailed and comprehensive verbal and written investigative reports summarizing the results of the investigation and recommended outcome.

• Develops and maintains external relationships with industry, law enforcement and other contacts involved in fraud investigation, detection, and prevention.

• May serve as a resource team member on specific matters through demonstrated skill or training.

• Assists with the delivery of fraud awareness training initiatives in a defined environment.

• Handles CAT duty responsibilities as business requires.

• Ensures risks associated with business activities are effectively identified, measured, monitored, and controlled in accordance with risk and compliance policies and procedures.

• High School Diploma or General Equivalency Diploma (GED).

• 2+ years claims adjusting experience, or P&C SIU/Fraud Investigation experience OR 4+ years prior investigative law enforcement (to include military) or relevant fraud industry investigation experience.

• Proven investigatory skills.

• Experience obtaining statements from various parties to incidents, witnesses, and suspects.

• Ability to gather broad range of evidence and draw conclusions based on the objective details related to the applicability of fraud.

• Demonstrated ability to organize and prioritize workload, performing multiple tasks and devising solutions to problems.

• Familiarity with using computers and various software packages to enter and extract data for analysis from relevant data sources and systems.

• Knowledge of city, state and local regulations, legal concepts, understanding of contracts, case law, medical treatment, and medical terminology.

• SIU experience conducting low to complex P&C fraud investigations OR a combination of Insurance Claims and (Law Enforcement Investigations OR Military Investigations) experience.

• Strong background with multi-line SIU investigations

• Designations such as CFE, CIFI, SCLA, ACLS, FCLS, LPCS, AIC, CPCU, CCLS, or other.

• US military experience through military service or a military spouse/domestic partner

Compensation range: The annualized range for this position is: $77,120 - $147,390. This is an hourly position.

USAA does not provide visa sponsorship for this role. Please do not apply for this role if at any time (now or in the future) you will need immigration support (i.e., H-1B, TN, F-1, STEM OPT Training Plans, etc.).

Compensation: USAA has an effective process for assessing market data and establishing ranges to ensure we remain competitive. You are paid within the salary range based on your experience and market data of the position. The actual salary for this role may vary by location.

Employees may be eligible for pay incentives based on overall corporate and individual performance and at the discretion of the USAA Board of Directors.

The above description reflects the details considered necessary to describe the principal functions of the job and should not be construed as a detailed description of all the work requirements that may be performed in the job.

Benefits: At USAA our employees enjoy best-in-class benefits to support their physical, financial, and emotional wellness. These benefits include comprehensive medical, dental and vision plans, 401(k), pension, life insurance, parental benefits, adoption assistance, paid time off program with paid holidays plus 16 paid volunteer hours, and various wellness programs. Additionally, our career path planning and continuing education assists employees with their professional goals.

For more details on our outstanding benefits, visit our benefits page on

Applications for this position are accepted on an ongoing basis, this posting will remain open until the position is filled. Thus, interested candidates are encouraged to apply the same day they view this posting.

USAA is an Equal Opportunity Employer. All qualified applicants will receive consideration for employment without regard to race, color, religion, sex, sexual orientation, gender identity, national origin, disability, or status as a protected veteran.

• Conduct clearance searches using online databases, and review and analyze cited references for potential conflicts.
• Preparing patent applications for filing with the US Patent and Trademark Office
• Evaluating the underlying technology of inventions
• Opinion writing, client counseling
• Litigation support
• Accurately prepare, obtain, and file documents related to all phases of patent prosecution, including, but not limited to, requests for client instructions; assignments; information disclosure statements; and responses to office actions.
• Prepare and file trademark applications, amendments, statements of use, assignments, renewal applications, and other trademark-related documents with the United States Patent & Trademark Office (USPTO) and foreign trademark offices.
• Maintain and manage a prosecution docket and follow up on trademark docket, including ensuring that all trademark-related deadlines are accurately recorded and monitored ensuring due dates and deadlines are met.
• Provide support in litigation and enforcement matters, including preparing exhibits and discovery materials, and conducting research as needed.
• Providing technical assistance on projects.
• Account for all hours worked daily by entering time into the firm's timekeeping system in order to achieve the billable goal as established by practice management.
• Correspond with clients to report on the status of active matters and to respond to client inquiries.

