Personal Injury Practice Counsel|Bankruptcy​/Probate Court approvals

Personal Injury Practice Support Counsel

Bankruptcy/Probate Court approvals

Macon/Augusta, Georgia

The Mike Hostilo Law Firm is seeking a LICENSED attorney with experience in obtaining approval of personal injury settlements in probate courts (for minors compromises, deceased individuals' survival claims), and claims of incompetent adults) and bankruptcy courts to support our high-volume personal injury practice in matters where federal bankruptcy law and Georgia probate law require oversight and approvals of certain personal injury settlements.

Experience with structured settlements and pooled specialneedstrusts, and the companies that prepare such instruments, also a plus. Thisis neithera consumer bankruptcy practice noran estate planning role. The attorney in this position will not manage independent Chapter 7 or Chapter 13 caseloads, draft wills, or build a standalone probate practice. The focus is narrow and procedural: protecting settlements, securing required court approvals, and ensuring compliance when bankruptcy or probate issues arise within active personal injury cases.

You will serve as in-house counsel to our litigation and pre-litigation teams on all bankruptcy and probate matters relating to personal injury claims.

Bankruptcy matters connected to injury clients:

• Review intake and conduct PACER searches to identify active or prior bankruptcy filings
• Advise attorneys on disclosure obligations and risks
• Prepare and file motions to approve compromise/settlement
• File motions to reopen cases when required
• Coordinate with Chapter 7 and Chapter 13 trustees regarding settlement proceeds
• Ensure proper court authorization before disbursement

Probate and estate matters arising from injury cases:

• Assist families of deceased clients toestablishan estate when a client dies after representation has commenced, but notas a result ofthe tort giving rise to their claim.
• Assist families of deceased clients to obtain
  
  Letters Testamentary or Letters of Administration
• Coordinate allocation between wrongful death proceeds and estate claims, as applicable.
• Handle minor settlement approvals in Probate Court
• Assist in the preparation and presentation of structured settlements for judicial approval
• Coordinate guardianship or conservatorship filings when required

• General consumer bankruptcy representation unrelated to firm cases
• Ongoing Chapter 13 plan management
• Creditor defense work
• Estate planning, wills, or trusts unrelated to injury claims
• Building an independent probate practice Requirements

  Qualifications

  • Licensed and in good standing with the State Bar of Georgia
  • Admitted to practice before the U.S. Bankruptcy Courts for the Northern, Middle, and Southern Districts of Georgia
  • Experience filing and handling petitions on behalf of injury claimants in bankruptcy court