Company:
Forge Recruitment
Location: Old Toronto
Closing Date: 06-08-2024
Hours: Full Time
Type: Permanent
Job Requirements / Description
ABOUT THE FIRM:
Our client is a mid-size Commercial Insurance litigation and Insurance Defence firm, dedicated to providing exceptional legal services to all our clients.
The firm, located in downtown Toronto seeks an insurance defence law clerk with 5+ years' experience supporting an insurance defence practice, preferably from within a law firm environment. ABOUT THE ROLE:
NEXT STEPS:
If you are interested in learning more about this opportunity, please apply, in confidence. Thank you for your interest in the position and in Forge Recruitment.
#J-18808-LjbffrOur client is a mid-size Commercial Insurance litigation and Insurance Defence firm, dedicated to providing exceptional legal services to all our clients.
The firm, located in downtown Toronto seeks an insurance defence law clerk with 5+ years' experience supporting an insurance defence practice, preferably from within a law firm environment. ABOUT THE ROLE:
- Prepare correspondence and court documents, including pleadings, judgments, orders, statement of defence, cross-claims, third-party claims, motion materials, and ensure that all parties are served.
- Prepare briefs, summaries of evidence and bill of costs.
- Electronic briefing and summarizing.
- Review and organize new file materials from client.
- Review and summarize transcripts of examinations for discovery for undertakings, refusals and assembly of answers to undertakings.
- Correspondence with all counsel to ensure that all productions are received including liability productions from co-defendants and damage productions from plaintiffs.
- Summarize productions, organize and brief documents.
- Draft affidavits of documents including review of all parties' affidavits of documents to ensure that all productions are included, organized, and summarized for examinations for discovery.
- Act as liaison between the client and lawyer for communication of day-to-day matters.
- Maintain knowledge and comply with the firm's practice and file management policies and procedures.
- Docket time and billings accordingly.
- Effective management of deadlines and priorities.
- Administrative duties, as required.
- Flexible hybrid working schedule (minimum of two days in office)
- Excellent remuneration, commensurate with experience
- Robust benefits offerings
- Excellent opportunity to work closely with some of the city's top legal practitioners
- 5 years' experience in a Law Clerk role with a focus on Insurance Defence litigation.
- College Law Clerk Diploma.
- Strong knowledge and understanding of the Rules of Civil Procedure and court forms.
- Excellent communication skills, both verbal and written.
- Supporting two Associate lawyers in a share position.
- Highly organized with strong time management skills with the ability to multi-task and prioritize deadlines.
- Excellent ability to take direction and work independently.
- Ability to process a high volume of documentation with excellent attention to detail.
- Knowledge of ACL, ProLaw, Kofax PDF, Word, Excel and Outlook
- Flexible and dependable with ability to work in a fast-paced environment with changing priorities.
- Professional and team-oriented with strong interpersonal and client service skills.
NEXT STEPS:
If you are interested in learning more about this opportunity, please apply, in confidence. Thank you for your interest in the position and in Forge Recruitment.
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