Legal Assistant III

Job Overview

Work Location: Calgary, Alberta, Canada

Hours: 35

Line of Business: Legal

Pay Details: $49,050 - $73,600 CAD

Responsibilities

• Prepares, through transcription of written or recorded documents, complex legal documents such as correspondence, factums, motions, summonses, etc.
• Drafts standard legal documents, correspondence and pleadings for review by lawyer(s). Edits grammar, punctuation and spelling as needed.
• Exercises initiative and judgment in lawyer’s absence, such as negotiating extensions of time and prioritizing diverse incoming communications.
• Manages lawyer’s calendar, schedules appointments, coordinates appearances, and resolves scheduling conflicts on own initiative.
• Answers a wide variety of telephone inquiries based on case knowledge and responds to inquiries exercising good judgment and discretion.
• Composes complex (non‑technical) correspondence.
• Estab...