Estate Planning - Elder Law Legal Assistant

Do You:

• Do you want to work really hard in estate planning and elder law but not burnout working 80 hour weeks and weekends?
• Know the difference between a testator and a testatrix
• Love helping families?
• Like to help families achieve the satisfaction of creating an estate plan?

If the answer to these questions is “Hell, yes!” and if you are a legal assistant or paralegal with 2 or more years of experience, we may have the ideal position for you.

We are Antanavage Farbiarz PLLC.

Our Pennsylvania-based firm is looking for that special someone to assist in the case management, document drafting and coordination of estate planning and elder law cases. We are looking for someone who can work with our existing dedicated team of paralegals, intake, and attorneys to make a difference in families’ lives. That’s the job – talking to clients, their families, and the people who love them to help figure out how our firm can help them create an estate plan that protects their family and help clients navigate the complicated world of Medicaid and elder law.

Antanavage Farbiarz PLLC is a family-focused and team-orientated firm with a focus on providing client-centered, relationship-driven estate planning and elder law services to individuals and families throughout Southeastern Pennsylvania.

Our core values are:

Flexibility. We meet clients where they are and use technology to facilitate communications and we make it easy for clients to reach us, to provide services and we are transparent in our process and fees (flat fees)

High Standards. We believe it is important to provide the highest quality services to our clients. We are willing to put in the work to get the job done right.

Empathy and Compassion. We listen to our clients and empathize with their situations. We recognize that our clients are probably going through the worst problem they have ever had or are planning for the worst problem they have ever had.

Access to Justice. We believe it is critical that people of all walks of life be able to access basic legal services, such as estate planning. We provide free information on our website, our blog, social media, and our email campaigns. We will help anyone who wants to create an estate.

$17 - $20 hourly

• Assist clients with funding trusts.
• Gather and organize necessary documents to file completed Medical Assistance Applications
• Serve as primary contact and case manager for estate planning and elder law clients.
• Draft documents for estate planning clients based on attorney instructions and using appropriate templates.
• Assist with gathering client information for their cases and preparation of documents.

• Experience and comfort using technology, including Microsoft Office (Word and Excel), Google Chrome, Outlook, etc.
• Experience with legal software (we use Smokeball, Interactive Legal and Lawmatics)
• Must be able to prioritize tasks with demanding deadlines and work in a fast-paced environment
• Associates degree, or some college is preferred; high school diploma or equivalent is required.
• Excellent problem-solving and analytical skills
• Highly proactive with attention to detail, dependable, and extremely organized.

Antanavage Farbiarz PLLC is a law firm focused on estate planning, estate administration, elder law and real estate. We work hard for our clients, but also balance expectations with reality; rake time to be with our own families and find a real work-life balance that allows us to bring our best to work each and every day.