Family Law Legal Assistant

4 days ago


London, Canada Siskinds Full time

Siskinds LLP is a leading law firm located in Southwestern Ontario. We are a team of over 240 lawyers and staff covering personal legal services, business law, personal injury law, and class actions law as well as over 25 specialized practice areas. We help clients make the right legal choices, manage their legal affairs, and resolve complicated matters. Our culture and working style strive to make our clients’ experiences comfortable, reassuring, and productive while delivering excellence in the services we provide.
Family Law Legal Assistant - Full-time
What are you looking for?
- Being part of a cohesive team that promotes collaboration and teamwork
- Competitive compensation and benefits
- Professional development opportunities
- Strength of a big firm with the culture of a small firm
- Subsidized downtown parking
- Working within a state-of-the-art building

Who are we looking for?

**Qualifications**:

- Post-secondary education (Legal Assistant/Law Clerk/Paralegal)
- 0-3 years relevant experience, and/or a sound working knowledge of this area.
- Sound administrative, time management, and organizational skills.
- Excellent communication skills (verbal, written and grammatical)
- Above average interpersonal skills
- Strong organizational skills with the ability to be proactive and follow through.
- Superior communication skills (both verbal and written)
- Detail-oriented
- Ability to multi-task, prioritize, and work to deadlines
- Strong client service skills, and finally
- Above average keyboarding/computer skills (primarily Word and Outlook)

**Responsibilities**:

- Opening and closing files
- Preparation of retainer and referral agreements
- Paying invoices
- Managing billing and accounting processes, including docket entry, preparation of client accounts and invoices
- Filing, scheduling meetings, client intakes, and day to day client communication
- Generating accounts
- General administrative tasks
- Organizing and maintaining files
- Taking cold calls

**Contact Information**:
Siskinds, London Head Office
**Attention**: Human Resources, 275 Dundas Street, Unit 1 London Ontario N6A 3V8



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