Information Technology Jobs in Everett, MA

Job Description: Legal Assistant – Trusts & Estates

This role provides administrative and legal support to attorneys within the trusts and estates practice. The successful candidate will bring a minimum of five (5) years of recent experience in a comparable legal assistant or administrative support role within a law firm. The legal assistant must demonstrate strong organizational and case-management skills, the ability to support multiple attorneys simultaneously, and the capacity to manage varied and competing priorities.

Key Responsibilities

• Managing trust and estate administration matters, including preparation and filing of Massachusetts probate court forms.
• Communicating directly with clients, fiduciaries, financial advisors, and other third parties, including requests for date-of-death valuations, appraisals, and correspondence with probate courts.
• Supporting attorneys with estate planning matters, including client intake, preparation of engagement letters, explanatory correspondence, and estate planning funding instructions.
• Drafting, revising, and proofreading estate planning documents such as durable powers of attorney, health care proxies, living wills, HIPAA authorizations, and basic funding documents.
• Retrieving deeds from online registries and preparing deeds, trustee certificates, and homestead declarations in connection with estate planning.
• Maintaining calendars and tracking key deadlines, including probate filings, court deadlines, and estate plan execution dates.
• Organizing and maintaining client files and records in document management systems.
• Assisting with general administrative tasks related to the trusts and estates practice, including scheduling, correspondence, and document preparation.

Qualifications

• At least five (5) years of experience as a legal assistant or similar role in a law firm, with a focus on estate planning and/or probate and trust administration.
• Strong written and verbal communication skills, excellent proofreading abilities, and close attention to detail.
• Proficiency with Microsoft Office applications (Word, Outlook, Excel), document management systems such as NetDocuments, and working with PDF documents.
• Outstanding organizational skills, with the ability to prioritize tasks and meet deadlines in a fast-paced and evolving environment.
• Professional and courteous demeanor when interacting with clients, families, and professional advisors.
• Ability to maintain confidentiality and appropriately handle sensitive and personal information.
• Willingness to learn new skills and adapt to changing processes and workflows.

Benefits

• Competitive benefits package, including comprehensive health insurance coverage and a 401(k) retirement plan.

Job Description:

This role provides support to attorneys within the trusts and estates practice. The successful candidate will bring a minimum of five (5) years of recent experience in a comparable position. The paralegal must demonstrate strong organizational and case-management skills, the ability to support multiple attorneys at once, and the capacity to manage varied and competing priorities.

Key responsibilities include:

• Managing trust and estate administration matters for complex and taxable estates, including preparation and filing of Massachusetts probate forms.
• Assisting attorneys with the preparation of Massachusetts and federal estate tax returns and gift tax returns (familiarity with MassTaxConnect and GEMS software is a plus).
• Communicating directly with clients, fiduciaries, financial advisors, accountants, and other third parties (including requests for date-of-death valuations and appraisals, and correspondence with probate courts).
• Supporting attorneys with estate planning matters, including client intake, preparation of engagement letters, explanatory correspondence, and funding instructions.
• Drafting and proofreading related estate planning documents such as durable powers of attorney, health care proxies, living wills, HIPAA authorizations, and basic funding documents.
• Retrieving deeds from online registries and preparing deeds, trustee certificates, and homestead declarations in connection with estate planning.
• Maintaining calendars and tracking key deadlines, including probate filings, tax filing and payment deadlines for estates and trusts, and estate plan execution dates.

Qualifications:

• At least five (5) years of experience as a paralegal in a law firm, with a focus on estate planning and/or probate and trust administration.
• Strong written and verbal communication skills, excellent proofreading abilities, and close attention to detail.
• Proficiency with Microsoft Office applications (Word, Outlook, Excel), document management systems such as NetDocs, and working with PDF documents.
• Outstanding organizational skills, with the ability to prioritize tasks and meet deadlines in a fast-paced and evolving environment.
• Professional and courteous demeanor when interacting with clients, families, and advisors.
• Ability to maintain confidentiality and appropriately handle sensitive information.
• Willingness to learn new skills and adapt to changing processes and workflows.

