Litigation Associate Lawyer
Overview
Our client, a high tech growing litigation law firm, is seeking to add a Litigation Associate Lawyer to their team, with experience in one or more of the following areas of civil litigation: real estate, estates and corporate/commercial litigation.Responsibilities:
The successful candidate will be responsible for:
- Managing own set of files (from start to finish)
- Working closely with the Principal Lawyer (Co-counsel) on bigger files and court proceedings
- Preparing All draft materials and/or all materials required for discoveries and/or hearings
- Conducting or assisting on Discoveries, Motions, Applications and Trials
- Communicating with all parties that form part of the caseload
- Scheduling all matter dates required, with the assistance of the legal assistant
- Organizing matters in accordance with Company policies
- Assisting Office Manager and legal assistant with duties related to Client Relationship Management.
Requirements:
You are the ideal candidate if you have/are:
- Good standing with the Law Society of Ontario
- 7 to 15+ Years of Experience (more experience is welcome!) working on civil litigation in the above-mentioned areas.
- In-Depth and Strong Knowledge of the Rules of Civil Procedure and the Court of Justice Act, etc
- Ability to navigate through the courts (zoom and in person)
- Had attended court for the following (motions, case conferences, trials)
- Had drafted claims, defences, applications, motions, affidavits and factums
- Had an experience working with experts when preparing for the cases
- Had an experience preparing clients for the upcoming hearings
- Complies with and keeps up-to-date with practice directions
- Had used ACL, LexisNexis, WestLaw, CanLii, Cosmolex, and other litigation assistance software and has a superior understanding of Caselines
- Can use Teraview, ESC, and other databases and had experience running various searches
- Can use all Microsoft Office tools (OneDrive, Outlook, etc.), Advanced PDF, and
- Advanced Negotiation and Client Interviewing Skills.
- (Any previous experience with legal practice management software and other practice-based legal software would be an asset - please provide details in your response).
- Any examples of prior work (e.g. published cases, any research work/papers/articles written on legal topics – would be an asset).
- This will be a full-time contract position performed on-site at the office location, but there might be occasional availability to work remotely.
If this describes you, and you are interested in joining an organization that provides a competitive compensation package, a stimulating work environment, and promotes great work-life balance, send us your details.
Life After Law
1920 Yonge Street,
Suite 200
Toronto, ON
M4S 3E2
abesa@lifeafterlaw.com
www.lifeafterlaw.com
We thank all applicants. Only those candidates with the required expertise will be contacted.
City
Toronto
Category
ASSOCIATES & PARTNERS
Practice Areas
Litigation
Work Type
Permanent / Full Time