Firms Hiring Students
Articling in Hamilton 2011-2012
The Hamilton Law Association was founded in 1879, and today includes over 875 members, including many from outside the Hamilton area. Our mission is to enable our members to become successful, respected and fulfilled in their profession. We accomplish this by offering a wide variety of services and benefits to our members.
Students articling in Hamilton are important members of our Association. They are welcomed and assisted in the use of our excellent research library, which is well-equipped for electronic research. The Association has an extensive calendar of continuing legal education programming, including seminars tailored to meet the needs of students and new lawyers. Our Bar enjoys a high standard of professionalism that encourages excellent legal work in a collegial environment. Hamilton is also a great place to live, work and play. It has an outstanding waterfront trail, many golf courses and a healthy downtown nightlife.
Articling Recruitment Procedures for 2011-2012
A printer friendly version of the 2011 - 2012 Firms Hiring Students Brochure is available here.
The complete and final version of Law Society of Upper Canada 2011 – 2012 Articling Recruitment Procedures can be found at http://rc.lsuc.on.ca/jsp/licensingprocesslawyer/articlingRecruit.jsp
| Name of Firm | Agro, Zaffiro LLP |
| Contact Person | Joseph Scutella
jscutella@agrozaffiro.com |
| Contact Information | tel: 905-527-6877
fax: 905-527-6169
1 James Street South
P.O. Box 2069, Station LCD1
Hamilton, Ontario
L8N 3G6 |
| Website | www.agrozaffiro.com |
| Number of Lawyers | 21 |
| Number of Articling Positions Available | 3 |
| Did you hire back your last Articling Student? | Yes |
| Do you have summer positions available? | Yes |
| Areas of Law | Full service firm. |
| Name of Firm | Camporese Sullivan Di Gregorio Associates - Lawyers |
| Contact Person | Christopher D. Deeley
cdeeley@csdlawyers.ca |
| Contact Information | tel: 905-522-7068
fax: 905-522-5734
1 King Street West, Suite 1700
Hamilton, Ontario
L8P 1A4 |
| Website | www.csdlawyers.ca |
| Number of Lawyers | 8 |
| Number of Articling Positions Available | 1 |
| Did you hire back your last Articling Student? | Yes |
| Do you have summer positions available? | No |
| Areas of Law | Civil litigation, insurance defence litigation, personal injury, plaintiff litigation. |
| Name of Firm | Crown Attorney's Office |
| Contact Person | Stanley Dudzic |
| Contact Information | tel: 905-645-5262
fax: 905-645-5261
Ministry of the Attorney General
45 Main Street East, Suite 441
Hamilton, Ontario
L8N 2B7 |
| Website | N/A |
| Number of Lawyers | 30 |
| Number of Articling Positions Available | 1 |
| Did you hire back your last Articling Student? | No |
| Do you have summer positions available? | Yes |
| Areas of Law | Criminal Prosecution. |
| Name of Firm | Dunlop & Associates |
| Contact Person | Debbie Kuehner
debbie.kuehner@dunloplaw.com |
| Contact Information | tel: 905-681-3311
fax: 905-681-3565
3556 Commerce Court
Burlington, Ontario
L7N 3L7 |
| Website | www.dunloplaw.com |
| Number of Lawyers | 3 |
| Number of Articling Positions Available | 1 |
| Did you hire back your last Articling Student? | Yes |
| Do you have summer positions available? | Not at this time. |
| Areas of Law | Civil litigation and Commercial Litigation |
| Name of Firm | Evans, Philp LLP |
| Contact Person | Cara L. Boddy
cboddy@evansphilp.com |
| Contact Information | tel: 905-525-1200
fax: 905-525-7897
1 King Street West, 16th Floor
Hamilton, Ontario
L8P 1A4 |
