Probate and Trust Administration Attorney (Contract)
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Open Door Legal
San Francisco, CA, US
Summary
The attorney will manage probate and trust administration, including preparing petitions, inventories, and accountings while advising trustees on fiduciary duties. Additionally, the role involves handling limited conservatorship matters and coordinating care plans and court reports.
Job Description
Probate and Trust Administration Attorney
Hourly Rate: $90/hour
Estimated Duration: 3-6 months
Seeking a California-licensed attorney with at least three years of experience to manage probate and trust administration, including preparing petitions for letters of administration, statutory notifications, inventories, accountings, Heggstad petitions, and distributions. The ideal candidate will advise trustees on fiduciary duties and California Probate Code compliance, while utilizing summary procedures like Small Estate Affidavits and Spousal Property Petitions to efficiently transfer assets to low-income clients' rightful successors without formal probate. Additionally, you will handle limited conservatorship matters (person only), coordinating essential care plans, court investigator reports, and annual status updates.
Open Door Legal is pioneering the country’s first system of universal access to civil representation and working to show that when everyone has access to the law, poverty can be dramatically reduced.
We won the 2015 Google Impact Challenge and we’ve been recognized by the Draper Richards Kaplan Foundation for our innovative, results-oriented program. Long-term, we plan to replicate our services across San Francisco, make this city the first in the country with universal access to civil representation, and become a model for national replication.
We believe injustice is the heart of poverty and we invite you to join us in having a systemic impact on how we, as a society, ensure justice for the poor.
Founded
2013
Company size
11-50 employees
Industry
Legal Services
Org type
Nonprofit
Headquarters
San Francisco, California
Open Door Legal is pioneering the country’s first system of universal access to civil representation and working to show that when everyone has access to the law, poverty can be dramatically reduced.
We won the 2015 Google Impact Challenge and we’ve been recognized by the Draper Richards Kaplan Foundation for our innovative, results-oriented program. Long-term, we plan to replicate our services across San Francisco, make this city the first in the country with universal access to civil representation, and become a model for national replication.
We believe injustice is the heart of poverty and we invite you to join us in having a systemic impact on how we, as a society, ensure justice for the poor.
Founded
2013
Company size
11-50 employees
Industry
Legal Services
Org type
Nonprofit
Headquarters
San Francisco, California
