Legal Assistant

Job Description

Job Description

Bogar & Hipp Law Offices, LLC has served the community since 1978. Our family-run practice is seeking a probate Legal Assistant who enjoys substantive assignments, follows through without reminders, and treats sensitive situations with care.

Here, you’ll collaborate with lawyers to translate financial information into necessary submissions, coordinate case milestones, and help personal representatives understand what comes next. Bring your initiative, sound judgment, and commitment to thorough work.

Compensation:

• $50,000–$60,000 yearly

• Retirement plan

• PTO

• Room to expand your capabilities and responsibilities.

$50,000 - $60,000

• Draft probate submissions, statutory notifications, and closing paperwork.

• Compile inheritance tax returns, fiduciary accountings, and payout summaries.

• Request asset valuations and reconcile balances using bank and investment statements.

• Monitor upcoming obligations and update case data using Lackner.

• Coordinate communication with personal representatives, heirs, and outside advisers.

• Organize signature packets and help draft wills and trusts

• Previous experience supporting probate or estate settlement.

• Understanding of Pennsylvania’s probate requirements; prior tax-return and fiduciary-accounting work preferred.

• Confidence reviewing balances, checking calculations, and prioritizing an active caseload.

• Tactful communication, discretion, and consistent follow-through.

• Microsoft Office proficiency; Lackner familiarity helpful.

• A notary commission or willingness to pursue one. Formal legal-support education is optional.

Founded in 1978, Bogar & Hipp Law Offices, LLC is a small, family-owned firm that has continuously provided excellent legal services to clients in the greater Harrisburg area, with offices in Shiremanstown and Exton, Pennsylvania. Our practice centers on wills, trusts, powers of attorney, and living wills, asset protection planning, and estate and trust administration, alongside real estate, business, municipal and zoning, and family law.

We are a close-knit team, and many of our staff have been with the firm for 20 years or more. We value integrity, responsiveness, and personal attention, and we are committed to promptly returning client calls and emails. We take pride in guiding clients and their families with professionalism, knowledge, and care.