Grace Estate Law is a small, but rapidly expanding law firm of focused, career-driven individuals who thrive on helping the firm’s clients. With passion, empathy, experience, and skill, the Grace Estate Law team understands how to hold space for clients during difficult conversations and guide them through creating a lasting and meaningful legacy. We don’t believe in resting on our natural gifts. Our team is dedicated to growing together by overcoming challenges, learning, and improving our practices so we continue to provide unparalleled service. The firm’s full-time team members enjoys many perks and benefits including health insurance, life insurance, short term disability, paid time off plus paid holidays, and performance-incentive bonuses.
Openings
We help caregivers create meaningful legacies with confidence and Grace! We are small but growing, and we want team members who share our values and have a true desire to help our community. Not only do we want trustworthy colleagues, we want people who have the capacity to be mentally “present” at work while serving our clients. In an increasingly disconnected society, our clients deeply rely on us to provide excellence while delivering legal services.
The team at Grace Estate Law consists of experienced attorneys, paralegals, legal assistants, client intake and onboarding specialists, and law practice administrators. Although the current job role openings may vary from time to time, we are ALWAYS interested in hearing from potentially eligible candidates.
Our most successful team members possess the following qualities, and they desire to work with colleagues who are like-minded. If you think you have what it takes to be a part of our team, keep reading and apply below!
Proactive and Self-Motivated.
Driven to take initiative and stay focused with limited oversight.
Consistent and Organized.
Brings order and reliability to their role and responsibilities, daily.
Caring and Empathetic.
Demonstrates a genuine understanding of appropriate interpersonal interactions with clients and colleagues.
Works with Integrity.
Says what they mean, and does what they say, while upholding the highest ethical standards in our profession.
Transparent Communicator.
Communicates openly and early, to foster trust and psychological safety within our team.
Accountable.
Owns their responsibilities and the occasional human error, by following through on commitments and offering solutions when the unexpected occurs. Makes no excuses.
Requirements/Qualifications:
Previous experience as a paralegal is required. Unfortunately, our current fast-pace environment does not allow for time to train on the basics of paralegal duties or our main practice areas of estate planning and probate law.
Thus, you must have the following experience:
- ABA-approved paralegal certificate program such as an Associate’s degree or proprietary school program in paralegal studies, or Bachelor’s degree (required).
- 4-6 years of Paralegal experience with at least 3 years experience in estate planning and probate (required).
- Highly proficient in computer skills working with Microsoft Office, Adobe Acrobat, and case management software required.
- Strong organization, critical thinking, problem-solving, and attention to detail skills are required.
- Proven knowledge of the Texas Estate Code, specifically Will formalities, probate process, and Texas intestacy/inheritance laws required.
- Proven legal drafting and writing skills required (4-6 years of experience preparing near-complete drafts of petitions/applications, motions, proposed orders, real estate deeds, and all estate planning documents for the attorney to finalize).
- Excellent verbal and written communication skills required (4-6 years experience calling on clients and probate court clerks and staff and asking questions to get to the root of the problem as well as drafting detailed written communications with specific instructions to clients concerning their matter).
- 4-6 years of customer service and client care.
- 4-6 years managing multiple calendars, tracking schedules for clients, and docketing court deadlines.
- 4-6 years meeting billable hour requirements required.
- 4-6 years experience of strong organizational and administrative skills; ability to identify and track many tasks from start to completion required.
Other Skills Needed:
- Task management
- Following written instructions and checklists
- Drafting letters, emails, and other formal correspondence to clients and other professionals
- Copying, scanning, and filing (physical and electronic filing) of client documents and documents for court filings
- Data entry using web-based programs
- MS Word (high-level knowledge of formatting), MS Excel, Adobe Acrobat (creating and editing PDF documents)
- Email (using Google Mail)
- Cloud-based file systems
- Basic internet searches for common information (ability to search for public records on people and property, etc. and deed records for real property descriptions and title documents)
- Light legal research
- Using basic office equipment (desktop or laptop computer, scanner, printer, multiline phone, FAX, paper shredder, postage meter)
- Networking and participation in client re-engagement initiatives will also be expected
Our ideal candidate will see this as a career opportunity and not just a “job”. This career opportunity offers mentorship and career progression options within our firm and our ideal candidate can see themselves growing and developing within our firm long-term. As our firm grows in the future, so too will the expectations and duties of this role.
Candidates who meet law firm goals and show initiative will be financially rewarded. Additionally, our firm is growing fast, and our firm’s attorney requires someone who has her back and will support critical client matters in any way necessary to keep the business growing. If the business grows, so do the financial opportunities for every employee of the firm. After succeeding in your first 90 days, you will receive paid holidays as well as additional paid time off, flex-time, work-from-home days, opportunities for bonus, and 401k contributions.
We value face-to-face engagement, but also work-life flexibility. This is a full-time job, 35-40 hours per week, depending on your aptitude for getting the work done. We are tech savvy and offer opportunities to work from home 1-2 days per week, but require an in-office commitment of at least 3 days per week due to the fact that our clients also need face-to-face engagement.Accordion content.
How to Apply
Step 1: Prepare a cover letter telling us (1) how you would deliver value to a client who has just experienced the death of a close family member; and (2) what you seek in this position financially, professionally, and personally. As a closing sentence please write, “I have read the instructions contained in the job posting and have followed the instructions.”
Step 2: Send us your resume and cover letter in PDF format by completing the web form below. The “subject line” of the web form should state the position you are applying for.
Step 3: We will review your application and you will receive a telephone call if you are the right fit for us!
