Estate & Probate Litigation Paralegal

Description:

Dead Serious About Your Career? So Are We Join DM Cantor Estate and Probate Practice, Arizonas Top Estates, Trusts, and Probate Legal Team

Are you dead serious about your career? So are we. At DM Cantor Estate and Probate Practice, we understand that everyone dies, but not everyone plans for it. While most people avoid thinking about death, we dont shy away from the end we prepare for it. We craft ironclad estate plans, build bulletproof trusts, and handle the high-stakes details that most families only think about when its already too late. Were looking for an Estate Planning Paralegal who knows that behind every clean inheritance is someone like you: precise, relentless, and a little too comfortable with mortality. In joining our distinguished team, your impeccable attention to detail and ability to collaborate will shape the future of our clients legacies with elegance and precision.

Were hiring a full-time Trusts & Probate Litigation Paralegal with a minimum of 5 years of Arizona-based experience in Estate Planning, Probate, Trust Administration and/or Guardian/Conservatorship to work in our sophisticated Estate and Probate Practice. If you're ready to work with a nationally recognized firm where your contributions are valued, this is your opportunity.

We dont hire warm bodies; we only hire the paralegals who are A players, and who actually perform with legal acumen and grit. DM Cantor Estate and Probate Practice is Arizonas leading trial-focused trusts and estates law firm. We handle complex cases that demand creativity, tenacity, and profound legal knowledge. Our paralegals collaborate daily, combining expertise and insight to deliver the best outcomes for our clients. We prioritize results over ego, mentorship over hierarchy, and excellence over shortcuts. Our cases challenge us, our team supports one another relentlessly, and our wins are celebrated loudly. At DM Cantor Estate and Probate Practice, your work will matter every single day.

We want to read about you and why you want to join our firm. To be considered for an interview, you MUST:

1. Submit an up-to-date resume

2. Submit a cover letter.

3. Plus, once you initially apply, you will receive an email to complete a career history form, and a Prescreen Snapshot to fully fill out and submit.

At DM Cantor, we offer:

Competitive Compensation and Benefits: Minimum base salary of $90,000 per year, or more, depending on experience. Plus, objective quarterly billable hours bonuses totaling $5,000 to $10,000 annually!

Benefits include:

Time off: 30 paid days off annually. 10 holidays, 15 vacation days, and 5 personal/sick days.

Loyalty vacation program: Earn one additional day off each year (for 5 years), then an additional five days at year 10, another 5 days at year 15, and so on.

Medical Insurance: DM Cantor covers 50% of the individual insurance in your first year and 100% after and covers 100% of your familys insurance at year 7.

Dental, Vision, and Life Insurance: Employees enjoy dental, vision, and life Insurance paid fully by DM Cantor.

401(k): DM Cantor generously matches up to 3.5% of employees compensation based on their 401(k) contributions.

Breakfast is catered for the firm every Monday, Family-style lunches are catered bi-weekly, and quarterly happy hours, firm outings, and other gatherings occur throughout the year. Families and childrens attendance are always encouraged at DM Cantor. We care about our colleagues and their families. In recent years, our staff has enjoyed various in-suite Suns basketball games, Diamondbacks tickets, happy hours at exclusive members clubs, and banquets at The Biltmore, Camelback Inn, and The Phoenician. We understand that hard work deserves great rewards.

Our Attorneys and Paralegals work full-time, Monday through Friday, from 8:00 a.m. to 5:00 p.m., enjoying panoramic views of the Phoenix skyline from our penthouse suite and multiple floors in the prestigious Two Renaissance Tower Downtown. Employees also enjoy endless snacks, drinks, employee lounges, and excellent restaurants in the building and within walking distance.

Mentorship: DM Cantor invests in conferences, mentorship, and strategy sessions to make you a better paralegal, not a busier one. Every Monday, all of our paralegals and attorneys meet to discuss new developments in our firm, and in the legal community. Our firm has an internal mentorship program to ensure progress and partnership flourish daily. In addition, our paralegals meet monthly to strategize and discuss cases and recent developments in the law.

A Team Worth Joining: DM Cantor was just announced as the Small and Mid-Sized Law Firm of the Year at the 2026 Excellence in Law Awards attended by 550 people, and is ranked #2 Best Places to Work in Law by AZ Business Magazine 2026, and is ranked #2 in Ranking Arizonas 2026 Top Law Firm in Arizona list (26 Lawyers or less) for all of Arizona! We are an AV-rated Estate and Probate Law firm listed in Martindale-Hubbells Bar Register of Preeminent Lawyers. Youll learn and collaborate with the best; no more waiting for the partner who rolls into the office at noon and hasnt opened a rule book since 98.

Full Support Staff: We understand that drafting your own Probate Litigation Disclosures should not be a punishment. Administrative staff and support systems are already primed at DM Cantor, so you can focus on being a true paralegal. Tired of sharing your time with multiple attorneys? At DM Cantor, you will have an attorney assigned solely to you and your cases, so you can work as a team and have the immediate support and flexibility that probate litigation law cases require.

What Were Looking For:

Minimum 5 years of Arizona Probate Litigation experience

Ability to manage 20-25 active cases, including probate litigation and trust administration

Experience with high-net-worth clients and business valuations is a plus

Strong litigation, client management, and communication skills

Passion for helping families navigate complex legal matters

Driven, detail-oriented, with a settlement-focused, but trial-ready mindset

What to Expect: We dont just hire; we Topgrade. We use the Topgrading approach to ensure we hire only top performers. Step by step, we define what success looks like in the role, review your full career history and achievements, evaluate your skills and fit with our culture, check references with past colleagues, and make sure this role is the perfect match for your talents all so youre joining a team of other high achievers.

Creative intelligence and a strong work ethic are required. Only A players and those with a winning mindset need apply. If youre tired of firms where culture means rarely being in the office to collaborate with colleagues, and youre ready to do meaningful work with people who take the law and life seriously, then its time for us to meet.

Your future starts here. Learn more at and apply today!

Compensation details: 90000 Yearly Salary

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