Legal Careers at Auger Hollingsworth
Are you a recent law school graduate or an experienced personal injury lawyer looking for a new firm to call home? If so, Auger Hollingsworth is looking for new team members to join their distinguished roster of legal experts in Ottawa and Toronto.
Current openings are below and candidates are encourage to apply to Richard Auger at [email protected].
Personal Injury Litigation Lawyer Needed
(Earn over $200,000 per year working 100% remote!)
Our Mission:
Auger Hollingsworth Accident & Injury Lawyers want to hire an experienced Personal Injury Litigation Lawyer to have full carriage of plaintiff files from inception through to conclusion.
The Lawyer must have at least 5 years of personal injury litigation experience on behalf of either plaintiffs or defendants.
Must “Own Results” in this contingency results-based practice by measuring, tracking and reporting on case progress and settlements.
We need a strong litigation lawyer who can roll up their sleeves step into a full litigation practice.
This is not a junior lawyer position and applications with less than the minimum experience will not be considered.
Ideally, the candidate would live in the GTA, Ottawa or Kingston. However, for the right “A” Player, they can live anywhere in Ontario if they are willing to do some travel to Toronto and Ottawa. We are offering either in-office, hybrid or fully remote.
Outcomes/Deliverables:
- Work independently with your law clerk/paralegal to prosecute plaintiffs’ cases in a timely manner and to achieve a fair, reasonable and timely resolution.
- Meet with clients and build cases from inception/pre-litigation through to discovery, mediation, pre-trial and trial.
- Plan all cases each quarter forward to ensure that cases will be ready for resolution.
- Maintain a weekly target of fair and reasonable settlements in order to ensure clients are receiving excellent results and the firm is generating regular revenue.
- Must understand and appreciate the importance of advancing all cases forward on a weekly basis with a view to achieving fair settlements for all clients.
- Manage, delegate to and supervise a law clerk/paralegal.
- Collaborate with other associate lawyers and firm owners on case development and strategies.
- Be continually engaged in continuing legal education, reading case law, attending legal conferences and otherwise learning how to improve your litigation knowledge and skills.
Competencies:
- Only “A Players” who understand that in order to be a top litigator lawyer one must work hard and long hours, continually learn and go the extra mile at all times.
- Your actions must align with your words. Do what you say!
- Organization and Planning: Plan, organize and schedule future litigation events in order to ensure cases are moving toward resolution on a weekly/quarterly basis.
- Strategic Executor of all litigation skills including client. management, prepare for and attend discovery, mediation, pre-trial and trial.
- Enthusiastic and always brings high energy.
- Work ethic: Willing to work long hours to achieve excellent results.
- Superior soft skills and emotional intelligence enabling you to get the very best out of all those with whom you interact.
- Unquestionable honesty and integrity, decision making skills, and creativity. Earns a high level of trust.
- A competitive nature with an unrelenting will to win.
Culture and Compensation:
- We promote individuality and support diversification. We foster a work environment comprised of legal professionals with varied skills, lifestyles, and opinions. Diversity and inclusion are integral parts of our strategic plan for success. The Firm is committed to recruiting, retaining, and promoting professionals of diverse ethnicity, culture, race, gender, and minority orientation.
- We offer a collegial work environment with competitive salary, profit share and benefits, including health, dental, and vision insurance, unlimited vacation, life and long-term disability insurance, and a firm matching pension plan.
Apply in Strict Confidence:
Please email a brief outline explaining how you meet the above requirements with any supporting material, including resume and cover letter to the attention of Richard Auger at [email protected]
(Last Updated: March 28, 2023)
Articling Student Position
Auger Hollingsworth Accident & Injury Lawyers is looking to hire an articling student from a Canadian Law school to join our Ottawa and/or Toronto office. NCA Applicants who have received a Certificate and are eligible for articling are encouraged to apply.
Our founding lawyers are experienced and approved Articling Principals with the Law Society of Ontario and the candidate’s placement will comply with the Articling Program/Experiential Training requirements.
Our articling student program is part of our long-term recruitment system and has been extremely successful for both the firm and the students. Each year we aim to hire one summer student who returns as an articling student and hope that that student will return as an associate lawyer. Opportunity to start immediately or near future.
The Role:
Our firm’s articling positions are designed to provide in-depth experience in all aspects of a busy Ontario wide litigation law firm.
The articling student will learn how our litigation law firm delivers legal services across Ontario to individuals who have suffered an injury. The articling student will gain hands on, practical experience using all firm systems and technology. The articling student will be part of a litigation team working with all of our lawyers, paralegals and law clerks.
The articling student will perform a variety of litigation related tasks suitable for an articling including:
- Attend court including criminal remand court.
- Draft memorandums for mediations, pre-trials, various research topics, etc.
- Draft pleadings, motion materials.
- Assist lawyers in preparing for trials, mediations, discovery.
- Carriage of Small Claims matters and attend Small Claims Court.
- Attend discovery, mediations and pre-trial conferences with our lawyers.
- Represent clients at Examinations Under Oath.
- Regular communication with clients.
- Research and write about case law, legal issues and civil procedure.
- Liaise with firm lawyers and clients to gather and organize facts for file development.
- Work with experts under the direction of lawyers.
Your Strengths:
- COACHABLE! and therefore want to learn as much as you can about the practice of law.
- Exceptional time management and organizational skills.
- Ability to thrive in a fast-paced work environment.
- Team player and also able to work independently with minimal supervision.
- Enthusiastic and always brings high energy. Superior soft skills and emotional intelligence enabling you to get the very best out of all those with whom you interact.
- Unquestionable honesty and integrity, decision making skills, and creativity. Always earning a high level of trust. A competitive nature.
Culture and Compensation:
- Competitive salary. We promote individuality and support diversification.
- We foster a work environment comprised of legal professionals with varied skills, lifestyles, and opinions. Diversity and inclusion are integral parts of our strategic plan for success. The Firm is committed to recruiting, retaining, and promoting professionals of diverse ethnicity, culture, race, gender, and minority orientation.
COVID-19 Precautions:
- Remote interview process.
- Personal protective equipment provided or required.
- Social distancing guidelines in place.
- Virtual meetings.
- Sanitizing, disinfecting, or cleaning procedures in place.
- Remote, onsite or hybrid work arrangements to be discussed during the interview process.
How To Apply:
Please send the below list of documents to Richard Auger via email to [email protected]
- Cover letter detailing your interest in our firm and how you meet the above requirements.
- Detailed and updated resume.
- 1 Writing sample.
- University transcripts.
- References will be requested if granted an interview.
(Last Updated: March 28, 2023)
