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Legal Assistant / Junior Law Clerk – Personal Injury & Medical Malpractice

What we do:

At Neinstein LLP, we have been advocating for injured victims for over 50 years. Our committed and compassionate team will do everything necessary to help our clients and their families find solutions to the new challenges that arise from serious injuries.

We understand medical malpractice and injuries affect people’s lives in many ways. Our Mission is to earn our clients’ trust and respect and to guide them through their claim. In all we do, we strive to provide every client with the very best care from the beginning of the case until it is resolved. To be successful, we uphold the following values and expect every team member to demonstrate Trust, Integrity, Quality, and strong Communication in all actions.

How we work:

We are a growing law firm that focuses on excellence. We value our clients and our staff. We collaborate together as a team to ensure success for our clients.

At Neinstein, we pride ourselves in rolling up our sleeves and doing whatever needs to be done. We are solution oriented, forward thinking and insightful. For this reason, our staff is accountable in their roles. We all have strong attention to detail and a drive for exceptional service. We pride ourselves in high client satisfaction and delivering results and our team does what it takes to ensure that happens.

What you will be doing:

We are looking for a Legal Assistant or Junior Law Clerk that delivers a strong and caring client focus and excellent legal skills to ensure the best outcomes for our clients. The Legal Assistant or Junior Law Clerk will perform a wide variety of functions to support the Neinstein law firm such as drafting correspondence; document preparation; medical and production requests and payments; medical records review and organization and chronology preparation; client communication;

scheduling discoveries/mediations; and filing documents. The ideal candidate will have a law clerk or assistant diploma, strong analytical and problem solving skills and be highly motivated. Some medical malpractice or personal injury experience is preferred.

Responsibilities:

· Communicate with lawyers, team members, clients, and other professionals to discuss assigned cases or projects

· Communicate and prepare and receive correspondence with client, counsel, experts and other professionals

· Request, obtain, review, organize, analyze and serve medical records and other productions

· Obtain, review, and organize damage information;

· Arrange for the payment of invoices pertaining to the records requests made;

· Schedule discoveries, mediation and other pertinent events;

· Maintain files and ensure the file is complete and updated using established firm programs and policies;

· As necessary and appropriate, communicate with medical personnel and others involved in

patient’s care and matter generally;

· Draft legal documents including pleadings and motions, affidavits, affidavit of documents and trial

records; file motions and pleadings according to judicial procedures;

· Where appropriate, prepare medical chronologies;

· Assist lawyers with trial preparation;

· Record billable hours spent on specific cases.

Essential Requirements:

· A law clerk, legal assistant, paralegal diploma or degree is required;

· Prior experience in medical malpractice and/or personal injury law is preferred;

· Resourceful and solution-oriented;

· Excellent interpersonal and oral communication;

· Ability to multitask, with flexibility to manage changing priorities and projects under time constraints ;

· Ability to work independently and to bring a positive team work attitude to the workplace;

· Attention to detail, organization, efficiency and preparedness;

· Willingness to learn from senior team members to meet our client needs;

· Strong computer skills and software application proficiency.

We welcome applications via Indeed, LinkedIn, or resumes submitted in confidence to [email protected].

Job Types: Full-time, Permanent

Salary: $40,000.00-$65,000.00 per year

Benefits:

• Dental care
• Employee assistance program
• Extended health care
• Life insurance
• Paid time off

Schedule:

• Monday to Friday

Work Location: Hybrid remote in Toronto, ON M4W 2A5