Osler, Hoskin & Harcourt LLP is one of Canada’s leading business law firms. Advising many of Canada’s corporate leaders, as well as U.S. and international parties with extensive interest in Canada, our more than 1,300 firm members are based in offices in Toronto, Montréal, Ottawa, Vancouver, Calgary and New York.
Osler prides itself on attracting and maintaining some of the brightest talent in the legal arena. Our lawyers, students, management and staff have created a unique firm culture which nurtures mentoring and the exchange of ideas. Osler is a dynamic and exciting place to begin a career or carve out a new path.
We are currently recruiting for a Legal Assistant to join our Vancouver Office. The successful candidate will assist in managing the practices of several Legal Professionals through the provision of administrative support. The assigned department will be discussed during the recruitment process.
Duties and Responsibilities:
- Manages time, resources, workflow and deadlines of legal professionals which involves maintaining a filing system for all documents, compiling and organizing materials required for legal professional’s work-in-progress, opening up new files, etc.
- Interacts with clients to schedule appointments and exchange information.
- Performs client account administration which involves ensuring that dockets are submitted, reviewing and editing e-prebills, preparing invoices for review by legal professionals, verifying fees and disbursements, preparing write-offs and addressing client inquiries regarding billing.
- Receives, researches, prepares and follow up on audit inquiries.
- Handles confidential materials and documents.
- Drafts correspondence and memoranda such as affidavits of documents; compiles documents and completes conflict reports.
- Provides clerical and administrative support such as filing, answering the telephone, making travel arrangements, scheduling meetings, transcribing dictations, performing research as required, photocopying and binding materials, etc.
