Legal Assistant III

3 weeks ago

Saint John, Canada Sécurité Nationale Compagnie d'Assurance Full time

Description

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TD Insurance is part of TD Bank Financial Group, one of Canada’s largest financial institutions. TD Insurance helps protect clients from the ‘accidents of life’ with a wide range of products including credit protection, life, health, travel, home and auto insurance. With more than three million clients, TD Insurance authorized products and services are available online, over the phone, and through a network of more than 1,000 TD Canada Trust branches. 
In Canada, we have two lines of business, General Insurance and Life and Health. Our General Insurance business is one of the top home and auto insurance groups in Canada and the national leader in group insurance and affinity marketing. Our Life and Health business is the number one provider of critical illness insurance and direct life and health insurance in Canada. 
At TD Insurance, we are committed to fostering an inclusive, accessible environment. With a Canada-wide workforce of over 4,000 employees and offices in Quebec (Laval, Montreal), Ontario (Etobicoke, Toronto, North York, Burlington, and Peterborough), Atlantic Canada (Halifax, Saint John), Calgary and Edmonton, our company is always growing and can help you to grow. TD Insurance offers a stable and dynamic work environment where talent is appreciated and professional development is taken seriously. More than just a job, we offer rewarding careers 

This opportunity will provide legal secretarial support to one or more lawyers. Maintain a close and highly responsive relationship to the day-to-day activities of the Lawyer(s). 


Main Responsibilities 


-Prepares, through transcription of written or recorded documents, complex legal documents i.e. correspondence, factums, motions, summonses etc. 

-Drafts standard legal documents, correspondence and pleadings for review by lawyer(s). Edits grammar, punctuation and spelling as needed. 

-Exercises initiative and judgment in Lawyer’s absence, i.e., negotiates extensions of time. Prioritizes and responds to diverse incoming communications. 

-Manages Lawyer's calendar i.e., schedules appointments, coordinates appearances. Resolves scheduling conflicts on own initiative. 

-Answers a wide variety of telephone inquiries based on knowledge of case. Responds to inquiries exercising good judgment and discretion. 

-Composes complex (non-technical) correspondance. 

-Establishes, maintains, and when necessary, revises Lawyer's files. 

-Performs research, reviews and prepares documents in accordance with project objectives and in consultation with Lawyer, Law Clerk or Legal Office Manager. 

-Provides training to legal assistants and has the ability to answer technical questions. May also provide training to lawyers, law clerks and other office personnel. 
-Exercises initiative to propose, develop and maintain standard office precedents and procedures. 

-Performs additional duties as requested such as: 

• Arranges medical exams. 
• Reception relief. 
• Maintains lists of witnesses, Subpoenas, fees, etc. 
• Requests fees for payment from Claims department. 
• Participates in arranging lawyer’s files for easy access during trials. 
• Informs witnesses of scheduled court appearances. 
• Maintains Law Library. 
• And other miscellaneous duties as may be assigned from time to time. 

-Responsible for answering questions and providing guidance and training for less experienced legal assistants. May serve as a group leader; coordinate workflow, review completed work of other legal assistants. 

Qualifications 

-Bilingual in French and English is an Asset
-College diploma in legal secretarial and 5+ years of litigation experience 
-Ability to proof and edit legal documents 
-You are a motivated self-starter with capability to work productively under pressure 
-Excellent oral and written communication skills 
-Strong interpersonal and client service skills, professional and positive demeanour 
-Superior organization and priority setting skills, strong work ethic and ability to multi-task 
-Ability to be conceptual and a creative problem solving skills 
Intermediate MS Office skills; knowledge of standard office equipment and word processing 

#LI and #IN

Who We Are:

As part of TD Bank Group, one of Canada's largest financial institutions, at TD Insurance, we care for Canadian families, making it easy to get the best advice, protection, and support in their moments of need, always.

TD Insurance offers a wide range of products, including General Insurance and Life and Health. More than four million customers count on us.

As the largest direct to consumer insurer in Canada, we are always innovating and providing exciting and rewarding career opportunities for our Canada-wide workforce.

Our Total Rewards Package
Our Total Rewards package reflects the investments we make in our colleagues to help them and their families achieve their financial, physical, and mental well-being goals. Total Rewards at TD includes a base salary, variable compensation, and several other key plans such as health and well-being benefits, savings and retirement programs, paid time off, banking benefits and discounts, career development, and reward and recognition programs.

Additional Information:
We’re delighted that you’re considering building a career with TD. Through regular development conversations, training programs, and a competitive benefits plan, we’re committed to providing the support our colleagues need to thrive both at work and at home.

Please be advised that this job opportunity is subject to provincial regulation for employment purposes. It is imperative to acknowledge that each province or territory within the jurisdiction of Canada may have its own set of regulations, requirements.


Colleague Development
If you’re interested in a specific career path or are looking to build certain skills, we want to help you succeed. You’ll have regular career, development, and performance conversations with your manager, as well as access to an online learning platform and a variety of mentoring programs to help you unlock future opportunities. Whether you have a passion for helping customers and want to expand your experience, or you want to coach and inspire your colleagues, there are many different career paths within our organization at TD – and we’re committed to helping you identify opportunities that support your goals.
 

Training & Onboarding
We will provide training and onboarding sessions to ensure that you’ve got everything you need to succeed in your new role.

Interview Process 
We’ll reach out to candidates of interest to schedule an interview. We do our best to communicate outcomes to all applicants by email or phone call.


Accommodation
Your accessibility is important to us. Please let us know if you’d like accommodations (including accessible meeting rooms, captioning for virtual interviews, etc.) to help us remove barriers so that you can participate throughout the interview process.

We look forward to hearing from you

Language Requirement (Quebec only):

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