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Job Description
Our client, a mid-sized law firm is looking for a Litigation Legal Assistant, as follows:
Responsibilities:
- Supporting lawyers in all aspects of a file while taking initiative in determining next steps
- Arranging discoveries and mediations and preparing all related documentation, including draft mediation brief
- Preparation and substantive drafting of correspondence and legal documents (pleadings, motion records, trial briefs)
- Ensuring all relevant information and documents are properly stored in our Document Management System (NetDocs) and our litigation management system (ACL)
- Running accounts using our accounting software (Acumin) and using clients’ external accounting systems
- Such other responsibilities as may be requested
Qualifications:
- Post-secondary diploma in a recognized law clerk program
- University degree preferred
- Minimum 5 years’ experience in a general litigation environment and, ideally, with insurance defence experience
- Thorough understanding of the relevant rules of court and of legal terminology
- Ability to work as part of a team and also to independently manage your own workload, with well-developed organizational and time management skills, and to handle changing and competing priorities
- Superior communication skills, both written and verbal, including proofreading with keen attention to detail
- Strong technical skills (MS Word, Excel, Outlook, Kofax PDF)
- Excellent interpersonal and client services skills