Job Description

Title: LEGAL SECRETARY

Company Name: Halyburton Legal

Vacancy: 3

Job Location: Australia, New South Wales, Newcastle, Maitland & Hunter, Warners Bay

Employment Status: Full time

 

About us

Our firm is one of the leading law firms in the Lake Macquarie / Newcastle region with offices in Warners Bay, Belmont and Toronto. We have a great,  dedicated and friendly team. We offer a full range of legal services across most areas of law including property law, family law, wills and estates, criminal law and commercial law.

 

Qualifications & experience

• Excellent organisational skills including time management.
• Ability to work independently and communicate effectively with staff.
• Excellent written and verbal communication skills with attention to detail.
• Technology skills with computer literacy in :LEAP and Word.
• 3 - 5 years legal secretary experience highly regarded.
• Experience in conveyancing, wills and estates and commercial leasing preferred.
• Strong ethics in handling sensitive legal confidential case documents and information.
• Experience with LEAP Legal Software preferred.

 

Tasks & responsibilities

• Assisting solicitors in preparation of legal documents including conveyancing contracts, court documents, commercial leases, Wills, Powers of Attorney and Enduring Guardianship and estate documents.
• General dictation.
• Filing correspondence and documents.
• Communicating with clients, solicitors and real estate agents via email, phone or in person.
• Assist with reception duties including liaising with clients.
• Arrange for deeds and other documents from various sources.
• Lodge safe custody documents.
• Manage office supplies.

 

 

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