Job Posting –Estate Planning, Probate and Estate Administration Senior Legal Assistant or Junior Paralegal Onyx Law Group is a boutique family law and estate law firm in downtown Vancouver and New Westminster that prides itself on its work culture of mentorship and collegiality.
We offer competitive salaries and a full extended health and benefits package. Position will be at our downtown Vancouver location, with some flexibility to having a hybrid role, working part-time from home. We are looking to hire a regular part-time or full-time Senior Legal Assistant or Junior Paralegal who will have the following duties/responsibilities: Client intake for current potential clients
- Client identification and verification tasks
- Onboarding new clients
- Drafting letters and other documents from templates
- Corresponding with third parties regarding information/document requests
- Drafting probate application documents, from templates
- Filing applications with the probate registry - online or through a filing agent
- Commissioning affidavits with clients (having commissioners licence/stamp would be an asset)
- Knowledge and experience with the probate process and the estate administration process would be an asset
- Organizing digital and paper file documents (saving and naming files consistently, foldering, etc)
- Drafting estate planning documents,
such as wills, enduring power of attorney agreements, and representation agreements, from templates
- Coordinating client appointments
- Managing and keeping up-to-date task lists/file statuses
- Filing Notice to Creditors in the BC Gazette
- Preparing Reporting letters from templates and incorporating notes from the file
- Managing own time keeping with requisite detail and a value-oriented approach/style
- Performing BC Online searches for corporate summaries, title search and PPSA searches
- Preparing authorizations/FOI documents on clients' behalf
- Stripping/closing files
- Performing wills notice and other searches from Vital Statistics
- Working with outside vendors such as couriers and agents
- File management including assistance with review of bills, drafting invoice cover letters, and managing monetary retainers and their replenishment; and Generally, assisting in a variety of administrative tasks as they arise. Qualified candidates will have attained a Legal Assistant or Paralegal Certificate or Diploma and have at least 2 years experience working in a legal administration role. Please provide a cover letter, resume, list of references and transcripts to
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📌 Senior Legal Assistant / Paralegal - Estate Planning, Probate and Estate Administration (Vancouver)
🏢 Onyx Law Group
📍 Vancouver