Legal Assistant/Paralegal - Litigation

at  Witten

WITTEN LLP is a busy downtown law firm looking to expand our team. We offer competitive compensation, excellent benefits and a friendly, inclusive, team-oriented environment. Submit your resume to join our team of legal professionals.
Applications are being accepted for a Legal Assistant/Paralegal with senior level experience to join a busy commercial litigation practice, which includes construction law and employment law.

Responsibilities include:

• Preparing documents and correspondence relating to the litigation process, including pleadings, summaries, reports, briefs, and Affidavits of Records.
• Communicating with clients, counsel, and 3rd party experts.
• Managing electronic calendars and diary system.
• Monitoring and maintaining file progress and responding to general correspondence.
• Electronic and physical file organization.
• All day-to-day administrative/clerical tasks including billing, opening/closing files, filing, photocopying, and scanning.

Skills and Abilities:

• Professional written and verbal communication skills.
• Self-starter who takes initiative and works autonomously.
• Team player with excellent interpersonal skills.
• Strong organizational and attention to detail skills.
• Able to effectively time manage, prioritize and multi-task.
• Reliable and accountable.

Other Knowledge:

• Strong computer and technical skills.
• Solid working knowledge of Microsoft Word, Excel, and Outlook.
• Experience in Eclipse, IPro, Everlaw, iManage, and Acumin programs is an asset.

WITTEN LLP is committed to equity, diversity and inclusion in all of our recruitment, interview, employment and promotion processes. A variety of policies are in place that are intended to achieve a workplace free from discriminatory practices, including our Maternity and Parental Leave, Respectful Workplace, Paid Bereavement Leave, Unpaid Protected Job Leave, Sick Leave and Diversity of Equity Policies. An excerpt of our Diversity and Equity Policy can be found here.
We welcome and encourage all qualified persons to apply.
WITTEN LLP thanks all applicants for their interest and for submitting their application, however, only those candidates selected for an interview will be contacted. All applicants should be prepared to an enhanced criminal background yielding satisfactory, clear/complete results.
www.wittenlaw.co

• Preparing documents and correspondence relating to the litigation process, including pleadings, summaries, reports, briefs, and Affidavits of Records.
• Communicating with clients, counsel, and 3rd party experts.
• Managing electronic calendars and diary system.
• Monitoring and maintaining file progress and responding to general correspondence.
• Electronic and physical file organization.
• All day-to-day administrative/clerical tasks including billing, opening/closing files, filing, photocopying, and scanning