Job Function

Prepare and/or process non-routine correspondence, legal documentation, and forms (ie, court pleadings, motion records, appeal books, factums, case briefs, contracts, opinions, construction liens, summons to witnesses, labour and employment materials, Executive Approvals, Memoranda to the Board, Statutory declarations, etc.), received through shorthand, dictaphone, long-hand notes, or transmitted via the personal computer. Liaise with internal and external groups as necessary, ie other Business Units, Courts, Government Agencies, Law firms, process servers, etc. to arrange court dates, obtain rulings, arrange property and corporate searches, follow up on the status of agreements, serve documents, etc. Prepare supervisors' (instructing lawyers') expense reports and time sheets, requisition cheques, compile various monthly reports, assemble material and organize backup information as requested. Perform routine compiling, proces...