Catalyst Law

We're looking for an experienced trusts & estates attorney ready to own client relationships, not just support someone else's. Whether you're an associate at a larger firm craving more direct client contact and less bureaucracy, or a solo practitioner tired of running a business instead of practicing law, this role offers a genuine shift in pace, clientele, and support — without giving up the complexity of work you enjoy.

Compensation & Benefits
We offer two paths, depending on what fits your goals:

• Employee: Base salary, depending on experience, with incentive compensation; 401(k) with up to 3% match, robust health/dental/vision coverage, long-term disability insurance, paid sick leave, and unlimited PTO after six months.

• Contract Attorney (Of Counsel / Senior Counsel): set your own schedule, project by project, earning a percentage of your billable rate plus a client origination bonus

$90,000 - $120,000 yearly

• Manage estate planning, probate, and trust administration matters, successfully representing client interests.

• Prepare transactional legal documents and related correspondence; prepare, review, and revise transactional legal documents, client memoranda, and related correspondence.

• Research and analyze various legal issues; prepare client memoranda and perform due diligence on client legal matters.

• Meet and correspond with clients regarding ongoing legal matters, creating and maintaining good rapport with clients, including communicating often and explaining complex legal proceedings and concepts.

• Manage client matters in collaboration with other members of the Catalyst team to ensure clients stay abreast of the progress of their matter.

• Assist and support team members with other projects as needed.

Required

• J.D. from an ABA-accredited law school and active Oregon State Bar membership, or eligibility to apply for OSB membership within your first month.

• 1-5+ years of applicable practice, focused on trusts and estates matters.

• Genuine client service instincts and personal fulfillment explaining complex proceedings clearly and building lasting relationships.

• Comfort with practice management and cloud-based tools essential to working in a hybrid law office.

• Strong organization and time management; able to work independently and prioritize client work.

• Sharp attention to detail and proofreading discipline.

What Sets You Apart

• Washington State Bar membership.

• Experience in complex estate and tax planning strategies (GRATs, IDGTs, ILITs, charitable trusts) or trust administration, decanting, and modification.

• Elder law and Medicaid planning experience, including guardianships, conservatorships, and special needs trusts.

• Tax-exempt organizations or closely-held business law experience.

Catalyst Law is a woman-owned, certified B Corporation serving clients in trusts & estates, nonprofits & philanthropy, taxation, and business law. We're a collaborative, tech-forward firm that believes great legal work and work-life balance aren't mutually exclusive and we back that up with flexible compensation models, a hybrid office, and collaborative teamwork. We are a small firm with big values, built on the belief that great legal work and a supportive workplace are not mutually exclusive.

A note on compensation and benefits:

• Full-time, non-exempt position

• Paid holidays, generous PTO, and Oregon Paid Sick Leave

• Group health, dental, and vision insurance

• Group retirement plan with employer match after 6 months