Probate, Trust and Estate Attorney

Job overview

The Probate, Trust and Estate Attorney role is hybrid in Claremont, CA, with base compensation of $120,000–$190,000 per year. Career Consulting Partners is recruiting for a boutique law firm with a 30-plus-year legacy in trust and estate law. The attorney owns a mixed caseload from intake through resolution, develops legal strategy, manages client relationships, supervises staff, and represents fiduciaries in court-supervised proceedings involving uncontested administration and contested litigation.

What you'll do

• Prepare and file probate and administration petitions, notices, inventories, accountings, and distribution petitions
• advise trustees on fiduciary duties, trust interpretation, and California probate code compliance
• draft Heggstad, instructions, and Probate Code 17200 petitions
• handle conservatorship appointments and related care plans, reports, and status filings
• administer disability trusts while complying with Medi-Cal, SSI, and public benefit requirements.

What we're looking for

Skills & competencies

probate attorney

trust and estate law

claremont ca

career consulting partners

hybrid

$120k–$190k per year

probate administration

trust litigation

conservatorship

california bar

partnership track

paid holidays

paid time off

health insurance

Work arrangement

• Weekend coverage required

Benefits & perks

• Performance and case-origination bonuses
• potential profit-sharing or partnership consideration
• employer-contributed group health insurance
• life insurance
• 12 paid holidays
• accrued paid time off
• paid sick leave
• continuing education and tuition assistance.

Why this role

Requires a Juris Doctor, active California bar membership, and at least two years of trust and estate law experience, including probate court appearances. Partnership consideration may follow three to five years of successful performance.

About the employer

Career Consulting Partners is hiring for this role. Industry: Offices of Lawyers. Sector: 54.