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Toronto 3 + Years

Family Law Clerk

Our client, a Family Law firm is looking to add an experienced Family Law Clerk to their team.

Remote Flexibility: Two Days mandatory in the Office (Tues and Thursday)

Duties and Responsibilities:
-Assist lawyers in a busy family law firm.
-Drafting sworn Form 13.1 and 13 Financial Statements and Statements of Net Worth for domestic contracts.

-Manage Financial Disclosure for Form 13.1 or 13 Financial Statements and Statements of Net Worth, in particular:

1. gather all documentation from client keeping a chart of what was requested and what has been received to date;
2. follow up in keeping with deadlines for disclosure.
3. assisting client with any questions regarding disclosure, and in assembly and delivery of disclosure to us.
4. managing redacting (separations and divorce).
5. putting together index and brief of disclosure (electronically, and a physical copy if required).
6. sending disclosure to the other side (including cover letter and courier [if required]).
7. cross-checking and follow up with the other side’s disclosure.
8. updating disclosure where required.

-Drafting court orders.
-Coordinating and managing court attendances and filings.
-Prepare drafts of correspondence, financial statements, affidavits, orders, pleadings and other legal documents.
-Arrange for filing and service of documents and affidavits of service.
-Manage timelines and bring-forward system, in particular court filing deadlines.-Liaise professionally with lawyers, clients, courts, and process servers.
-Open, close and maintain legal files.

-Assist with other legal administrative duties as needed.

-Expected to docket 1200 billable hours per year.

Requirements:

-3-5 years of family law experience;

-Law Clerk diploma from an accredited institution;
-Experience with PCLaw, Worldox’s or similar practice management software;
-Comprehensive understanding of the Family Law Rules, DivorceMate forms and court procedures (including electronic filing with Caselines and OneKey);

-Comprehensive understanding of DivorceMate Calculations, drafting Form 13 and Form 13.1 Financial Statements and Statements of Net Worth for domestic contracts and compiling and reviewing Financial Disclosure Briefs;
-Exceptional drafting skills (correspondence, pleadings, affidavits, briefs);
-Strong proficiency in MS Office (Outlook, Word, Excel), Acrobat Adobe, OnLand; and
-Excellent communication, interpersonal, and time management skills.

For more inforamation or to submit your CV to kgauthier@zsa.ca reference #32012