Legal Assistant

3 weeks ago


Oakville, Canada Emma Alves Professional Corporation Full time

**Job Title**: Full Time Legal Assistant

**Location**: Oakville, Ontario and remote

**Remuneration**: Starting at $35,000.00 plus benefits.

**Experience**:
Customer service experience. No legal experience required, however it is considered an asset.

**Education**:
High school diploma. College or University education is an asset.

**Skills**:

- Organized
- Strong attention to detail
- Tech savvy
- Time management

**Duties**:

- Draft and proofread correspondence and legal documents, such as pleadings and contracts
- Transcribe dictations
- Communicate with clients and witnesses to schedule meetings, interviews, and depositions
- Manage, organize, and maintain documents in paper or electronic filing systems
- Provide general administrative assistance, such as maintaining the lawyer’s calendar and making travel arrangements
- Inputting information into file database and case management software
- Keeping clients informed by maintaining contact; communicating case progress.
- Collect, examine, and organize evidence and other legal documents for lawyer review and case preparation
- Scheduling questioning, hearings, closings and meetings for lawyer(s)
- Assisting lawyer(s) in collecting legal and factual documents
- Communicating with opposing counsel and other parties, clients, judicial administrative staff and vendors
- Preparing legal documents, court pleadings, and notices, and updating transactional
- Manage client billing by preparing, finalizing, and sending out bills, as well as resolving billing issues in cooperation with the billing lawyer
- Obtaining retainer funds from clients
- Docketing time
- Supporting case preparation by preparing pleadings; monitoring and obtaining discovery responses; organizing materials for team case review.
- Enhancing trial proceedings by organizing evidence; preparing exhibits; scheduling witnesses; ensuring that witnesses are ready when needed; taking courtroom notes.
- Updating job knowledge by participating in educational opportunities; reading professional publications.
- Accomplishing organization goals by accepting ownership for accomplishing new and different requests; exploring opportunities to add value to job accomplishments.

**Billable Target**

Billable target of 2 hours per week commencing at the end of the probationary period.

**Job Types**: Full-time, Permanent

**Salary**: From $35,000.00 per year

**Benefits**:

- Dental care
- Extended health care
- Vision care
- Work from home

Flexible Language Requirement:

- French not required

Schedule:

- Monday to Friday

Supplemental pay types:

- Overtime pay

Ability to commute/relocate:

- Oakville, ON: reliably commute or plan to relocate before starting work (required)

**Education**:

- Secondary School (required)

**Experience**:

- legal assistant (preferred)

Work Location: Hybrid remote in Oakville, ON

Application deadline: 2023-03-03
Expected start date: 2023-03-06



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