Legal Assistant

Position Overview:

Our Litigation Legal Assistant is responsible for providing legal and administrative support to lawyers with busy litigation and insurance defence practices. As a litigation legal assistant with 5 + years’ experience, your opportunity involves:

Job Responsibilities:

• Maintaining organized and complete files within an electronic document management system
• Managing correspondence, booking appointments and diarizing deadlines
• Managing incoming mail and e-mail
• Billings, appeals and other practice management tasks
• Coordinating the flow of documents between internal and external clients at all levels
• Working proactively and initiating follow up actions to expedite the flow of work
• Performing conflict searches, file openings and file closings
• Preparing, drafting and revising legal documents and letters independently with minimal direction
• Assisting with preparation for questionings and briefs as required

Our Ideal Candidate:

• Possesses an exceptional attention to detail
• Has excellent verbal and written communication skills
• Maintains professionalism, confidentiality and discretion
• Demonstrates exceptional time management and organizational skills
• Prioritizes customer service both internally and externally
• Demonstrates excellent problem-solving skills
• Is highly motivated, self-directed and proactive
• Is able to handle multiple tasks efficiently and work well independently with little supervision
• Has strong interpersonal skills which allows them to develop strong relationships with people across the firm

Key Qualifications and Education:

• Post-secondary diploma or certificate in accredited legal assistant or paralegal program and/or successful career history in the role of a legal assistant
• Minimum 5 years’ experience in litigation with a preference for insurance experience
• Strong understanding if the litigation process, Rules of Court and filing procedures at various courts
• Strong technical skills including advanced knowledge of O365

What you will find at McLennan Ross:

• A highly professional environment that is built on a strong culture and spirit of teamwork
• The opportunity to continue to develop litigation and advocacy skills, among a highly skilled team of litigators, in a mentoring environment
• Proven high quality of service and commitment to our clients and each other
• Competitive compensation and benefits package