Experienced Hnw Estate Planning Attorney

Job Description

Job Description

MUST HAVE PRIOR EXPERIENCE WORKING WITH SOPHISTICATED HIGH NET WORTH (HNW) ESTATE PLANNING MATTERS.

We are looking for a driven and experienced Senior Estate Planning Attorney with 5+ years of specialized expertise to join the Tax, Trusts & Estates practice. This offers an opportunity to advance a career by working directly with HNW clients on complex, multi-generational wealth strategies and sophisticated trust structures. You will have ownership of high-impact matters from strategy to execution and benefit from direct access to HNW individuals, family offices, and fiduciaries.

Compensation:

$120,000 - $160,000 (Depending on Skills, BOB, etc) plus Origination and Full Benefits.

Are you ready to take your career to the next level with a dynamic, purpose-driven law firm? Are you a sharp and driven Attorney with extensive Estate Planning experience, dealing with sophisticated high-net-worth clients?

Do you exemplify our core values: Are you Hungry , Scrappy , Smart , Anti-Fragile, and Take Ownership to get things done?

If you are, look no further!

At our Trusts & Estates Law Firm, we are passionate about helping clients preserve and protect their legacy, and we are seeking an enthusiastic and dedicated Experienced Estate Planning Attorney who shares our mission and values to join our growing team.

$120,000 - $160,000

When you apply, you will be sent a self-assessment to determine the level of skill and knowledge in this area of law.

• Analyze sophisticated trust and estate planning matters to develop effective solutions for clients.
• Coordinate with the Probate Dept to assist with cross-over questions regarding tax and more advanced Estate Planning-related legal issues.
• Have experience with both domestic (mostly) and international clients (inbound).
• Analyze and prepare complex estate and gift tax planning structures, including various corporate transactions and trusts, such as ILITs, SLATs, QPRTs, and IDGTs.
• Coordinate the preparation and filing of tax forms such as Federal Form 706 and Form 709, ensuring compliance and accuracy.
• Provide expert advice on trust and estate planning documents, trustee responsibilities, beneficiary rights, and distribution tax implications to clients.
• Administer individual and family trusts, overseeing investments, banking activities, real estate holdings, and ensuring tax compliance.
• Prepare trust/fiduciary accountings for Attorney-Trustees, manage financial statements, income, disbursements, and deliver accountings to beneficiaries.
• Review and approve Foundational Estate Plans before submission to clients.
• Draft comprehensive estate and gift tax planning structures, as well as corporate transactions, including preferred partnership freezes, Family Limited Partnerships, ILITs, SLATS, intentionally defective irrevocable trusts, and tax-free reorganizations.
• Prepare and file Federal Form 706 for Estate and Generation-Skipping Taxes, coordinate with clients and service providers (CPAs, Financial Advisors, Insurance Providers) to receive supporting documentation, and prepare and file extensions where necessary.
• Prepare and file Form 709 for United States Gift Taxes for transfers to individual donees, gifting trusts, generation-skipping trusts, etc., and ensure proper tax treatment with respect to cost basis, lifetime gifting exemptions, and split-gifts.
• Analyze trust and estate planning documents and advise clients with respect to trustees' powers and duties, dispositive provisions, beneficiary rights, and tax treatment of distributions.
• Administer individual and family trusts with respect to investment and banking activity, real estate investments, including rental properties, corporate and partnership interests, and ensure federal tax compliance.
• Produce trust/fiduciary accountings for Attorney-Trustees, including management of incoming bank statements, identifying and recording income and disbursements in accounting software, and delivering accountings to trust beneficiaries.
• Lead the Team of professionals in the Foundational Estate Planning Dept.
• Demonstrated organizational skills such that losing a file would seem absolutely ludicrous to you! lol

• Membership with The Florida Bar is a requirement for this position.
• LLM is not required.
• Demonstrated experience in Estate Planning, Asset Protection, and Trust Administration is essential to showcase proficiency, certainty, and most of all, independence in this role.
• Being a constant learner and having the ability to quickly grasp new legal concepts in a constantly evolving field is crucial.
• Proficiency in using drafting software like WealthDocs and Client Management Software such as Clio is a must.
• Fluency in both English and Spanish is important.
• This is an in-office position located in Coral Gables in Miami-Dade County, Florida, not a remote role due to frequent client visits.

Our name says it all. We are a boutique firm of dedicated attorneys that HELP CLIENTS PROTECT THEIR RICH LIVES AND LEAVE A RICH LEGACY. We practice only the areas of family wealth succession: Estate Planning, Asset Protection, and Estate Administration. We know what we are doing, we love what we are doing, and we believe in what we are doing.

Our Vision:

We are not just legal advisors; we are architects of generational prosperity. By empowering families with comprehensive planning & asset protection strategies, we aim to break down barriers to successful wealth preservation and transfer. We believe that protecting clients’ hard-earned assets will pave the way for their families' legacies of significance and impact.

We aspire to transform how people think about legacy, creating a ripple effect that positively impacts future generations.