| Website | www.evansphilp.com |
| Number of Lawyers | 23 |
| Number of Articling Positions Available | 2 |
| Did you hire back your last Articling Student? | Yes |
| Do you have summer positions available? | Yes |
| Areas of Law | Corporate and Commercial, Labour and Employment and Civil Litigation are the 3 main practice areas of the Firm. See www.evansphilp.com for a full listing of all practice areas. |
| Name of Firm | Gowling Lafleur Henderson LLP |
| Contact Person | Debbie Leslie
debbie.leslie@gowlings.com |
| Contact Information | tel: 905-540-2483
fax: 905-523-2959
One Main Street West
Hamilton, Ontario
L8P 4Z5 |
| Website | www.gowlings.com |
| Number of Lawyers | 29 |
| Number of Articling Positions Available | 3 |
| Did you hire back your last Articling Student? | Yes |
| Do you have summer positions available? | Yes, but filled for the summer of 2010. |
| Areas of Law | Advocacy, corporate/commercial, intellectual property and mortgage enforcement/recovery services. |
| Name of Firm | Harvey Katz Professional Corp. |
| Contact Person | Paul S. Rosenblatt
paul@hjklaw.on.ca |
| Contact Information | tel: 905-523-1442
fax: 905-525-3817
14 Hess Street South
Hamilton, Ontario
L8N 3M9 |
| Website | http://www.hjklaw.on.ca/ |
| Number of Lawyers | 3 |
| Number of Articling Positions Available | 1 |
| Did you hire back your last Articling Student? | Yes |
| Do you have summer positions available? | No |
| Areas of Law |
Civil litigation with emphasis on personal injury law and real estate. |
| Name of Firm | Hughes Amys LP |
| Contact Person | Bruce A. Cook
bcook@hughesamys.com |
| Contact Information | tel: 905-577-4050 x 233
fax: 905-577-6301
25 Main Street West, Suite 2100
Hamilton, Ontario
L8P 1H1 |
| Website | www.hughesamys.com |
| Number of Lawyers | 8 in Hamilton office |
| Number of Articling Positions Available | 1 in Hamilton |
| Did you hire back your last Articling Student? | Yes |
| Do you have summer positions available? | No |
| Areas of Law | Insurance Litigation. |
| Name of Firm | Inch Hammond Professional Corporation |
| Contact Person | Brian D. Hurren
hurren@inchlaw.com |
| Contact Information | tel: 905-525-4481
fax: 905-525-0031
Commerce Place, 1 King Street West, Suite 1500
Hamilton, Ontario
L8P 4X8 |
| Website | N/A |
| Number of Lawyers | 10 |
| Number of Articling Positions Available | 1 |
| Did you hire back your last Articling Student? | Yes |
| Do you have summer positions available? | No |
| Areas of Law | Business Law. |
| Name of Firm | Lazier Hickey LLP |
| Contact Person | Liane Ormond
ormondLL@lazierhickey.com |
| Contact Information | tel: 905-525-3652
fax: 905-525-6278
25 Main Street West, 15th floor
Hamilton, Ontario
L8P 1H1 |
| Website | www.lazierhickey.com |
| Number of Lawyers | 11 |
| Number of Articling Positions Available | 1 |
| Did you hire back your last Articling Student? | Yes |
| Do you have summer positions available? | No |
| Areas of Law | Full service - no criminal. |
| Name of Firm | Mackesy Smye LLP |
| Contact Person | Neil Jones
jones@mackesysmye.com |
| Contact Information | tel: 905-525-2341
fax: 905-525-6300
117 Hughson Street South,
Hamilton, Ontario
L8N1G7 |
| Website | www.mackesysmye.com |
| Number of Lawyers | 10 |
| Number of Articling Positions Available | 1 |
| Did you hire back your last Articling Student? | Yes |
| Do you have summer positions available? | Yes |
| Areas of Law | Civil litigation, with an emphasis on personal injury law, real estate law and wills/estates law. |
| Name of Firm | The Morris Law Group |
| Contact Person | William Morris, Q.C.
