• Drafting probate pleadings such as  guardianship petitions and related form pleadings, conservatorship petitions and related form pleadings, estate administration and trust related form petitions and collateral standard form Court documents

• Drafting non-technical Complaints, Answers, Motions, Responses, Assents, and Oppositions

• Drafting non-technical pleadings and proposed orders in equity litigation and Trusts & Estates litigation matters

• Discovery requests and responses, including interrogatories, requests for production of documents, notices of deposition, subpoenas, Schedules  A

• Reviewing discovery responses, including document  management, labeling, organizing and uploading for electronic retrieval  of discovery materials and tracking discovery deadlines

• Document management in trust litigation and estate litigation matters

• Guardianship Care Plans and tracking deadlines

• Rogers review preparation and tracking deadlines

• Conservators Inventories and Accounts and Trustee Inventories and Accounts

• Calendaring dates and deadlines

• Preparing lawyers for court appearances

• Filing in court and arranging for service of pleadings, citations, summonses

• Development of pleadings binders or docket books

• Participation with lawyers in strategy conferences

• Communications with clients, family members, opposing counsel, co-counsel, and third parties and vendors

Experience Required:

• Must be organized, efficient, and highly responsive to a group of many  lawyers, self-motivated with excellent verbal and written communication  skills and possess a commitment to client service.

• 5+ years of paralegal experience in fiduciary matters, representation of fiduciaries, and probate litigation required.

• Experience with various county courts within the Massachusetts Probate  & Family Court Department including the Fiduciary Litigation  Session, and some experience with or knowledge of rules of the Superior  Court is preferred.

• Knowledge or familiarity with the MUPC and MUTC is highly desirable.