Competitive benefits package, including comprehensive health insurance coverage and a 401(k) retirement plan.

McCarter & English LLP is seeking an IP Docketing Paralegal who will be based in our Boston, MA office. The salary range for this position is $70,000 – $95,000 annually, depending on experience. If you have the appropriate experience, we invite you to consider joining our team. 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. Please send your resume and cover letter to the attention of Christine Lydon, Esq., at

GENERAL SUMMARY

Maintains a historical record of service and filings. Computes and calendars corresponding due dates on computer system. Alerts Firm attorneys, patent agents and assistants of receipt of notices, and impending deadlines. Assists attorneys and secretaries with generating Docket Reports as necessary.

ESSENTIAL DUTIES AND RESPONSIBILITIES:

· Handle the daily maintenance and overall operation of the Firm's computerized docketing system including the docketing of all incoming mail from the USPTO, international patent offices, clients and international associates; docketing prosecution and interference due dates for all US patent

cases into the docketing system including USPTO and court filings dates; abandoning cases and entering data relating to cases transferred to and from the Firm

· Maintain the accuracy and integrity of all data entry including the data entry of new US and foreign, patent, interference and litigation case data; Maintain a high level of quality by reviewing all data entry on a daily basis

· Clear due dates on the docketing system on a daily basis per instruction from Attorneys/Assistants.

· Other duties as assigned

· No supervisory responsibilities

MINIMUM QUALIFICATIONS

· 2 plus years US and foreign docketing experience required; computerized docketing experience required

· CPI & IP experience required

· Thorough knowledge of U.S. Patent and Trademark filing, prosecution and registration procedures.

· MS Office and Word Perfect experience required

· Type 50-75 WPM

· Must be able to exercise independence and good judgment; have excellent attention to detail; and maintain discretion with confidential and sensitive information.

· Excellent communication skills both verbal and written.

· Must maintain a high quality work product, have the ability to schedule work to meet department deadlines and be able to perform job responsibilities under pressure efficiently, productively and in a professional manner

· High school graduate required; undergraduate degree preferred

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.

• Handle general administrative duties, including organizing litigation binders, manage phone coverage, process incoming mail and manage the office calendar with case deadlines.
• Manage attorney’s calendars including scheduling appointments and update activity.
• Organize and maintain case files, including physical and electronic files.
• Manage incoming mail and outgoing mail, file in case file and scan to office document management files.
• Prepare and proofread standard legal documents, such as pleadings, motions, and discovery requests.
• Ensure legal documents are compliant with court rules and filed properly.
• Efficiently create, organize and maintain client files.
• Proficient with using research tools such as Westlaw, PACER, and different state court dockets.
• Act as a liaison with courts and various litigation-related vendors and assist attorneys in preparing for trial and hearing by organizing and summarizing relevant documents.
• Communicate with clients, witnesses, and other parties to gather information and answer questions.
• Prepare and assemble materials, documents and exhibits for various court appearances, depositions and meetings.
• Receive and screen telephone calls responding to inquiries on a variety of matters such as case status and attorney scheduling.

• Bachelor’s degree required
• 4+ years of litigation support experience is required
• Must have experience working with Massachusetts Courts
• Proficiency in MS Office Suite, including Word, Excel, Outlook and PowerPoint 
• Excellent organizational skills, including file maintenance and billing preparation
• Effective communicator, comfortable interacting with different people and departments
• Must be highly organized and able to manage time extremely well
• Must be a dependable team player who works collaboratively and cooperatively with others in a team-oriented environment 

Please connect with me on LinkedIn as well @Amanda Vernon

Job Title: Litigation Legal Administrative Assistant

Location: Boston MA 02110

Salary/Payrate: $80K-$85K annually and AWESOME benefits!!!