• Bachelor's degree and Paralegal Certificate from an ABA (American Bar Association) recognized program or equivalent experience in legal support.
• 4+ years' experience as a Patent Paralegal with U.S. and/or foreign prosecution knowledge.
• Preparation and filing of information disclosure statements and formal documents experience (i.e., assignments, declarations, office action shells, etc.) is preferred.
• Ability to meet the firm's billing requirement
• Willingness to assist other team members when needed and ability to work well within a team-oriented environment.
• Strong organizational skills and attention to detail.
• Excellent interpersonal skills.

McCarter & English, LLP is seeking a Legal Assistant for our Trusts and Estates Practice Group in our Boston, MA office. The salary range for this position is $63,000 – $90,000 annually, depending on experience. Candidates who receive an offer of employment will be processed through a background check which will be an individualized assessment based on the applicant's or employee's specific record and the duties and requirements of the specific job. If you have relevant experience, we would like you to consider joining our team. Please send your resume and cover letter to Christine Lydon, Chief Human Resources Officer, at

Job responsibilities include performing responsible and confidential legal assistant work and routine administrative duties for attorneys.

• Must be a team player, organized and able to multi-task in an extremely fast paced environment
• Attend client meetings with attorneys (both on and off site) to witness client documents
• Transcribe legal correspondence, letters, and confidential memorandum
• Type a variety of legal documents from rough and oral drafts
• Answer telephone calls, transfer calls to the appropriate staff and take messages when necessary
• Prepare, maintain and confirm daily work calendars, and schedule meetings
• Assist with travel arrangements, internal correspondence, reimbursements for attorneys and paralegals
• Read, sort and ensure incoming mail is timely delivered; ensure outgoing mail is processed
• Process bills; proofs billing sheets.
• Review and and edit bills
• Maintain confidential and administrative files

Related Duties

• Assist other Attorneys and Legal Assistants within the Group and Office
• Proactively manage contacts in Outlook and Interaction

Minimum Qualifications

Training and Experience

• Three to five years of legal assistance experience. Must type a minimum of 70 words per minute.

Knowledge, Abilities and Skill

• Comprehensive knowledge of modern legal office practices and procedures
• Considerable knowledge of legal document preparation, legal terminology and court procedures
• Comprehensive knowledge of MS Word, MS Outlook, Excel, redline comparisons, BigHand (digital dictation)
• Considerable knowledge of effective proofreading
• Excellent oral and written communication skills

Benefits (if FTE requirements met):

• Firm-Paid: Basic life and accidental death and dismemberment (AD&D) insurance and short-term (ST) and long-term (LT) disability benefits.
• Health & Wellness: Comprehensive medical/prescription drug coverage (the Firm pays a share of the cost), including a high deductible health plan with an annual Firm health savings account (HSA) contribution.
• Employee-Paid Voluntary Benefits: Dental and vision coverage, supplemental health plans (accident, cancer and critical illness), flexible spending accounts, optional life and AD&D insurance (supplemental employee, spouse and child) and supplemental STD coverage.
• Retirement: 401(k) plan offering three types of contributions: pre-tax, Roth and after-tax contributions.
• Time Off: Paid Time Off (PTO), paid holidays, and leaves of absence to support work-life balance (e.g. parental leave)

Additional Benefits:

• Free and confidential employee assistance program (EAP) and behavioral health services program
• Firm-paid back-up child/elder care, academic support and pet care program
• Tax-advantaged college savings 529 Plan
• Employee discounts through Working Advantage

Other Compensation:

• Eligibility for discretionary bonus.

