Paralegal

Walnut Creek, CA - USA

Yearly Salary: $ 85000 - 100000

Posted on: 4 hours ago

Vacancies: 1 Vacancy

Job Summary

Pay: $85000.00 - $100000.00 per year

Why This Is a Great Opportunity

Stable well-established practice with meaningful work supporting families through life transitions
Hands-on role with real ownership of court-facing matters (probate and limited conservatorships)
Strong support structure in-office with opportunities to grow across probate trust administration and estate planning
Competitive compensation with comprehensive benefits including health coverage and a 401k
Work directly with attorneys to take drafting and filing burden off their plate and keep cases moving

Location: On-site in Walnut Creek CA (collaborative in-person team environment)

Note: Must have 3 years of experience as a paralegal (required)

About Our Client

They are an established Walnut Creek-based estate planning and probate practice with a strong focus on probate administration special needs planning and court-related matters like guardianships and conservatorships. We take a proactive practical approach to solving client problems and pride ourselves on high-touch service and follow-through. Confidential Employer.

Job Description

Draft probate pleadings petitions notices and supporting declarations for filing
Support start-to-finish probate administration including calendaring notices document collection and follow-up
Assist with court-facing matters involving limited conservatorships and guardianships including judicial forms
Prepare clean first drafts and assemble exhibits so filings are organized and submission-ready
Coordinate with courts clients and third parties to obtain records and keep matters on track
Maintain case files deadlines and task lists for matters that may run 12 months
Provide paralegal support across additional practice areas as needed (trust administration and estate planning support)

Qualifications

3 years of experience as a paralegal (required)
Experience preparing court pleadings and working with filing deadlines
Strong drafting organization and attention to detail
Professional communication style (comfortable working with clients during sensitive situations)
Probate and trust administration exposure is a plus (start-to-finish probate experience is ideal not required)

Why You Will Love Working Here

Youll be trusted to do substantive work that matters not just administrative tasks
Clear impact: your drafting and organization directly improve speed quality and client experience
Variety across probate conservatorships guardianships and estate planning support
A team that values competence reliability and taking ownership

JPC-690

Job Type: Full-time

Benefits:

Dental insurance
Paid time off
Vision insurance

Requirements: Must-haves: 3 years of paralegal exp. Must have court filing exp. Legal Assistants okay so long as they have court filings experience.

Nice to haves: Strongly prefer probate administration experience start-to-finish probate exposure conservatorship or guardianship experience heavy court filings.
Additional context: Relocation- yesno. Packages - yesno

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Quick Recruiter Reference (Internal Summary)

On-site paralegal role in Walnut Creek supporting a busy estate planning and probate practice. Primary need is strong court-facing drafting and filing support for probate and limited conservatorships/guardianships helping reduce attorney drafting burden. Must have 3 years paralegal experience; probate start-to-finish experience is a strong plus but not required if the candidate is sharp and learns quickly.

Recruiters Submission: To submit cancel - Paralegal Feldman Law Group - JPC 690 - Source

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Client job title: Paralegal
Location: Walnut Creek CA
On-site hybrid remote:On-site
Experience: 3
Good fit job titles/keywords for candidates: Probate Paralegal Trust Administration Paralegal Estate Planning Paralegal Probate and Trust Paralegal Conservatorship Paralegal Guardianship Paralegal Court Filing Paralegal Litigation Paralegal (pleadings) Judicial Forms Petitions Pleadings Probate Administration Trust Administration Conservatorships Guardianships Special Needs Planning Elder Law
# of hires needed: 1
Open or not to recruiters on TE: NO
Job posting strategy (bottom of package details): 3 yrs par exp. Good market near Oakland/San Fran good client. On paper good.

Pay: $85000.00 - $100000.00 per year Why This Is a Great Opportunity Stable well-established practice with meaningful work supporting families through life transitions Hands-on role with real ownership of court-facing matters (probate and limited conservatorships) Strong support structure in-office...