Legal Assistant Plaintiff Personal Injury 3 Years - Toronto Hybrid
Legal Assistant Plaintiff Personal Injury 3 Years - Toronto Hybrid
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Job Description
With offices in London Toronto Strathroy and Kitchener Lerners provides a full range of legal services throughout Southwestern Ontario. Lerners maintains an attractive work environment with excellent support services and stateoftheart technology. Lerners employees enjoy a fastpaced work environment and a supportive collegial culture. Our positions are best suited to individuals who take pride in their work and understand the importance of exceptional client service.
Lerners is seeking aLegal Assistantto support the Plaintiff Personal Injury group in the Toronto Ontario office. The ideal candidate will have over 3 (three) years of experience working in a similar position. This is aHybridposition and requires a minimum of 3 days in office or as required.
Primary Responsibilities
- Answering and responding to telephone calls.
- Scheduling calls and meetings.
- Requesting conflict checks; opening and closing files.
- Communicating with clients experts tribunal staff and court staff.
- Drafting sending and replying to correspondence.
- Compiling serving and filing motion records and other court or tribunal documents.
- Maintaining calendars and an effective bring forward (BF) system.
- Preparing sending and collecting on client invoices.
- Transcription of dictation and/or proofreading dictation.
- File maintenance and organization including scanning and uploading into DMS (document management system).
- Compiling uploading and sending documents externally by way of secure file transfer site(s).
- Other duties related to the administration of the practice.
Qualifications:
- At least 3 (three) years of experience as a Legal Assistant preferably in a Litigation role.
- Experience in plaintiff personal injury is an asset.
- Deep familiarity with The Rules of Civil Procedure particularly as it pertains to service rules and deadlines.
- A keen attention to detail and strong organizational skills.
- A strong work ethic.
- The ability to work effectively in a team and individually.
- Excellent communication skills.
- Experience with technology and working in a remote/ hybrid environment.
- Experience with Primafact Case Center ACL Relativity Document Management System (iManage) and/or OneDrive is an asset.
How to Apply:
Interested candidates should submit an application including an updated resume and cover letter to our career portal. Only candidates who have been selected for an interview will receive a response.
Benefits of Working at Lerners:
Working at Lerners is both challenging and rewarding.
Our skilled Learning and Development team provides training and continued support to all firm members. Lerners is proud to offer a competitive salary and benefits package:
Salary:
Commensurate with skill level and years of experience.
Benefits:
- Health Extended Health Dental and Vision Care
- LTD insurance
- Life insurance
- Parking/Transit reimbursement
- RRSP matching program
- Paid Volunteer Time
- Referral Bonus
- Employee Assistance Program
Employment Type
Full-Time
