Support Staff Positions

Applications are continuously accepted for all legal assistant, paralegal and administrative positions. Interested applicants are encouraged to submit a Resume in consideration for employment opportunities that become available.

Witten LLP thanks all applicants for their interest and for submitting their application, however, only those candidates selected for an interview will be contacted.

Legal Clerk

Applications are being accepted for a junior legal clerk to provide clerical support to a busy foreclosure/collection team. The ideal candidate should have strong organizational skills, excellent multi-tasking abilities, and be able to work independently in a fast paced environment. Daily duties include organizing and distributing mail, faxes, cheques, court documents, dealing with voice mail messages, photocopying, scanning, filing, closing files, data entry. Other responsibilities will involve preparing accounts in various billing systems. Previous clerical experience is an asset.

Legal Assistant - Litigation and Aboriginal

Applications are being accepted for an experienced assistant to work within a busy litigation practice involving aboriginal, environmental, and employment law. The candidate will provide support in litigation and also work closely with a team involving First Nations and the oil and gas industry.  The candidate must be a self-starter who is extremely organized and pays close attention to detail. Excellent interpersonal and communication skills are also required. Responsibilities include dictation transcription, document preparation, drafting correspondence, file progress initiatives, as well as the day-to-day administrative organization of the lawyer’s practice including file management, time entry, accounting tasks, filing.

Legal Assistant - Corporate, Wills and Estate Administration

Applications are being accepted for a Solicitor Assistant with experience in general corporate matters (dividend resolutions, share transfers, USA's, incorporations, name searches, minute books), trusts, wills, and estate administration. Responsibilities may also include drafting correspondence, dictation, communicating with clients and day-to-day administrative tasks including file organizing, maintaining calendars, time entry, and preparing accounts. The successful candidate must be detail oriented and accurate. Accreditation in CORES is preferred as well as familiarity with ALF.  Advanced experience in Word is an asset.

Legal Assistant - Corporate/Commercial

Applications are being accepted for a legal assistant to work within a busy corporate/commercial practice area.  Responsibilities include completing commercial and residential purchase/sale transactions and corporate reorganizations, preparing/revising lease agreements, as well as drafting correspondence, dictation, and the day-to-day administrative tasks including opening files, maintaining calendars, time entry, filing, and preparing accounts. The successful candidate must be detail oriented, accurate and have excellent interpersonal skills. Advanced experience in Word, revision management and Excel would be an asset.

Legal Assistant - Litigation/Personal Injury

Applications are being accepted for a litigation assistant. Experience in personal injury litigation is an asset but not essential. Responsibilities include preparing and revising documents, drafting correspondence, dictation, monitoring and maintaining file progress, as well as the day-to-day administrative organization of a busy practice including communicating with clients, file management, appointment scheduling, time entry, preparing accounts, filing.