Legal Assistant

1 week ago

Halifax, Canada Wagners Full time

**Wagners - Personal Injury Legal Assistant**

Wagners, one of the Maritimes’ leading personal injury law firms, is recruiting for an experienced personal injury legal assistant to join its medical malpractice team.

The position is part-time, with potential for full-time, and includes a competitive salary, a progressive benefits and rewards package (including work from home options, flex time, firm matching RRSPs, a corporate gym membership, overtime, maternity & parental salary supplements etc.) and opportunities for career advancement within the firm.

Job Responsibilities:

- Meeting with clients and other professionals to discuss case details.
- Organizing and managing documents in both paper and electronic filing systems.
- Assisting with the preparation, filing and service of pleadings, notices of motion, affidavits, and other court documents as directed and required.
- Acting as liaison among parties including various courts and counsel for scheduling and sharing information.
- Coordinating the collection, review, and production of documents.
- Assisting with trial preparation including the assembly of exhibits, witness binders, and jury binders where required.

Qualifications and Skills Required:

- Strong grasp of English grammar and punctuation.
- Well-developed written and oral communication skills.
- Thorough and accurate attention to detail.
- Ability to follow direction and procedures.
- Ability to prioritize workload and assignments.
- Ability to manage and maintain a large volume of medical documentation.
- Must be able to function effectively both independently and in a busy team-oriented environment.
- Must be able to effectively multi-task, manage time sensitive documents and have exceptional organizational skills in a fast-paced environment.

Education and Experience Requirements:

- Minimum two years of significant and substantive litigation experience as a legal assistant.
- Knowledge and understanding of the Maritime provinces’ civil procedure rules.
- Experience managing medium to large-scale document productions.
- Working knowledge and competency with case management software, such as NetDocuments or similar software.
- Strong computer literacy skills, including proficiency with Microsoft Office, Outlook, Word.
- Working knowledge of legal accounting software.

The position will remain open until it is filled.

**Job Type**: Part-time
Part-time hours: 35 per week

**Salary**: $40,998.00-$43,000.00 per year

Additional pay:

- Bonus pay
- Overtime pay

**Benefits**:

- Casual dress
- Company events
- Flextime
- Paid time off
- RRSP match
- Work from home

Schedule:

- Day shift
- Monday to Friday
- No weekends
- Overtime

Ability to commute/relocate:

- Halifax, NS: reliably commute or plan to relocate before starting work (required)

**Experience**:

- legal assistant: 2 years (preferred)

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