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Our client, a legal database/analytics company , is actively looking for a Louisiana Trust and Estates Attorney to join their team! This is a fully remote, part-time position (10-20 hours per week).

This begins as a 6 month contract with an opportunity to extend This position will require reviewing and updating practical guidance and forms for Lexis Practical Guidance, an online legal product for attorneys, and creating new content, as needed. This is a contract position involving flexible hours (assignments can be completed as your schedule permits, as long as the deadline is met).

Responsibilities :

• Draft, review, and revise practical guidance articles on trusts and estates and probate topics
• Review and update wills, trusts, powers of attorney, and related estate planning documents
• Draft new forms, checklists, charts, and other how-to guidance on estate planning topics, as needed
• Supplement existing documents with state-specific practical guidance based on state law, local custom, and legal practice experience

Qualifications:

• Law degree from an accredited law school
• Member, in good standing, of the Louisiana State Bar
• 5+ years of experience as a practicing trusts and estates attorney
• Substantive experience drafting wills, trusts, powers of attorney, health care directives, and other estate planning documents
• Excellent writing, editing, and legal research skills
• Comfortable working in Microsoft Word with track changes and conducting online research