Legal Assistant - Floater Various Practice Areas
Legal Assistant - Floater Various Practice Areas
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Job Description
Primary Responsibilities:
- Floaters are responsible for taking over during vacations and managing overflow; as well as providing short and longterm coverage for Legal Assistants in several litigation practice groups;
- Answering the telephone scheduling calls meetings and appointments;
- Requesting conflict checks opening and closing files;
- Communicating with clients experts service providers and the courts;
- Drafting sending and replying to correspondence;
- Compiling serving and filing motion records and other court documents;
- Maintaining calendars and an effective bring forward (BF) system;
- Preparing and sending invoices and communicating with clients about billingrelated matters;
- Drafting documents based on precedents such as retainer agreements;
- Communicating with prospective clients as a first point of contact;
- Completing registrations for various events conferences and other programming;
- Transcription of dictation;
- Organizing and submitting expense reports;
- File maintenance and organization including scanning and uploading into DMS (document management system);
- 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 and/or experience in more than 1 (one) practice area;
- Agility and flexibility as this role will require working for a different practice area team or lawyer each day;
- Deep familiarity with the Rules of Civil Procedure particularly as it pertains to service rules and deadlines;
- A keen attention to detail;
- Strong organizational and time management skills;
- A strong work ethic;
- Selfmotivation particularly as it relates to anticipating needs and actioning next steps;
- The ability to work effectively on a team and individually;
- Excellent and professional communication skills;
- Experience with technology and working in a remote/hybrid environment;
- Experience with ACL Case Center Justice Services Online (JSO) portal RelativityOne 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
