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Company:
Duncan Craig LLP
Posted: January 14, 2025
Duncan Craig LLP - Join our team!
Join our team in the role of Wills/Estates Legal Assistant, providing support to the Estate Solutions Group.
Duncan Craig LLP is a mid-market, full-service law firm based in downtown Edmonton. We are a community-focused law firm, and we strongly believe that part of our business should include contributing to the development of the communities where our clients and we live.
It is our goal to make working for Duncan Craig LLP a rewarding experience with benefits to promote your professional, personal, and financial well-being, as well as a work-life balance. We work hard to engage our staff and view them as a critical component to providing outstanding customer service, so in our recruitment we seek those individuals who are professional, committed to excellence, and excel at working as a team.
PURPOSE
The Wills/Estates Legal Assistant is a role providing legal assistant and administrative services with respect to all client files for two wills and estates lawyers. This individual will play a critical role in the overall workflow process and management of the lawyers' files.
This position assumes substantive and procedural legal work, including all administrative responsibility for the files. This role liaisons extensively with clients, outside counsel, the courts, court reporters, various agencies, and numerous staff members and lawyers. While this position has a specific and dedicated role, the legal assistant will remain part of the Estate Solutions Group, where you will work with various team members on an ongoing basis.
Primary Responsibilities
- File Intake, Access, and Tracking
- Draft general daily and complex correspondence matters.
- Handle incoming daily mail and manage as appropriate.
- Client communication, attend client meetings as required
- Legal document drafting for client and court proceedings
- Ensure the appropriate steps are advanced for court filings and service thereof.
- Process account billings
- Electronic filing, file conclusion, and finalization
- Attend client meetings when required.
Knowledge, Skills, & Abilities
This position is for an experienced wills and estates legal assistant requiring dedicated and proven experience with estate litigation, estate administration, and estate planning. Knowledge of the relevant legislation, the Alberta Rules of Court, and common law principles is required.
The legal assistant must be able to:
- Develop/maintain collaborative working relationships with clients, lawyers, and team members.
- Function independently and proactively, and contribute effectively within a team environment;
- Demonstrate initiative, professional judgment, sensitivity, and empathy.
- Demonstrate advanced Microsoft Word skills.
- Behave in a professional manner and present a professional work image at all times.
- Be able to adapt to a changing and fast-paced work environment.
- Experience in 3e accounting software, NetDocuments (DMS), and Microsoft Teams is considered an asset.
Compensation
- Competitive salary
- RRSP Contribution Incentives
- Medical Benefits and Employee Assistance Program
- Health Spending Account Allowance
- Personal days
- Community giving opportunities and experiences
- Great working culture, onsite staff events monthly
- Onsite/Offsite learning and development opportunities
Requirement
Successful completion of a diploma or certificate at a recognized legal assistant program or equivalency, a minimum of five years plus of advanced-level wills estates legal assistant experience, is required.
If you are interested in the above role and meet the requirements above, please send a cover letter and resume to the Director of People & Development at ***. Only qualified applicants will be considered for an interview and contacted.
Read the full job description and apply online on the recuiter's web-site
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