Accident Benefits - Ottawa, Canada - Acara Solutions
Description
Responsibilities and Duties:
- Drafts written communications & legal documents.
- Communicates with clients on behalf of lawyer.
- Prepares and files legal documents.
- Preparation of files prior to discovery.
- Answers routine correspondence and initiates followup as required.
- Prepares reports including gathering and summarizing data.
- Arranges appointments pertaining to meetings, mediations and examinations for discovery.
- Prepare files for case conference and hearings.
- Organizing settlement discusses with counsel and/or adjusters.
- Other administrative duties as required.
Requirements:
- Legal assistant diploma or Paralegal Diploma
- 13 years of plaintiff personal injury experience
- Ability to work with minimum supervision and have superior critical thinking skills.
- Strong technical skills, including Microsoft Office
- Strong verbal and written communication skills.
- Excellent organizational skills, the ability to work well under pressure and with a high volume of files (an average of 200 with varying difficulty)
- Ability to manage multiple priorities while maintaining keen attention to detail.
- Excellent interpersonal and client service skills
- Working knowledge of Accidents Benefits an asset.
- Maintain physical files in pristine order and update knowledge management systems as needed.
- Ability to work overtime as needed.
Job Types:
Full-time, Permanent
Salary:
From $70,000.00 per year
Schedule:
- 8 hour shift
- Monday to Friday
Experience:
- legal assistant: 1 year (preferred)
Accident Benefits Law: 1 year (preferred)
Work Location:
In person
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