Work Environment: 6 months 100% ONSITE then 3 days onsite/2 days’ work from home

Term: Permanent / Fulltime

Parking: Paid for by firm

Bachelor’s degree required: Preferred

Referral Fee: AMS will pay $500 should the person you refer gets hired

JOB DESCRIPTION

Legal Assistant who can seamlessly come in and work well in a team environment. Must be proactive and possess strong organizational and communication skills, both verbal and written. Accuracy and attention to detail are essential. Must be able to prioritize and effectively manage multiple projects and work in a fast-paced environment.

Essential Duties and Responsibilities

• Attention to detail and organization is essential
• Heavy calendaring, docketing and eFiling
• Must be proactive and manage their attorney’s docket effectively
• Follow-up with attorney on deadlines
• Ensures strict confidentiality at all times
• Collect case information and prepare client engagement documentation
• Manage the collection and maintenance of statistical data for internal reporting and analysis
• Prepare initial drafts of litigation documents for attorney review including discovery requests and responses and case opening and closing filings
• Legal research, writing, analysis, and cite checking
• Collaborate with firm’s billing department on client billing
• Assists with special projects as needed

POSITION QUALIFICATIONS (EDUCATION AND/OR EXPERIENCE AND SKILLS)

• A college degree is preferred or an equivalent combination of education and experience
• Minimum of 5 years’ experience
• Possess cooperative spirit; participate and collaborate in a team-based environment
• Demonstrate proficiency with MS Office (Outlook, Excel and Word)
• Litigation related experience preferred
• Ability to multi-task and prioritize
• Ability to organize workflow and use time efficiently
• Ability to show strong attention to detail
• Ability to perform in an ever-changing work environment and successfully adapt to changing priorities and work demands
• Ability to anticipate work needs and follow through with minimum direction, follow up on own initiative
• Ability to be resourceful
• Ability to handle and manage stress

Major, Lindsey & Africa’s Interim Legal Talent group has an immediate need for an Interim Contracts Counsel.

Overview: Our client seeks a skilled, transactional attorney specializing in commercial life sciences agreements for a three-month assignment.

Company: Our client is a well-respected commercial stage life sciences organization.

Experience: Five or more years’ experience acquired in a top law firm and/or in-house environment advising life sciences clients on commercial agreements.

Location: The Client is open to East Coast Remote candidates and/or local clients open to working in its Lexington, Massachusetts offices.

Responsibilities Include:

• Review, negotiate, and draft myriad commercial agreements including, but not limited to confidential disclosure agreements (CDAs), statements of work (SOWs), and master service agreements.
• Serve as a point of contact for various internal clients in the sales and business development function for contractual questions.
• Ensure all contracts are filed in client’s contract repository.
• Conduct legal research, as necessary.

Qualifications Include:

• Excellent academic credentials including a law degree from a well-respected, national law school.
• Admission to at least one state bar, ideally Massachusetts, active and in good standing.
• Five or more years’ transactional experience acquired in a top law firm or in-house environment advising life sciences clients on commercial agreements.

Pay Rate: $95-$105

Information regarding benefits can be found on MLA’s Website on the Consultant Resources Page: interested and qualified candidates should apply directly with Major, Lindsey & Africa for review and consideration.

Major, Lindsey & Africa does not discriminate against applications on the basis of age, sex, race or any other protected characteristics pursuant to applicable state or federal laws.

Bullhorn Job ID: 244597

Kiernan Trebach is seeking a Senior Construction Litigation Attorney with jury trial experience to join our Boston office. This role is designed for an experienced litigator who wants substantive responsibility, high-quality matters, and the support to practice at a senior level without unnecessary administrative burden.

