Estate Planning & Probate Administration Paralegal

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🕒 5 days ago

🤠 Texas – Remote

🤠 Texas – Remote

💵 $30 / hour

⏳ Contract/Temporary

🟡 Mid-level

🟠 Senior

💼 Paralegal

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The Freelance Firm

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1 - 10 employees

Founded 2018

🤝 B2B

⚖️ Legal

🏪 Marketplace

B2B • Legal • Marketplace

The Freelance Firm is a service provider that connects law firms with freelance attorneys and paralegals, offering tailored support solutions to enhance legal practices. By providing access to a network of specialized freelance legal professionals, The Freelance Firm helps law firms manage their workload efficiently, allowing them to focus on revenue-generating activities while reducing overhead costs. Their offerings include legal drafting, research support, and administrative assistance, all designed to improve the productivity and effectiveness of legal practices.

📋 Description

• Provide remote, on-demand paralegal support for Texas estate planning and probate administration matters • Draft and prepare wills, trusts, powers of attorney, healthcare directives, and other estate planning documents • Prepare probate petitions, inventories, accountings, notices, affidavits, and related court filings • Manage probate matters from initial filing through final distribution and estate closing • Gather and organize estate assets, financial records, and supporting documentation • Work with executors, administrators, beneficiaries, financial institutions, and court personnel • Coordinate court filings, hearings, document execution, and probate administration deadlines • Manage multiple active matters using case management and calendaring systems

🎯 Requirements

• Minimum 5 years of experience as a Paralegal with direct experience in Texas estate planning and probate administration matters • Strong understanding of Texas probate procedures, court rules, and filing requirements • Experience drafting and preparing wills, trusts, powers of attorney, healthcare directives, and other estate planning documents • Experience preparing probate petitions, inventories, accountings, notices, affidavits, and related court filings • Ability to manage probate matters from initial filing through final distribution and closing of the estate • Experience gathering and organizing estate assets, financial records, and supporting documentation • Strong client communication skills, including working with executors, administrators, beneficiaries, financial institutions, and court personnel • Experience coordinating court filings, hearings, document execution, and probate administration deadlines • Strong case management and calendaring skills with the ability to manage multiple active matters • Experience with Texas e-filing procedures and legal case management systems • Highly organized with exceptional attention to detail and strong drafting skills • Excellent written and verbal communication skills • Self-starter who can work independently and proactively move matters forward with minimal supervision

🏖️ Benefits

• Remote work • Opportunity to join an established network of legal professionals • Resume submissions kept in strict confidence