Legal Administrative Assistant – Construction Law

Job title: Legal Administrative Assistant – Construction Law

Job description: Legal Administrative Assistant – Construction Litigation

Who They Are:

Our client is one of British Columbia’s leading boutique law firms in the areas of construction, commercial and matrimonial dispute resolution.

Join them!

They are looking for a construction litigation LAA to join their team!

LAA Responsibilities include:

• Opening and maintaining files, ensuring policies and procedures are followed in accordance with firm guidelines, running conflict searches, maintaining calendars and bring forwards and preparing routine correspondence.
• Scheduling trial dates, discoveries, meetings, conferences and confirming dates with all involved parties as required.
• Arranging court reporters.
• Assisting with preparation of document binders, lists of documents, notice of applications and pleadings.
• Arranging for service of court documents.
• Filing court documents via BC Online, agent, and in-person.
• Tracking deadlines to ensure compliance with court limitations.
• Providing administrative support and preparation of monthly invoices.
• Preparation of materials for administrative hearings.
• Reviewing and maintaining Excel spreadsheets.
• Electronic organization and maintenance of files.
• Conducting BC Online, LTO and corporate searches.
• Arranging for expenses to be reimbursed.
• Arranging documents for paying money out of trust.

Qualifications and skills required:

• Minimum of 3-5 years experience, ideally in construction litigation (3-5 years of other litigation experience will be considered);
• Successful completion of a post-secondary LAA program or the real world equivalent;
• Thorough knowledge and understanding of BC Supreme Court Civil Rules, court practices and procedures and filing deadlines;
• Exceptional time management, organizational and prioritization skills with the ability to work under pressure, complete tasks with speed and accuracy, and the ability to multi-task in response to changing situations;
• Client centered approach with commitment to providing outstanding service;
• Strong work ethic, and the ability to work independently, take initiative and be resourceful;
• The ability to work overtime if required;
• Strong technical skills including intermediate level knowledge of MS Word, Excel, Outlook, Adobe, BC Online, MyLTSAand Windows generally;
• Proficient knowledge in Adobe, OCR ing, text searching, editing, redacting and hyperlinking within PDF documents;

Working visa candidates are welcome to apply.

They offer comprehensive group benefits and other perks within a fun and friendly environment

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