McCormack & Company Law Corporation

New Westminster, BC

Full-time, Permanent

Are you a motivated and detail-oriented legal administrative assistant (LAA) looking to join a small team of lawyers who work in fascinating areas of law? If so, we would love to hear from you!

About Us

Located in the heart of Uptown New Westminster, McCormack and Company Law Corporation (MCLC) is a boutique law firm with a practice based primarily in the dynamic area of strata law. We are a modern office taking advantage of technology to streamline our work.

MCLC is a member of Wilson McCormack Law Group (WMLG), an association of law corporations. Our other member of WMLG has an office based in Nanaimo.

About the Position

MCLC has an opportunity available for an experienced LAA to join our team to help us provide our high-quality services to clients throughout British Columbia.

At MCLC, you will be joining our team of two experienced lawyers to handle the day-to-day legal affairs of the office.

Responsibilities include

· Electronic file management, including opening, maintaining and closing them

· Producing legal documents, including preliminary drafts of correspondence and Court/Tribunal forms and pleadings

· Filing Court/Tribunal documents through an agent but primarily online, arranging for service of filed documents

· Preparing binders for Court/Tribunal appearances

· Utilizing a bring forward (BF) system

· Interacting with clients personally, and by phone, email and videoconference

· Management of incoming and outgoing mail, arranging for incoming and outgoing couriers

· Processing retainer and invoice payments

· Supporting the lawyers as needed





Required qualifications

· Graduate of an accredited Legal Administrative Assistant Program

· At least five years of experience as an LAA

Required skills

· Proficient computer skills with programs including Word, Outlook, Excel, PCLaw and PDF-editing programs

· Experience performing searches, retrieving documents and submitting filings with LTSA, BC OnLine, BC Registry and others

· Excellent verbal and written communication skills and organizational skills

· Detail-oriented

· Works efficiently on a team

· Willingness to learn and perform new job-related practices and procedures that evolve over time

Preferred skills

· Experience in strata law and/or wills and estates law would be an asset

Benefits include

· Extended health care

· Dental care

· Long-term disability program

· Flexible Health Spending Account

· Paid onsite, indoor, secured parking

Work location and schedule: In person, Monday through Friday

Salary: $60,000.00+ per year, commensurate with experience

Ready to apply? We would love to hear from you. Please send your resume and cover letter to Simon Patterson via email at [email protected].

For more information on our firm and our lawyers, please visit www.wmlg.ca.

Job Types: Full time, Permanent

Pay: From $60,000.00 per year

Benefits

- Company events
- Dental care
- Disability insurance
- Extended health care
- Life insurance
- On-site parking
- Paid time off

Education:
- DCS / DEC (required)

Experience:
- legal administrative assistant: 3 years (required)

Licence/Certification:
- certificate from a recognized Legal Assistant Program (required)

Work Location: In person

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