Senior Law Clerk (Family Law)
ID: 6780
Job Description
Senior Law Clerk (Family Law)
Salary: Up to $85K
Our Client, a national, multi-service law firm is looking for a Senior Family Law Clerk to join their Toronto office. They are looking for an individual with a minimum of five years of relevant legal experience and stellar organizational skills. If this sounds like you then this firm could offer you all you are looking for!
Friendly, supportive, and innovative, the firm environment is welcoming and creates a safe space for your ideas to grow. They also provide a competitive salary, stellar benefits, perks, and more! Apply now!
Qualifications
- At least five (5) years of experience as a Law Clerk, with preference for experience in Litigation in a practice area requiring initiative and drive to move files forward;
- Strong organizational skills, time management skills, and attention to detail
- Excellent communication skills
- A keen ability to work independently and as part of a fast-paced team
- Ability to multitask and meet deadlines
- Experience using Relativity, Document Management Systems would be an asset
Key Responsibilities
- Communicating with clients to obtain documents
- Reviewing, summarizing and indexing records
- Drafting pleadings, motions, affidavits of documents, status reports, etc.
- Maintaining communication and updates with clients including scheduling meetings
- Assisting with regular reporting to clients
- Communicating with plaintiffs’ and co-defendants’ counsel to obtain appropriate productions
- Reviewing discovery transcripts and following up for and tracking undertakings
- preparing for trial, including Pre-Trial, Trial, Pre-Hearing and Hearing preparation
- Managing electronic hearings and trials
- Maintaining the electronic Bring Forward database and managing client milestone reporting
- Drafting closing documents including draft orders, consents, and releases
- Managing productions and medicals in Relativity
- Summarizing medicals into a medical chronology
- Analyzing and summarizing other productions
- Ensuring files are prepared for Examinations for Discovery, including preparing of chronologies and/or medical summaries
- Identifying appropriate experts, and retaining and communicating with them
- Arranging surveillance
- Maintaining files
To apply, please forward your resume to: Zaheeda Merali -Manager Executive Search at zaheeda@cartelinc.com
