Paralegal

Pay: $85,000.00 - $100,000.00 per year

Why This Is a Great Opportunity

• Stable, well-established practice with meaningful work supporting families through life transitions
• Hands-on role with real ownership of court-facing matters (probate and limited conservatorships)
• Strong support structure in-office, with opportunities to grow across probate, trust administration, and estate planning
• Competitive compensation with comprehensive benefits including health coverage and a 401k
• Work directly with attorneys to take drafting and filing burden off their plate and keep cases moving

Location: On-site in Walnut Creek, CA (collaborative, in-person team environment)

Note: Must have 3+ years of experience as a paralegal (required)

About Our Client

They are an established Walnut Creek-based estate planning and probate practice with a strong focus on probate administration, special needs planning, and court-related matters like guardianships and conservatorships. We take a proactive, practical approach to solving client problems and pride ourselves on high-touch service and follow-through. Confidential Employer.

Job Description

• Draft probate pleadings, petitions, notices, and supporting declarations for filing
• Support start-to-finish probate administration, including calendaring, notices, document collection, and follow-up
• Assist with court-facing matters involving limited conservatorships and guardianships, including judicial forms
• Prepare clean first drafts and assemble exhibits so filings are organized and submission-ready
• Coordinate with courts, clients, and third parties to obtain records and keep matters on track
• Maintain case files, deadlines, and task lists for matters that may run 12+ months
• Provide paralegal support across additional practice areas as needed (trust administration and estate planning support)

Qualifications

• 3+ years of experience as a paralegal (required)
• Experience preparing court pleadings and working with filing deadlines
• Strong drafting, organization, and attention to detail
• Professional communication style (comfortable working with clients during sensitive situations)
• Probate and trust administration exposure is a plus (start-to-finish probate experience is ideal, not required)

Why You Will Love Working Here

• Youll be trusted to do substantive work that matters, not just administrative tasks
• Clear impact: your drafting and organization directly improve speed, quality, and client experience
• Variety across probate, conservatorships, guardianships, and estate planning support
• A team that values competence, reliability, and taking ownership

JPC-690

Job Type: Full-time

Benefits:

• Dental insurance
• Paid time off
• Vision insurance

Requirements: Must-haves: 3+ years of paralegal exp. Must have court filing exp. Legal Assistants okay so long as they have court filings experience.

• Nice to haves: Strongly prefer probate administration experience, start-to-finish probate exposure, conservatorship or guardianship experience, heavy court filings.

• Additional context: Relocation- [yesno]. Packages - [yesno]

Submissions Name / Aaron: [email protected]

Quick Recruiter Reference (Internal Summary)

On-site paralegal role in Walnut Creek supporting a busy estate planning and probate practice. Primary need is strong court-facing drafting and filing support for probate and limited conservatorships/guardianships, helping reduce attorney drafting burden. Must have 3+ years paralegal experience; probate start-to-finish experience is a strong plus but not required if the candidate is sharp and learns quickly.

Recruiters Submission: To submit, cancel - Paralegal – Feldman Law Group - JPC 690 - Source

**New Job Order Alert**

• Client job title: Paralegal

• Location: Walnut Creek, CA

• On-site, hybrid, remote:On-site

• Experience: 3

• Good fit job titles/keywords for candidates: Probate Paralegal, Trust Administration Paralegal, Estate Planning Paralegal, Probate and Trust Paralegal, Conservatorship Paralegal, Guardianship Paralegal, Court Filing Paralegal, Litigation Paralegal (pleadings), Judicial Forms, Petitions, Pleadings, Probate Administration, Trust Administration, Conservatorships, Guardianships, Special Needs Planning, Elder Law

• # of hires needed: 1

• Open or not to recruiters on TE: NO

• Job posting strategy (bottom of package details): 3+ yrs par exp. Good market near Oakland/San Fran, good client. On paper good.