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2+ Years

Intermediate

Toronto

32501/32502

Senior Recruitment Consultant, Legal Support

(416) 807-6424

Our client, a Personal Injury Law Firm, is looking to add Legal Assistants/Law Clerks to their dynamic team.

Toronto | 2 + Years

LEGAL ASSISTANTS

Legal assistants provide administrative support to lawyers, paralegals, and accident benefits staff.

The main responsibilities of a Legal Assistant are:

• Communication with clients, adjusters, opposing counsel, etc.
• Assisting in drafting of pleadings, affidavits, court documents
• Docketing all tasks using Soluno
• Handling correspondence at the direction of the assigned lawyer
• Scheduling discoveries, mediations, pre-trial, and settlement conferences
• Maintaining lawyer\xe2\x80\x99s calendar, file list
• Liaising with Accident Benefits Assistants, AB Directors
• Using MedChart to obtain medical documentation etc.
• Ensuring court filings are completed in an accurate and timely manner
• Service of originating processes
• Requisitioning cheques for payment of various invoices

Performance Targets:

• Returning client calls, emails \xe2\x80\x93 same day
• Medical records requests \xe2\x80\x93 within 2 days of instruction
• Scheduling Examinations for Discovery \xe2\x80\x93 within 2 weeks of receipt of Statement of Defence
• Drafting Affidavit of Documents \xe2\x80\x93 1 month in advance of ED
• Satisfying undertakings \xe2\x80\x93 within 3 months of ED

LAW CLERKS

Law Clerks provide administrative support to lawyers, paralegals and accident benefits staff.

The main responsibilities of a law clerk are:

• Preparing, editing, and proofreading tort medical legal referral letters and/or ab assessment referral letters
• Drafting LAT arbitration indexes and briefs
• Requesting medical records, when necessary
• Reviewing, indexing and organizing medical briefs
• Preparing detailed medical summaries upon instruction from Managing Lawyers
• Tracking all requests for assessments and when they are received, sent etc.
• Maintaining Law Clerk Master Sheet now known as Tort Tracker, AB Tracker
• Communicating with instructing staff member re which assessments to schedule as well as which Assessment Centre to schedule with
• Reviewing files to ensure we are in possession of all medicals, reports, imaging, etc.
• Following up on medical requests (MedChart) to make sure assessors have latest medical information
• Producing all medical records, medical legal reports etc. to opposing party(ies), our own assessors etc.

Performance Targets:

• Drafting medical legal referral letters, AB medical briefs \xe2\x80\x93 within 5 business days from the date of instruction
• Medical records requests, where necessary \xe2\x80\x93 same day
• Diarizing approvals and denials \xe2\x80\x93 same day

For more information or to submit your CV to reference #32501(Legal Assistant), #32502(Law Clerk)

Tagged as : Intermediate, Private Practice

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