Trust And Estates Associate Attorney

Job Overview: A law firm in Atlanta, GA, is seeking a Trust And Estates Associate Attorney to assist with the creation and implementation of wealth preservation strategies, business succession planning, and family-office planning.

Job Details:

• Assist with creating and implementing wealth preservation strategies, business succession planning, and family-office planning.
• Have 2-5 years of sophisticated income, estate, gift, and generation-skipping transfer tax planning experience for high-net-worth individuals.
• Prior experience drafting estate planning documents, including wills, revocable trusts, and irrevocable trusts, such as intentionally defective grantor trusts, is required.
• Experience with probate and trust and estate administration is preferred.
• Experience assisting in preparing IRS Form 709 (United States Gift (and Generation-Skipping Transfer)) Tax Returns and IRS Form 706 Federal Estate Tax Returns is desirable.
• Prior law firm private practice experience is a must.
• A degree in accounting, a CPA license, or an LL.M. in Tax is strongly preferred.
• Must have excellent academic and employment credentials.
• Must possess superior writing capabilities and thorough legal research prowess.

Requirements:

• 2-5 years of sophisticated income, estate, gift, and generation-skipping transfer tax planning experience
• Prior experience in drafting estate planning documents
• Experience with probate and trust and estate administration
• Prior experience in law firm private practice
• Degree in accounting, CPA license, or LL.M. in Tax strongly preferred
• Excellent academic and employment credentials
• Superior writing capabilities and thorough legal research prowess

Skills:

• Sophisticated tax planning skills
• Drafting estate planning documents
• Probate and trust and estate administration
• Preparation of IRS Form 709 and IRS Form 706
• Legal research
• Excellent writing abilities

Education/Certifications:

• Degree in accounting, CPA license, or LL.M. in Tax (strongly preferred)

Prestigious downtown Atlanta law firm with a collegial atmosphere, where the attorneys have a life outside of work.