McCarter & English, LLP is an Equal Opportunity Employer.

It is unlawful in Massachusetts to require or administer a lie detector test as a condition of employment or continued employment. An employer who violates this law shall be subject to criminal penalties and civil liability.

LHH is working with a well regarded Boston law firm seeking a talented and collaborative attorney to join its nonprofit transactional team. This is a unique opportunity to work with a diverse portfolio of nonprofit clients—including healthcare, education, and charitable organizations—on complex matters that shape the public interest.

What You'll Do:

• Guide clients through entity formation and tax-exempt applications
• Advise on compliance with federal, state, and local regulations
• Support organizational transitions such as mergers, affiliations, and restructurings
• Draft and negotiate a wide range of governance and transactional documents
• Conduct legal research and prepare internal memoranda

What We're Looking For:

• Minimum 3 years of experience in nonprofit tax and corporate law
• Strong academic background and analytical skills
• Excellent writing and communication abilities
• Admission to the Massachusetts Bar (or willingness to waive in)
• A proactive, team-oriented mindset

Why This Role:

• Clear path to equity partnership
• Low billable target (16
• Hybrid schedule with flexibility (typically in-office 2-3 days)
• Transparent compensation model
• Comprehensive benefits including health, dental, vision, 401(k), and profit sharing
• Collegial, inclusive culture with a commitment to professional growth

Compensation:

Starting salary range: $110,000–$165,000, with eligibility for discretionary year-end bonuses

Any questions? Send me a message!

How to Apply: Interested candidates can submit their resume here or email it directly to me at

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We are assisting our client, a prestigious Boston law firm, with their search for a patent prosecution associate with a life sciences background. In this role, you will draft patent applications, respond to office actions, coordinate with foreign counsel on international prosecution, conduct FTO analyses, conduct IP due diligence, provide support for patent litigation cases in district court and at the PTAB, and assist with IP agreements (including licenses and collaboration agreements).

The ideal candidate would have:

• 3-6 years of patent prosecution experience;
• A Ph.D. or Master’s degree in the biological sciences;
• JD from a T-20 law school or top 25% of a T-50 law school;
• USPTO registration;
• Massachusetts bar license

If you are interested in learning more about this position, please submit your resume in confidence and one of our dedicated associate recruiters will be in contact if you meet our qualifications. We will not disclose your identity or share your resume with our client until we have your express permission.

LABOR & EMPLOYMENT ASSOCIATE (4+ YEARS) — BOSTON, MA

About the Firm

Our client, an AmLaw 100 law firm, advises business leaders, entrepreneurs, and investors on high-stakes deals, disputes, and regulatory matters across its core practice areas. With offices in major markets nationwide, the firm is known for sophisticated work, collaborative culture, and long-term client relationships.

The Opportunity

The Boston office is seeking an Associate with 4+ years of employment law experience to join its dynamic and growing team. This role offers the opportunity to handle sophisticated employment matters for employers across a broad range of industries, working closely with experienced partners on both litigation and advisory matters.

Key Responsibilities

• Litigating employment matters in state and federal courts and before administrative agencies

• Handling discrimination, wage and hour, non-compete, and breach of contract cases

• Advising employers on employment-related compliance and HR matters

• Drafting employment policies, agreements, and related documentation

• Conducting internal investigations

• Delivering employment-related compliance trainings

Qualifications

• Minimum 4+ years of employment law experience

• Strong litigation experience in employment-related matters

• Excellent written and verbal communication skills

• Strong analytical and problem-solving abilities

• JD from an accredited law school

• Admitted or eligible for admission in Massachusetts

Compensation

Salary range: $310,000 – $365,000, bonus eligible.

About Zerega Consulting

Zerega Consulting is a woman-owned and managed legal recruiting and consulting company. Founded in 2003, their boutique search firm caters to attorneys at all levels from managing partners to associates throughout the United States.