Legal Assistant - Wills & Estates
Legal Assistant - Wills & Estates
Toronto, ON
AC-18297
Our client, a prominent Canadian business law firm, is looking for a Wills & Estates Legal Assistant to join their team. This position is strongly suited toward individuals who are meticulous with follow up and have good communication and organizational skills. The candidate will assist the daily operations of a busy Partner and a Law Clerk within the Wills and Estates Department. The ideal candidate should have great attention to detail, be proactive and take initiative to move and complete the tasks. The successful candidate should be a great communicator who is skilled in creating and maintaining client relationships.
Responsibilities:
- Deal with clients directly on behalf of the Partner, by phone, email and video. This is a job that requires a significant amount of oral and written communication with clients
- The ability to take responsibility for matters and act on your own initiative is essential
- Proactively (i.e., without the Partner’s input) respond to client calls and emails to ensure work is progressing
- Proactively arrange meetings and calls for the Partner
- Help manage the Partner’s workflow on all matters, with the ability to prioritize those items that need to be brought to the Partner’s attention on an expedited basis
- Properly sort and file a voluminous amount of emails received on a daily basis
- Proofread, finalize and assemble estate planning documents including Wills, Powers of Attorney, Trusts and reporting documentation
- Attending as a second witness for client signatures and see it through to completion including updating our specialized database
- Assist with Wills Vault administration
- Produce the highest quality of work
- Handle daily administrative details
- Manage duties related to accounting
- Accountable for all work assigned
- Take initiative
- Confidential
Qualifications:
- Minimum of five years’ previous experience as a Legal Assistant in Estates
- Successful completion of a related post-secondary Legal Assistant or Law Clerk program
- Handle time pressure situations and stress of multiple demands
- Flexible to the changing demands of the job
- Microsoft 365 suite of applications
- Willing to learn a customized Wills Database
- Ability to problem solve
- Good judgement and decision making
- Strong interpersonal skills
- Organized
- Resourceful
- Detailed
Employment Equity Statement
Our client is an equal-opportunity employer and is committed to equity, diversity, inclusion, and accessibility.
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For more information, please contact Devyn Kelly, Consultant at dkelly@kbrs.ca or 647 480 1719. If you require accommodation to participate in the recruitment process, please let Devyn know.
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