We are seeking a Legal Assistant for our Waterloo office to provide administrative support to two lawyers in our Insurance Litigation Department.

Working as a team member in this busy environment, this role requires an individual with strong organizational and time management skills in order to assist our lawyers in developing their practice, and providing necessary practice management skills. This practice includes a wide range of litigation opportunities which focus on insurance defence and commercial litigation.

You will be exceptionally organized, flexible to deal with changing priorities, and be reliable to your lawyers and fellow team members.

Your required skills and knowledge include:

• Handling and prioritizing workload independently;
• Flexibility to work with changing priorities;
• Processing large volumes of documents;
• Meeting strict deadlines;
• Excellent multi-tasking skills;
• Problem solving with minimal supervision;
• Communicating in a professional manner with lawyers and other team members;
• Other duties as assigned.

To be successful in this role, you have:

• A minimum of 5 to 7 years of administrative experience in a legal environment with preference given to candidates with insurance litigation experience;
• Fast, accurate keyboarding skills; minimum 60 wpm;
• Strong dicta transcription skills and ability to transcribe for various practice groups;
• Strong organizational and time management skills;
• Ownership of your work, and confident client management skills;
• Experience in working with pleadings, motion records, and understanding court requirements, as necessary, which includes filings;
• Excellent proofreading skills (ability to check typed material for grammatical, typographical, spelling, word usage and format errors);
• Strong technology skills;
• The ability to work independently, follow instructions with minimal supervision and take initiative; this includes drafting simple letters for review;
• The willingness to learn and contribute to the team.