Legal Assistant

2 weeks ago


San Diego, United States Robert Half Full time

Robert Half is partnering with a long-time client - a boutique law firm in San Diego - seeking a legal assistant to join their estate planning practice.


This is not a litigation environment, but rather, a transactional practice.


The managing partner, a kind and down to earth lawyer, and his paralegal/office admin, who has been with the firm for over 30 years, are passionate about training. Entry level legal assistants and tenured estate planning paralegals are welcome to apply


Responsibilities of Role:

  • Drafting correspondence and letters to clients, financial advisors, other vendors
  • Filing and scanning paper documents in file cabinets
  • Occasionally electronically in probate court (only a few per year – can teach this).
  • Powers of attorneys, wills, trusts – we have templates for everything (but not a software. Inputting names, I provide instructions.
  • Scheduling appointments in Outlook

^ Pay is contingent upon experience.


Details of Role:

Hours: Pat starts at 8:30-4:30, but they close at 2pm on Fridays

Profile that would be a fit:

  • Experience in estate planning is great, but transactional law firm experience is fine
  • Someone happy to work in a small team
  • Eagerness to work closely with clients


Perks of Company:

  • Very family oriented, no grind
  • Managing partner regularly gets lunch for the team
  • Relaxed dress code
  • The other paralegal has been with the firm from 1989. She is friendly and easy to work with and happy to train. “She is truly the boss… She is the reason so many clients come back” - attorney


Ready to apply? Email your resume directly to Melanie.Kent@roberthalf.com with "San Diego Estate Planning Legal Assistant" as the subject line.


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