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Litigation Associate
- Toronto, ON, Canada
Full-time
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- Job type
- Full-time
- Closing date
- Experience
- 4 – 5 years of post-call litigation experience in a private practice environment.
- Posting language
- English
- Posted
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About Cassels
Cassels Brock & Blackwell LLP is a leading national law firm serving the transaction, advocacy, and advisory needs of clients across Canada’s most dynamic industries. From offices in Toronto, Vancouver, and Calgary, our litigators act on complex commercial disputes for multinational, national, and mid-market clients. We combine rigorous advocacy with practical judgment, inventive strategy, and an unwavering focus on achieving efficient, business-minded outcomes.
Our Culture
At Cassels, our mission is to attract, retain and promote individuals of exceptional ability and talent from as broad a range of backgrounds as possible. We offer meaningful career opportunities, invest in professional growth, and foster an inclusive environment. Our Firm’s success is built on the unique skills, perspectives, experiences and values of each individual. We encourage a corporate culture that respects and celebrates the dignity, value and diversity of all.
Role Overview
Our Litigation and Dispute Resolution Group is seeking a talented and highly motivated mid-level associate to join our national litigation practice. The successful candidate will work alongside experienced litigators on a broad range of complex corporate, commercial, and securities litigation disputes. This is an opportunity to take meaningful ownership of files, develop your advocacy skills, build trusted client relationships, and contribute at every stage of litigation. We are looking for a collaborative, curious, and commercially minded lawyer who is ready to grow within a supportive, high-performing team.
The Successful Candidate Will Be Responsible For
What We Offer
Cassels Brock & Blackwell LLP is a leading national law firm serving the transaction, advocacy, and advisory needs of clients across Canada’s most dynamic industries. From offices in Toronto, Vancouver, and Calgary, our litigators act on complex commercial disputes for multinational, national, and mid-market clients. We combine rigorous advocacy with practical judgment, inventive strategy, and an unwavering focus on achieving efficient, business-minded outcomes.
Our Culture
At Cassels, our mission is to attract, retain and promote individuals of exceptional ability and talent from as broad a range of backgrounds as possible. We offer meaningful career opportunities, invest in professional growth, and foster an inclusive environment. Our Firm’s success is built on the unique skills, perspectives, experiences and values of each individual. We encourage a corporate culture that respects and celebrates the dignity, value and diversity of all.
Role Overview
Our Litigation and Dispute Resolution Group is seeking a talented and highly motivated mid-level associate to join our national litigation practice. The successful candidate will work alongside experienced litigators on a broad range of complex corporate, commercial, and securities litigation disputes. This is an opportunity to take meaningful ownership of files, develop your advocacy skills, build trusted client relationships, and contribute at every stage of litigation. We are looking for a collaborative, curious, and commercially minded lawyer who is ready to grow within a supportive, high-performing team.
The Successful Candidate Will Be Responsible For
- Managing litigation and dispute resolution matters of moderate complexity, with increasing independence and appropriate supervision.
- Assuming carriage of discrete files and lead day-to-day management of assigned matters.
- Conducting and supervising legal research and develop practical legal advice and litigation strategies that reflect each client’s objectives.
- Drafting pleadings, affidavits, factums, opinions, correspondence, and other litigation materials.
- Preparing for and participating in discoveries, cross-examinations, mediations, motions, arbitrations, trials, and appeals.
- Analyzing evidence, assess legal and commercial risk, and identify opportunities for efficient dispute resolution.
- Communicating directly with clients, opposing counsel, experts, witnesses, and courts and tribunals.
- Managing deadlines, budgets, reporting obligations, and files in accordance with firm policies and professional obligations.
- Using legal technology, document management systems, and litigation support tools to deliver efficient, high-quality legal services.
- Collaborating with partners, associates, students, law clerks, and other professionals and staff.
- Delegating effectively and provide guidance, coaching, and feedback to junior team members.
- Contributing to knowledge sharing, professional development, recruitment initiatives, and firm committees.
- Participating in client development, networking, marketing, thought leadership, and business development activities.
- J.D. and a member in good standing with the Law Society of Ontario.
- 4 – 5 years of post-call litigation experience in a private practice environment.
- Strong understanding of Ontario court procedures, advocacy principles, and dispute resolution processes.
- Excellent legal writing, research, and analytical skills, with careful attention to detail.
- Strong organizational and practice management skills, with the ability to manage multiple files and competing deadlines in a fast-paced environment.
- Confident oral advocacy, sound judgment, and a practical approach to problem-solving.
- Exceptional interpersonal skills, with a client-service mindset, and a genuine commitment to collaboration.
- Experience supervising, mentoring, and delegating work to junior lawyers, students, and legal support personnel.
- Comfort using legal research platforms, document management systems, and other legal technology tools.
What We Offer
- Competitive compensation + Extended Health & Dental Care.
- Education/tuition allowance.
- Fitness Reimbursement Program.
- Diversity and Inclusion Centric Culture
- A Culture of Wellness: Cassels recognizes the importance of wellness and provides a comprehensive program that addresses the mental and physical well-being of our employees by providing resources, services, training and support on an ongoing basis.
- A fully stocked kitchen with healthy snacks, plus coffee, tea, and drinks throughout the year.
- A business casual dress code (client/day specific).
- Employee referral bonus.
- A hybrid work environment.
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Responsibilities
Manage litigation matters and assigned files, develop legal advice and strategies, draft court and client documents, and participate in proceedings including discoveries, mediations, motions, trials, and appeals. Communicate with clients and other stakeholders, manage deadlines and budgets, guide junior team members, and contribute to business development and firm initiatives.
Requirements
Requires a J.D., good standing with the Law Society of Ontario, and 4–5 years of post-call litigation experience in private practice. Candidates should have strong Ontario litigation knowledge, writing, research, advocacy, organizational, and interpersonal skills, as well as experience mentoring and delegating to junior team members.
Skills
- Litigation Management
- Legal Research
- Legal Writing
- Legal Analysis
- Oral Advocacy
- Dispute Resolution
- Commercial Litigation
- Securities Litigation
- Risk Assessment
- Practice Management
- Deadline Management
- Team Collaboration
- Mentoring and Supervision
- Delegation
- Legal Technology
Benefits
- Extended Health and Dental Care
- Education and Tuition Allowance
- Fitness Reimbursement Program
- Wellness Program
- Healthy Snacks and Beverages
- Employee Referral Bonus
- Hybrid Work Environment
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Categories
- Legal
- Management & Leadership
Keywords
- Litigation
- Dispute Resolution
- Commercial Litigation
- Corporate Litigation
- Securities Litigation
- Ontario Court Procedures
- Legal Research
- Legal Writing
- Pleadings
- Affidavits
- Factums
- Legal Opinions
- Discoveries
- Cross-Examinations
- Mediations
- Motions
- Arbitrations
- Trials
- Appeals
- Client Relationships
- Risk Assessment
- Litigation Strategy
- File Management
- Budget Management
- Document Management Systems
- Legal Technology
- Mentoring
- Delegation
- Business Development