Want To Join Us?
At Tracey Solicitors, we’re constantly looking to strengthen our team with the addition of talented and committed professionals.
Now recruiting for the following positions:
- Legal Assistant
- Plaintiff Litigation Solicitor
- Legal Executive – Debt Recovery
1. Legal Assistant (Personal Injury)
Tracey Solicitors are a dynamic and progressive law firm based in Dublin city centre specialising in Personal Injury and Medical Negligence litigation. We are expanding our team and are looking for a Legal Assistant with 2+ years experience to join our team. Tracey Solicitors have a terrific team structure, a client centric culture and have been paperless for over 10 years. If you are looking to boost your career and grow your skills in Medical Negligence and Personal Injury then look no further.
Overview:
This role offers a fantastic opportunity for a self-motivated legal assistant to join the firm at a time of change for the legal profession in Ireland. The role will be responsible for supporting solicitors in actively managing their daily workloads. You should have the ability to work in a challenging and dynamic environment with evolving priorities.
Key responsibilities:
- Supporting solicitors in managing caseloads;
- Handling and dealing with incoming calls from clients, solicitors, medical attendants, insurance companies etc.;
- Preparing briefs for hearing;
- Engrossing pleadings;
- Liaising with barristers/witnesses etc. re hearing dates;
- Scheduling settlement/consultation meetings on cases;
- Opening new files & digital dictation.
Requirements:
- 2+ years’ Personal Injury Litigation experience;
- Ability to work independently and collaboratively on a team to achieve the objective;
- Enthusiastic, motivated, ‘can do’, customer first attitude;
- Strong typing skills and happy to use office technology;
- Multitasking and time management skills, with the ability to prioritise tasks;
- Case management software experience.
Salary commensurate with experience.
If you wish to apply for this role please email a C.V. and cover letter to: jok@traceysolicitors.ie
2. Plaintiff Litigation Solicitor
Tracey Solicitors is a leading firm in the Plaintiff Litigation Services sector and we are recruiting a Litigation Solicitor.
Do you want to work in an office with leading edge technology to support your work?
Do you want to work in Dublin 2 right in the City Centre?
The start date intended for this role is immediately.
Specific description of the role within the firm
The firm requires all Solicitors to be proactive and fully engaged in their roles as solicitors within the practice.
The following traits are essential:
- Previous personal injury litigation experience with a good knowledge of litigation procedures and practices.
- Highly motivated and confident with the ability to work proactively on their own and within a team.
- Excellent communication skills and a friendly manner to enable effective and positive engagement with colleagues, clients etc.
- ‘Self-starters’, reliable, display technical ability, to be timely, accurate in all their work and exhibit an ability to execute instructions and processes.
- Engage in continuous learning including appropriate CPD as required by the law Society
- Adhere to the high operational standards of the firm as independently verified by the institute of Legal Standards & Research.
- Be commercially focused, client focused and standards of operation and to be self-motivated to ‘skill up’ for the job such that they exhibit sound judgement and provide competent legally based judgment.
Solicitors Responsibilities & Duties (list is not exhaustive):
- To act in a professional manner and carry out the obligations in the contract of employment
- To fulfil our obligations as officers of the Court
- To run and administer cases in a competent manner
- To Review Diary & Calendar to ensure timely processing or work and use of time
- To review post and liaise with secretary in regard to the manner in which post can be dealt with through the use of workflows and case management system
- To instruct and assist secretaries in dealing with their daily job tasks and any queries that they arise.
- To constantly monitor Statute Reminders and risk management
- To ensure rigorous and disciplined file maintenance including data entry specifically focused on contacts, dates, case references, letters, email and memo labelling
- To attend Court for hearings and Settlements
- To continue to review fee income and outstanding bills of costs
- Monthly review of accounts with Finance and business owners
- To return calls/emails to clients and third party’s within a timely fashion and as specified in the client’s service excellent culture statement.
- To ensure that all undertakings are complied with in full.
- To share case experiences with the litigation team
- To implement and adhere to professional service standard criteria operated by the firm
If you would like to be considered for this role, please submit your C.V. and cover note to Gillian Farrelly at gf@traceysolicitors.ie.
3. Legal Executive – Debt Recovery
Tracey Solicitors are a dynamic and progressive Law Firm based in Dublin. They are specialised in Litigation and operate their debt recovery services under Carlisle Solicitors.
Do you want to work in an office with leading edge technology to support your work?
Do you want to work in Dublin 2 right in the City Centre?
The start date intended for this role is immediately.
Overview:
We have a specialist debt recovery department focused on providing an efficient quality service, whilst maintaining excellent client care.
Our paperless office ensures we are systems and procedures driven.
We are people centred and have an empowered workforce.
As part of a new phase of business growth and development, we are seeking an experienced Debt Recovery Legal Executive. This role offers a fantastic opportunity for a self-motivated individual to join the firm.
The role will have a responsibility to actively manage a file portfolio with the support of a supervising Solicitor.
The person will have the ability to work in a challenging environment with changing priorities. The role requires a motivated and enthusiastic person with a focus on client care.
Essential skills and experience:
- Previous debt recovery legal experience with a good knowledge of debt recovery legal procedures and practices.
- Excellent communication skills with a friendly manner to enable effective and positive engagement with colleagues, clients etc.
- Display technical knowledge with a high degree of accuracy and experience of executing instructions and processes.
- Excellent MS Office and IT skills
- Strong Typing Skills (ideally 60wpm and high accuracy)
Essential Core Competencies:
- Highly motivated and confident with the ability to work proactively on their own and within a team.
- Strong customer focus mindset
- ‘Self-starters’, reliable and punctual
- Excellent Time and Priority Management
- Ability to adhere to the high operational standards of the firm as independently verified by the Institute of Legal Standards & Research
- Excellent Attention to Detail
Desired Skills:
Familiar and adept at using legal Case Management systems
Experience: 5 years Debt Recovery Litigation
Key Responsibilities:
- Successful Day to day support and/or running of file caseloads and Clients.
- Management of Daily Tasks for eg.
- Opening New files
- Review of Daily Diary reminders on files- to include constant monitoring of Statute Reminders and risk management
- Daily Calendar Appointments management and scheduling
- Handling and dealing with incoming calls from clients, solicitors, debtors, court offices, etc.
- Ensure rigorous and disciplined file maintenance including data entry specifically focused on contacts, dates, case references, letters, email and memo labelling
- Digital Dictation
- Post review
- Preparing Brief’s for Hearing
- Engrossing Pleadings
- Drafting District Court Pleadings
- Review Diary and Calendar to ensure timely processing of work and use of time
- Attending Court for Hearings/Settlements
- Liaising with Barristers/Witnesses etc re hearing dates.
- Scheduling Client Consultation Meetings on cases.
Responsible to:
Operations Director/Supervising Solicitor
Full-time Job within business working hours
If you would like to be considered for this role, please submit your C.V. and cover note to jok@traceysolicitors.ie
While we may not be actively recruiting at any given moment, we are always happy to hear from talented legal specialists looking to take their career on to the next level. Whether you’re a qualified solicitor, a legal assistant or an administrator, we’d be delighted to keep your C.V. on file — or perhaps even have an informal cup of coffee if we believe we have an upcoming opening which might be of interest to you.
If you would like to learn more about joining the Tracey Solicitors team or if you wish to submit an application with a C.V. and cover note, please contact Gillian Farrelly at law@traceysolicitors.ie.