High-Profile Legal Support Associate
3 days ago
The successful candidate will join a leading firm in the legal industry, specializing in high-stakes commercial litigation based in Montréal. This opportunity is ideal for individuals seeking a challenging role with a dynamic team of legal support professionals providing critical assistance to lawyers handling complex cases.
Salary
This position offers an annual salary between $62,500 and $72,500, depending on experience, reflecting the importance of this role within the organization.
Job Description
In this exciting opportunity, you will have the chance to work on a variety of tasks, including drafting correspondence, preparing, revising, and finalizing legal documents for court filing and notification, communicating with bailiffs, court representatives, and handling procedural delays, managing deadlines, planning meetings, and appointments, and maintaining lawyers' calendars. You will also be responsible for coordinating lawyers' business trips, making necessary reservations, proofreading documents for grammar, formatting, and compliance with legal standards, managing files and documents using storage platforms like Closing Folders, Sharefile, and virtual data rooms, assisting lawyers with business development, and maintaining an up-to-date contacts database, processing time, expenses, and open files for lawyers, liaising with clients, colleagues, and external parties, including support departments, assisting with billing in collaboration with Billing Specialists, transcribing dictations, audio notes, and recordings, participating in the onboarding process for new team members, and performing various administrative tasks as required.
Required Skills and Qualifications
To succeed in this role, you will need to possess an Attestation of Collegial Studies (ACS) in legal secretarial studies or Diploma of Collegial Studies (DCS) in office systems technology; a Diploma of Collegial Studies (DCS) in paralegal technology would be an asset. You should also have 3 to 4 years of relevant experience, ideally within a professional services firm, and proficiency in Microsoft Office Suite, including Microsoft Word and PowerPoint. Knowledge of Federal Court, Tax Court of Canada, and Supreme Court of Canada procedures would be an asset, and in-depth knowledge of Québec litigation proceedings would be an advantage. Additionally, you should have strong organizational skills, attention to detail, and discretion, as well as strong level of French (oral and written) to support clients in both languages and professional proficiency in English (oral and written) to support clients in both languages.
Benefits
This opportunity comes with a range of benefits, including comprehensive group insurance coverage starting from day one, fully paid by the employer for employees and their dependents: life insurance, accidental death and dismemberment, prescription drugs, dental care, vision care, extended health care, travel insurance, and disability insurance. The employer contribution to the Registered Retirement Savings Plan (RRSP) is 5%, and you will receive 4 to 5 weeks of paid vacation and leave per year, unlimited personal days, 11 statutory holidays, and 1 floating holiday. Health and wellness programs are also available, including employee and family assistance program, mental health support program, and telemedicine, with reimbursement of up to $1,000 for wellness-related expenses, training and education program providing up to $1,000 per year, and firm commitment to community giving and offering pro bono legal services.
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