Legal Assistant

As a recognized national business law firm, we support, grow, and impact our communities through our work. We help entrepreneurs, companies, and professionals shape and build the Canadian economy.

When you start a career with Miller Thomson, you join a firm that puts its people first. We provide the opportunity to influence the course of your career, community, and workplace with the support and backing of a national organization. While teamwork and collaboration are hallmarks of our culture, we accept and encourage individuality. You can expect a friendly, safe, and supportive environment where your colleagues will rally around to help you succeed.

We offer Legal Assistant opportunities across all of our Practice Groups; these roles can be based out of any of our offices nationally
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Administrative Law :
Environmental Law, Health, Immigration and Labour & Employment

Business Law :
Capital Markets & Securities, Corporate, Financial Services, Insolvency, Intellectual Property and Mergers & Acquisitions

Litigation :
Commercial, Constructions, Estates & Trusts, Family Law and Insurance Defence

Real Estate :
Condominium Development and Governance, Commercial and Residential Transactions, Land Development, Municipal Law and Leasing

Tax :
Charities & Not-for-Profit, Corporate Tax, Litigation and Private Client Services

Legal Assistants provide support to a group of lawyers who specialize in one of these areas. While previous experience would be helpful, candidates with strong organization skills, a keen attention to detail and a desire to develop valuable skills as a Legal Assistant are welcome to apply.

• Provides administrative support which includes proofreading, revision and preparation of documentation under the instruction of the legal professionals and transcription of datafrom various sources (e.g. voicemail, dictation, etc.).
• Acts as a liaison between relevant internal and/or external parties. Routes or answers routine correspondence to relevant parties.
• Provides clerical, administrative and general office support including, but not limited to,photocopying, faxing, scheduling and calendar management, receives/places phone calls with internal and/or external parties, mail, organizes travel arrangements, andscans PDF documents.
• Provides administrative support with respect to accounting and billing as required. This includes review of pre-bills, making corrections or advising Accounting to make corrections and mailing out final bill under a cover letter. Prepares expense requisitions etc.
• Maintains files in accordance with standard procedures, including opening and closing files, conflict searches, etc.
• Other business related duties as assigned.

• Community College Certificate/Diploma in a Legal Secretarial/Office Administration program and/or equivalent experience working in a legal professional environment.
• Proficient knowledge of Microsoft Office Suite 2013.
• Knowledge of the English language, including spelling, word meaning and wordusage.
• Exceptional client service skills.
• Organizational skills required to effectively multi-task.
• Ability to take initiative and work independently.
• Knowledge of legal procedures and practices.
• Communication and interpersonal skills necessary to interact with a number of individuals.
• Writing skills necessary to draft and proofread documents and correspondence.
• Detail-oriented in order to keep track of multiple files for more than one legal professional.
• Knowledge in Accounting software.
• Ability to work as a member of a team.
• Ability to follow instructions and attention to detail.
• Ability to demonstrate independent judgment and solve problems.
• Adaptable.

We believe in the importance of a Total Compensation package, ensuring our mix of…