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Probate and Estate Planning Paralegal? We want you!
Are you an experienced probate paralegal that loves helping people going through a hard time? Are you excited to be an important part of a growing probate team at a small law firm? If so--we want talk to you!
We are seeking a skilled probate paralegal to join our growing team to provide strong support and collaboration to our probate attorneys and first-rate client services to our clients.
Who are we?
Peakstone Law Group (formerly Patterson Weaver Law) is a small Colorado Springs law practice offering excellent legal representation in Probate and Estate Administration, Estate Planning, Criminal Defense, and Personal Injury matters. The firm has a collegial and friendly work atmosphere with a client-centered approach to our practice. Our mission purpose is simple: We help people.
We just opened a brand new flagship office in the Rockrimmon are of Colorado Springs and are looking for a dedicated new teammate to help us continue to grow our firm.
Qualifications:
The ideal candidate is enthusiastic, compassionate, and friendly with experience in all aspects of probate matters, including probate litigations and hourly billing. An ability to maintain calm and friendliness while multitasking is essential. This position is the primary point of contact for all probate clients. Exemplary customer service skills are essential. Other qualifications include:
BASIC REQUIREMENTS:
- A minimum of 3 years of probate paralegal experience, including probate litigation experience, is required
- Thorough knowledge of probate processes, procedures, and systems required
- Experience with entering time for hourly billing purposes and familiarity and comfort with reasonable hourly billing requirements
- Strong writing, editing, and proofreading skills
- Tremendous attention to detail
- Estate Planning experience a strong bonus
- Proficiency with Microsoft Office applications, including Word, Excel, Teams, and Outlook required
- Bilingual in Spanish a bonus
- Prompt, responsible, accountable, and trustworthy
- College degree a plus but not required
- Ability to follow direction and adhere to firm policies and procedures a must
CUSTOMER SERVICE:
- Commitment to the client experience
- Empathetic/Compassionate
- Ability to establish rapport and credibility with clients
- Polished demeanor for interacting with clients
- Responsive
COMMITMENT:
- Initiative
- Ownership
- Work ethic
- Executes and follows through to completion
- Desires to invest in the firm and build a long-lasting relationship and commitment to the firm
PROFESSIONALISM:
- Ability to work independently as well as effectively as part of a team
- Ability to follow direction of team attorneys
- Professional demeanor when interfacing with clients
- Professional Appearance
- Resiliency
- Vested interest in success of the Firm
- Strong organizational skills and attention to detail
- Prompt, responsible, honest, and trustworthy.
COMMUNICATION:
- Open, direct, clear, and above all respectful communicator, both with clients as well as with all staff
- Excellent oral and written communication skills
- Listens effectively
- Open to coaching
PROBLEM SOLVING:
- Ability to define the problem
- Multitasking and ability to prioritize tasks
- Asks smart and clarifying questions
- Figures out how to get things done with minimal attorney direction
- Ability to anticipate attorney needs and act accordingly