Senior Probate/Wills/Trusts Paralegal | Yablon Law

Passionate about helping families navigate life's significant transitions?

Tired of just pushing paper or thinking about advancing your career?

Are you an A-player wanting to work with other A-players?

Then, join us in making a meaningful impact where it matters most—helping families honor legacies and secure their futures. We’re a young, growing, and different kind of law firm seeking a rockstar Senior Probate/Wills/Trusts Paralegal to join our Houston-based team!

 

Your Role

• Manage cases from intake to closure in a supportive but fast-paced environment. Key responsibilities:
• Reduce Mark’s decision fatigue to free him to focus on his competencies: client development, client counseling, strategic legal thinking, trials, negotiations, vision, and marketing.
• Crush deadlines with no errors.
• Move all cases forward—always.
• Anticipate and independently solve challenges.
• Shepherd families through probate administration, and estate planning with compassion, efficiency, and excellence, which turns clients into raving fans.
• Coordinate with beneficiaries, heirs, and financial institutions.
• Manage docket, calendar, communications, files, postings, ads, etc.
• Conduct legal research/writing, prepare trial notebooks, and craft compelling plain English demand letters, pleadings, motions, notices, deeds, wills, trusts, POAs, etc.

 

Qualifications :  

• Bachelor's degree, paralegal certificate, or SBOT board certification.
• 5+ years of Texas probate or wills and trusts.
• Well-versed in Texas Estates Code, drafting basic estate plans, and e-filing.
• Proficient in or quick to master AI (Grok, Claude), Westlaw, Office 365, Clio, etc.
• Big picture and detail oriented.
• Coachable, self-reflective, competitive (but not cut-throat).

Why Us ?

• 7 core values: Integrity, Client-First Commitment, Responsive Straight Talk, Strategic Practical Wisdom, Insatiable Appetite to Win, Uncompromising Excellence, and Compassion.
• Quickly learn from mistakes—yours and ours.
• Pleasant, professional even during difficult conversations.
• High standards, accountability, dependability.
• Growth mindset, adaptability, high emotional intelligence.
• Flexibility, autonomy, own your results, professional development, career growth.
• Celebrate wins and enjoy the journey.
• No yelling. No jerks. No office politics.
• Modern offices along Buffalo Bayou between River Oaks and Downtown.

Compensation

• $80,000-$90,000+ base salary commensurate with experience, skills, and ability to quickly jump into the fray with limited guidance.
• Monthly/quarterly bonuses tied to KPIs.
• Paid holidays + birthday + PTO.
• Free garage parking + team socials.

 

About Us

Before law school, Entrepreneur Mark P. Yablon saw a need for a different kind of law firm that blends legal excellence, practical business wisdom, straight talk, and compassion.

Yablon Law aspires to set the new standard in guiding entrepreneurs and families through stormy waters involving litigation, bankruptcy, real estate, family law, probate, and estate planning. 5-year vision: Expand to 12 attorneys + paralegals dedicated to improving the lives of each other and our clients.

 

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