Get to Know Us:

We are a Civil Litigation Defense Law Firm. Our mission is focused on a slow and sustainable growth process to create a diverse working environment while remaining sensitive to the needs of our employees and their families. Kiernan Trebach has become respected for our effective defense of clients ranging from Fortune 100 companies to individuals and small business owners. We take pride in knowing our clients, understanding what they want, and exceeding their expectations.

We are seeking a new Attorney with 10+ years of experience in Insurance Defense to join our team. Your role will be to defend Construction matters in our growing New England practice.

What You Will Do:

• Handle all phases of litigation, from pleadings through discovery and motion practice including drafting legal documents.
• Take and defend depositions.
• Draft motions, briefs, and discovery responses.
• Appear in court and work directly with clients.
• Collaborate with experienced attorneys and strong support staff.
• Conduct legal research, analyze data, and develop strategies for cases.
• Communicate with clients, opposing counsel, and the court.
• Attend hearings, depositions, and trials as necessary.
• Defend a Variety of Civil Litigation Defense matters including:
• General Liability
• Personal Injury
• Construction Defect
• Commercial Trucking
• Product Liability
• Professional Liability

The Practice

• Construction litigation representing owners, developers, contractors, and design professionals
• Complex disputes involving defects, delays, scope changes, payment issues, and indemnity
• Matters pending in Massachusetts state and federal courts, as well as arbitration and mediation
• Close collaboration with insurance coverage and risk transfer teams (as applicable)

Responsibilities

• Manage complex construction litigation matters from inception through resolution
• Draft and argue dispositive and discovery motions
• Take and defend fact and expert depositions
• Oversee junior attorneys and support staff
• Appear in court, mediations, and arbitrations
• Serve as a primary client contact and contribute to strategy and case development

Qualifications

• J.D. from an accredited law school
• Active Massachusetts or Connecticut Bar Admission
• Active Rhode Island or New Hampshire Bar Licensure a plus.
• 10+ years of construction litigation and construction defect experience
• Strong motion practice and deposition experience
• Experience with expert-driven cases preferred.
• Civil jury trial experience.
• Ability to manage cases independently and mentor junior attorneys

Why This Role

• Competitive compensation
• Reasonable and transparent billable expectations
• Hybrid schedule with meaningful flexibility
• Robust support staff—attorneys focus on practicing law, not administrative tasks
• Collegial, professional environment with long-term growth potential

Why You’ll Love Us:

At Kiernan Trebach LLP, we commit our talents and energy to continue a decades-long practice devoted to defense litigation and counseling the Firm’s clients on issues that affect their potential for litigation. Kiernan Trebach represents clients on a national basis and maintains twelve offices in nine states plus the District of Columbia, with local presence in several others. Our lawyers have appeared in the courts of over 35 states and territories.

**Kiernan Trebach LLP is an equal opportunity employer. All qualified applicants will receive consideration for employment without regard for race, ethnic background, color, religion, sexual orientation, age, gender identity, national origin, veteran status, disability or genetic information.**

Description

We are seeking an enthusiastic Associate Synthetic Chemist to support the discovery of small molecules for next-generation 3D printing resins. You will work hands-on in the lab, executing syntheses of novel molecules, characterizing products, and exploring photochemical and photophysical structure–property relationships. This role is ideal for highly motivated early-career chemists who love synthesis and are excited to accelerate innovation through fast, iterative chemistry. You will be closely mentored by experienced synthetic chemists and will collaborate with analytical scientists and engineers developing our printing systems.

Responsibilities

• Design, execute, and troubleshoot small molecule synthetic routes, with a focus on divergent or modular approaches to rapidly generate lead candidates.
• Purify products using chromatography and crystallization techniques.
• Characterize compounds via UPLC, NMR, UV/Vis and IR spectroscopy, and mass spectrometry.
• Work with cross-functional teammates to explore photochemical and photophysical structure–property relationships that drive 3D printing performance.
• Maintain excellent electronic lab notebook documentation.
• Contribute to management of chemical databases (e.g., commercial, proprietary, and virtual compound libraries).

