Litigation Legal Assistant – Health Law Permanent NEW

Fabulous law firm located downtown Toronto is growing! The firm is looking to hire a legal assistant working with litigation and a focus on Health law – applicants must have experience working with Health law. Firm offers: competitive salary, full benefits including RRSP (many perks!) and career growth.

Responsibilities:

-Create documents and correspondence through transcription and copy-typing, making revisions as necessary

-Prepare expense reports, courier forms, file opening forms, etc.

– Schedule and confirm appointments, meetings and conferences

-Prepare and generate pre-bills for monthly billing, as needed

-Book travel and make reservations, as required

-Prepare minute books

-Organize, maintain and accurately file correspondence, invoices and receipts via paper and digital formats

-Transfer inactive files to storage

Qualifications:

-Legal Assistant Diploma, 5+ years’ experience working within a similar role in a law firm.

-Experience in Health Law is a must.

-Hands-on experience working with court or ministry forms as it relates to the litigation practice area

-Rules of Civil Procedure

-Work independently, following instructions with minimal supervision

-Microsoft Word, Outlook and Calendar along with ACL

-Solid transcription and proofreading skills/ attention to detail

-Familiar with developing basic Excel and PowerPoint chart

-Pre-bill administration (preferably using 3E)

Familiarity working within a DMS system is an asset