Legal Assistant/Secretary

A busy estate planning, estate settlement, trust administration, and elder law firm in Dedham seeks an experienced Legal Assistant. The ideal candidate will be a self-starter who enjoys working in a dynamic environment, possesses excellent people and organizational skills, and has the ability to handle a variety of tasks daily. We are looking for a team player who embodies the firm values: expertise, quality service, professionalism, reliability/dependability, and collegiality.

Responsibilities:

• Support Senior Paralegals with their work for our clients.
• Follow-up with clients to collect information and documents.
• Coordinate with other staff to schedule meetings for clients to review and sign their estate plan documents.
• Revise and finalize draft estate plan documents to send to clients.
• Prepare and finalize correspondence to Registries of Deeds, Probate Courts, other law firms, CPAs, etc.
• Communicate...