Top Estate Planning and Tax Practice Group is looking for an experienced legal assistant in the areas of estate, wealth transfer and asset protection planning. Legal Assistant should have experience with the following: estate planning, including drafting and implementing wills, simple and complex trusts, such as revocable trusts, dynasty trusts, grantor retained annuity trusts (GRATs), intentionally defective grantor trusts (IDGTs) and qualified personal residence trusts (QPRTs), and family limited partnerships and related services; asset protection planning, asset protection; insurance planning, including; insurance planning, including the use of irrevocable insurance trusts; gift planning; gift planning; counseling on probate administration and settlement of decedents' estates;. The Legal Assistant should also have experience with documentation regarding areas of tax and estate planning. In addition to general planning and counseling assistance, some of our specific services include: preparing buy/sell, restrictive stock and employment agreements; estate planning, including drafting and implementing wills, simple and complex trusts, such as revocable trusts, dynasty trusts, grantor retained annuity trusts (GRATs), intentionally defective grantor trusts (IDGTs) and qualified personal residence trusts (QPRTs), and family limited partnerships and related services; asset protection planning; insurance planning, including the use of irrevocable insurance trusts; gift planning; advising on and creating charitable foundations; counseling on probate administration and settlement of decedents' estates; trust administration; assisting with guardianship matters. They also provide counsel to business owners on all areas of tax and estate planning. In addition to general planning and counseling assistance, some of our specific services include preparing buy/sell, restrictive stock and employment agreements; structuring life insurance and benefit programs to minimize tax costs (including "split-dollar" arrangements); planning for management succession and asset conservation through multiple generations at the minimum tax cost; planning for liquidity in the event of an owner's death, including structuring life insurance programs.
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*Req ID:* 01300-9790529
*Functional Role:* Legal Secretary
*Country:* USA
*State:* IL
*City:* Chicago
*Postal Code:* 60601
*Compensation:* $70,000.00 to $80,000.00 per year
*Requirements:* Top Estate Planning and Tax Practice Group is looking for an experienced legal assistant in the areas of estate, wealth transfer and asset protection planning. Legal Assistant should have experience with the following: estate planning, including drafting and implementing wills, simple and complex trusts, such as revocable trusts, dynasty trusts, grantor retained annuity trusts (GRATs), intentionally defective grantor trusts (IDGTs) and qualified personal residence trusts (QPRTs), and family limited partnerships and related services; asset protection planning, asset protection; insurance planning, including; insurance planning, including the use of irrevocable insurance trusts; gift planning; gift planning; counseling on probate administration and settlement of decedents' estates;. The Legal Assistant should also have experience with documentation regarding areas of tax and estate planning. In addition to general planning and counseling assistance, some of our specific services include: preparing buy/sell, restrictive stock and employment agreements; estate planning, including drafting and implementing wills, simple and complex trusts, such as revocable trusts, dynasty trusts, grantor retained annuity trusts (GRATs), intentionally defective grantor trusts (IDGTs) and qualified personal residence trusts (QPRTs), and family limited partnerships and related services; asset protection planning; insurance planning, including the use of irrevocable insurance trusts; gift planning; advising on and creating charitable foundations; counseling on probate administration and settlement of decedents' estates; trust administration; assisting with guardianship matters. They also provide counsel to business owners on all areas of tax and estate planning. In addition to general planning and counseling assistance, some of our specific services include preparing buy/sell, restrictive stock and employment agreements; structuring life insurance and benefit programs to minimize tax costs (including "split-dollar" arrangements); planning for management succession and asset conservation through multiple generations at the minimum tax cost; planning for liquidity in the event of an owner's death, including structuring life insurance programs.