Designate e-mail contact: Catherine Edwards
cedwards@morrislawyers.com |
| Contact Information | tel: 905-526-8080
fax: 905-521-1927
125 Main Street East
Hamilton, Ontario
L8N 3Z3 |
| Website | www.morrislawyers.com |
| Number of Lawyers | 5 |
| Number of Articling Positions Available | 1 |
| Did you hire back your last Articling Student? | Yes |
| Do you have summer positions available? | No |
| Areas of Law | Exclusively plaintiff personal injury |
| Name of Firm | Pavoni Patton DiVincenzo |
| Contact Person | Terry J. Tustin
ttustin@ppdlawyers.com |
| Contact Information | tel: 905-529-1939
fax: 905-527-3497
4 Hughson Street South, 7th Floor
Hamilton, Ontario
L8N 3Z1 |
| Website | N/A |
| Number of Lawyers | 8 |
| Number of Articling Positions Available | 2 or 3 |
| Did you hire back your last Articling Student? | Yes |
| Do you have summer positions available? | Yes |
| Areas of Law | Civil litigation with an emphasis on insurance defence. |
| Name of Firm | Pelech, Otto & Powell |
| Contact Person | Robert A. Otto
b.otto@poplaw.ca |
| Contact Information | tel: 905-522-4696
fax: 905-528-6608
149 Main St. East, Suite 200
Hamilton, Ontario
L8N 1G4 |
| Website | N/A |
| Number of Lawyers | 2 |
| Number of Articling Positions Available | 1 |
| Did you hire back your last Articling Student? | Possible |
| Do you have summer positions available? | Yes, depending on circumstances. |
| Areas of Law | Real estate, civil litigation, wills/estates, immigration and corporate commercial. |
| Name of Firm | Ross & McBride LLP |
| Contact Person | Francesca Rollo
frollo@rossmcbride.com
|
| Contact Information | tel: 905-572-5839
fax: 905-526-0732
1 King Street West, 10th Floor
P.O. Box 907
Hamilton, Ontario
L8N 3P6 |
| Website | www.rossmcbride.com |
| Number of Lawyers | 38 |
| Number of Articling Positions Available | 2 - 3 |
| Did you hire back your last Articling Student? | Yes |
| Do you have summer positions available? | No |
| Areas of Law | Full service law firm. |
| Name of Firm | Scarfone Hawkins LLP |
| Contact Person | Danielle Iampietro
iampietro@shlaw.ca |
| Contact Information | tel: 905-523-1333
fax: 905-523-5878
1 James Street South, 14th Floor
P.O. Box 926, Depot 1
Hamilton, Ontario
L8N 3P9 |
| Website | www.scarfonehawkinsllp.com |
| Number of Lawyers | 15 |
| Number of Articling Positions Available | 2 |
| Did you hire back your last Articling Student? | Yes |
| Do you have summer positions available? | Yes |
| Areas of Law | Corporate, Commercial, Real Estate, Land Development, Intellectual Property and Technology, Secured Financing and Banking, Insolvency and Restructuring, Personal Injury, Medical Malpractice, Accident Benefits, Class Actions, Litigation, Immigration, Labour and Employment, Health, Environmental, Wills and Estates. |
| Name of Firm | Simpson Wigle LLP |
| Contact Person | Ron Danks
danksr@simpsonwigle.com |
| Contact Information | tel: 905-528-8411
fax: 905-528-9008
1 Hunter Street East, Suite 200
P.O. Box 990
Hamilton, Ontario
L8N 3R1 |
| Website | www.simpsonwigle.com |
| Number of Lawyers | 28 |
| Number of Articling Positions Available | 2 |
| Did you hire back your last Articling Student? | Yes - one |
| Do you have summer positions available? | No |
| Areas of Law | Corporate, commercial, financing, real estate, wills/estates, immigration, labour, civil and commercial litigation, bankruptcy and insolvency, tax, construction, land development, condominium, environmental, technology. |
| Name of Firm | Sullivan Festeryga LLP |
| Contact Person | Joseph Fitzpatrick
jfitzpatrick@sullivanfesteryga.com |
| Contact Information | tel: 905-528-7963
fax: 905-577-0077
1 James Street South, 11th Floor
Hamilton, Ontario
L8P 4R5 |
| Website | www.sullivanfesteryga.com |
| Number of Lawyers | 17 |
| Number of Articling Positions Available | 2 |
| Did you hire back your last Articling Student? | Yes |
| Do you have summer positions available? | No |
| Areas of Law | General practice with an emphasis on insurance defence litigation. |