Firms Hiring Students
Articling in Hamilton 2013-2014
The Hamilton Law Association was founded in 1879, and today includes over 900 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 2013-2014.
The complete and final version of Law Society of Upper Canada 2013-2014 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 Ext. 518
fax: 905-527-6843
1 James Street South
Hamilton, Ontario
L8P 4R5 |
| Website | www.agrozaffiro.com |
| Number of Lawyers | 24 |
| Number of Articling Positions Available | 3 |
| Did you hire back your last Articling Student? | Yes |
| Do you have summer positions available? | 2 |
| Areas of Law | Full service firm. |
| Name of Firm | Ballagh & Edward LLP |
| Contact Person | Michele Ballagh, Managing Partner
info@ballaghedward.ca |
| Contact Information | tel: 905-572-9300
fax: 905-572-9301
McMaster Innovation Park
175 Longwood Road South, Suite 102
Hamilton, Ontario
L8P 0A1 |
| Website | www.ballaghedward.ca |
| Number of Lawyers | 2 |
| Number of Articling Positions Available | 1 |
| Did you hire back your last Articling Student? | N/A |
| Do you have summer positions available? | No |
| Areas of Law | Intellectual property law, including litigation. |
| Name of Firm | Cambridge LLP |
| Contact Person | Raong Phalavong
rphalavong@cambridgellp.com |
| Contact Information | tel: 289-635-7007
fax: 905-639-4700
855 Brant Street
Burlington, Ontario
L7R 2J6 |
| Website | www.cambridgellp.com |
| Number of Lawyers | 8 |
| Number of Articling Positions Available | 1-2 |
| Did you hire back your last Articling Student? | Yes, new firm as of 2010. Traditionally the firm has hired from the team's articling students. |
| Do you have summer positions available? | 1 |
| Areas of Law | Commerical Litigation, Cross-Border & International Litigation & Dispute Resolution, Wills, Trusts & Estates (Full Service law firm except for Family, Criminal and Personal Injury. |
| 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 | 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 | 2-3 |
| Did you hire back your last Articling Student? | Yes (1 of 2) |
| Do you have summer positions available? | Yes |
| Areas of Law | Insurance defence, management labour and employment law, business and property law, education law and health law. |
| Name of Firm | Gowling Lafleur Henderson LLP |
| Contact Person | Debbie Leslie
debbie.leslie@gowlings.com |
| Contact Information | tel: 905-540-2483
fax: 905-528-5833
One Main Street West
Hamilton, Ontario
L8P 4Z5 |
| Website | www.gowlings.com |
| Number of Lawyers | 30 |
| Number of Articling Positions Available | 3 (2 of 3) (3 offers made) |
| Did you hire back your last Articling Student? | Yes, but filled for the summer of 2012 |
| Do you have summer positions available? | Yes, but filled for the summer of 2011. Summer positions are only offered to students that have completed their second year of law school. |
| Areas of Law | Advocacy, Corporate/Commercial, Intellectual Property and Mortgage Enforcement/Recovery Services. |
| Name of Firm | Harvey Katz Professional Corporation |
| Contact Person | Paul S. Rosenblatt
paul@harveykatzlaw.ca |
| Contact Information | tel: 905-523-1442
fax: 905-525-3817
14 Hess Street South
Hamilton, Ontario
L8N 3M9 |
| Website | http://www.harveykatzlaw.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 | 11 in Hamilton office |
| 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 | Insurance Defence - Civil 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, One King Street West, Suite 1500
Hamilton, Ontario
L8P 4X8 |
| Website | www.inchlaw.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? | No |
| Areas of Law | Business Law. |
| Name of Firm | Mackesy Smye LLP |
| Contact Person | Gregory P. McKenna
mckenna@mackesysmye.com |
| Contact Information | tel: 905-525-2341
fax: 905-525-6300
2 Haymarket Street
Hamilton, Ontario
L8N 1G7 |
| Website | www.mackesysmye.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? | Yes |
| Areas of Law | Civil litigation, with an emphasis on personal injury law, real estate law and wills/estates law. |
| Name of Firm | Milligan Gresko Brown Vitulli Limberis LLP |
| Contact Person | John Vitulli Jr.
jvitulli@mgbvl.com ; dmacdonald@mgbvl.com |
| Contact Information | tel: 905-522-8834
fax: 905-528-6543
1060 - 120 King Street West
Hamilton, Ontario
L8P 4V2 |
| Website | www.mgbvl.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 | Commercial litigation, Corporate/Commercial, Real Estate, Tax, Estates. |
| Name of Firm | The Morris Law Group |
| Contact Person | 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 | 7 |
| Number of Articling Positions Available | 1-2 |
| 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 LLP |
| 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 | 9 |
| Number of Articling Positions Available | 2 - 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 | Anthony J.B. Powell
tony.powell@poplaw.ca |
| Contact Information | tel: 905-522-4696
fax: 905-528-6608
12 Walnut Street South, Suite 100
Hamilton, Ontario
L8N 2K7 |
| Website | N/A |
| Number of Lawyers | 3 |
| 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, Family, 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
Hamilton, Ontario
L8P 1A4 |
| Website | www.rossmcbride.com |
| Number of Lawyers | 37 |
| Number of Articling Positions Available | 2-4 |
| Did you hire back your last Articling Student? | Yes |
| Do you have summer positions available? | Not presently |
| Areas of Law | Full service law firm. |
| Name of Firm | Scarfone Hawkins LLP |
| Contact Person | Colleen Yamashita
cyamashita@shlaw.ca |
| Contact Information | tel: 905-523-1333 ext. 268
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 | 19 |
| 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 | SimpsonWigle LAW LLP |
| Contact Person | Luana Williams
williamsl@simpsonwigle.com |
| Contact Information | tel: 905-528-8411 Ext.364
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 |
| What percentage of your students do you typically hire back? | 50% |
| 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 | Startek, Peglar & Calcagni |
| Contact Person | Frank A. Calcagni
lorida.galante@spclaw.ca |
| Contact Information | tel: 905-662-7101
fax: 905-662-7727
975 Queenston Road
Hamilton, Ontario
L8G 1B8 |
| Website | N/A |
| Number of Lawyers | 4 |
| Number of Articling Positions Available | 1 |
| Did you hire back your last Articling Student? | N/A |
| Do you have summer positions available? | Yes |
| Areas of Law | General service firm. |
| Name of Firm | Sullivan Festeryga LLP |
| Contact Person | Joseph F. Fitzpatrick
jfitzpatrick@sfllp.ca |
| Contact Information | tel: 905-528-7963
fax: 905-577-0077
One James Street South, 11th Floor
Hamilton, Ontario
L8P 4R5 |
| Website | www.sfllp.ca |
| Number of Lawyers | 20 |
| 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. |