Job Description

Insurance Defence Law Clerk
Downtown Toronto

3 days work from home!

Our client, a highly regarded insurance defence law firm located in downtown Toronto is in need of an Insurance Defence Law Clerk to join its team.

The ideal candidate will possess 3+ years of relevant insurance defence Tort experience and a strong understanding of the rules of Civil Procedure.

Responsibilities:

• 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.
• 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.
• Docket time and billings accordingly.
• Effective management of deadlines and priorities.
• Administrative duties, as required.

Skills/Knowledge/Experience Required:
3+ years’ experience in a Law Clerk role with a focus on Insurance Defence litigation
College Law Clerk Diploma or Institute of Law Clerks Ontario Certificate
Strong knowledge and understanding of the Rules of Civil Procedure and court forms.
Knowledge of ACL, ProLaw, Kofax PDF, Word, Excel and Outlook

We thank all applicants for their interest however only those selected for an interview will be contacted.