Minimum Qualifications

• Bachelor's degree in Chemistry or a closely related field with equivalent advanced chemistry coursework.
• ≥2 years of intensive organic synthesis laboratory experience (academic research and/or industrial roles).
• Experience with synthetic planning with chemical databases (e.g., SciFinder, Reaxys).
• Excellent command of synthetic and physical organic chemistry fundamentals.
• Experience with air-sensitive techniques (e.g., Schlenk line), purification (chromatography/crystallization), and data interpretation (NMR / LC-MS).
• Evidence of strong documentation and organizational skills, attention to detail, and the ability to manage multiple workflows efficiently.
• Evidence of strong collaboration and teamwork talents/skills.
• Ability to thrive in a fast-paced, collaborative R&D environment.

Preferred Qualifications

• Command of the basics of photochemistry.
• Experience with heterocyclic and/or extended aromatic systems, especially those relevant to organic (opto)electronics.

Benefits

• We offer competitive compensation packages in our VC-backed startup.
• Benefits include a full suite of offerings covering medical, dental, vision and 401k plan.
• Beautiful setting looking out over a river and seaport; outdoor seating and picnic areas.
• Highly collaborative work environment.

Additional Information

• Travel: Occasional travel may be required from time to time
• Location: Boston, Massachusetts

We value diversity in our company and are an Equal Opportunity Employer.

About the Role:

A Chemtek is seeking a detail-oriented Analytical Chemist to support the testing, characterization, and documentation of analytical reference materials. This role will play an important part in maintaining product quality and supporting our quality systems.

The Analytical Chemist will be responsible for performing analytical testing to verify the identity, purity, and quality of reference materials using multiple analytical techniques. The role will also support method development, product documentation, and continuous improvement of laboratory procedures.

This position is ideal for someone with 2–4 years of analytical laboratory experience, particularly in LC-MS and analytical method development, who enjoys working in a collaborative and quality-focused environment.

Key Responsibilities:

Analytical Testing

· Perform testing on wide range of organic standards using techniques to verify compound identity, purity, and concentrations

· Utilize analytical instrumentation including LC-MS, GC-MS, NMR, and HPLC/UHPLC

· Determine compound purity using HPLC/UHPLC, GC-MS, and quantitative NMR (qNMR)

· Apply analytical techniques for water content determination (Karl Fischer), elemental analysis (CHN), concentration verification, and residual solvent analysis

· Conduct stability and homogeneity testing to support product release and shelf-life determination

Product Documentation

· Develop, revise, and maintain laboratory Standard Operating Procedures (SOPs) in accordance with ISO17025 and ISO17034 quality systems

· Maintain accurate records of analytical testing to ensure data integrity and product traceability

Quality System Documentation

· Develop, revise, and maintain laboratory Standard Operating Procedures (SOPs) following ISO17034/17025 standards

· Prepare and maintain controlled laboratory documentation.

· Prepare and maintain controlled laboratory documentation within the company quality system

Qualifications:

Required:

• Bachelor's degree in Chemistry, Analytical Chemistry, or related field
• 2-4 years' experience working in an analytical/testing lab environment
• Excellent organizational and communication skills.
• Ability to work independently and solve problems proactively.
• Work in-person in a laboratory environment in Woburn, MA
• Hands-on experience with LC-MS or other mass spectrometry techniques strongly preferred

Compensation:

• Salary is commensurate with qualifications and experience
• Bonuses and incentive compensation
• Benefits: 401(k) retirement program with company matching. paid holidays, paid sick leave, paid vacation, medical, vision, and dental insurance

About Us:

A Chemtek Inc. is a growing producer of high-quality analytical reference materials supporting pharmaceutical, environmental, food safety, and life science laboratories worldwide. Our mission is to provide reliable analytical standards that enable scientists to produce accurate and reproducible results.

For additional information, please visit our website