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About the Role
Manage a diverse caseload of insurance-related litigation matters from inception through resolution, including attending legal proceedings, developing strategies, providing legal opinions, and negotiating settlements. Serve as a trusted legal advisor to Definity’s Claims team.
Responsibilities
- Independently manage tort litigation files, including trials, appeals, contested motions, cross-examinations, examinations for discovery, and mediations.
- Prepare court documents, review and analyze evidence, and interview witnesses.
- Conduct out-of-court examinations/questionings and act in mediations or other ADR.
- Engage and instruct medical, financial, and technical experts, surveillance, and other third parties.
- Provide client reporting and legal opinions, and devise recommended strategies.
- Negotiate settlements and draft settlement documents.
- Work with and delegate to support staff.
- Collaborate with senior counsel on complex cases, trials, and hearings.
- Handle bodily injury, property damage, construction, and subrogated claims.
- Advise Definity’s Claims department on litigation strategy and claims litigation.
- Contribute to Definity's Claims Litigation Unit and Claims department via presentations, initiatives, and special projects.
Requirements
- 2-5 years of post-call experience in civil litigation, with a preference for insurance litigation.
- Experience handling a caseload of files with primary carriage.
- Coordinating work on own files and senior lawyers’ files.
- High degree of personal ethics, integrity, and responsibility.
- Ability to deal with sensitive issues and safeguard confidential information.
- Assertiveness, reasonableness, and forthrightness in practice.
- Sound judgment, with the ability to critically analyze situations, problem-solve, and deal with ambiguity.
- Ability to provide meaningful advice and recommendations.
- Comfortable with Word, Excel, Powerpoint, Caselines, and practice management systems.
- Law Degree from an accredited law school (LLB or Juris Doctor).
- Licensed by the Law Society of Ontario to practice law as a lawyer in Ontario.
- Requires clearance of a background check and disciplinary action check.
Skills
- Strong advocacy skills
- Strong negotiation skills
- Excellent written communication skills
- Excellent verbal communication skills
- Confident and effective communication skills with Claims adjusters, insured clients, arbitrators, and case managers
- Team player, ability to work collaboratively
- Adaptable to a changing environment
- Ability to perform under pressure, meet deadlines, and handle conflicting priorities
Location
- Toronto
- Oakville
- Southwestern Ontario
- Ottawa
Work Type
- Hybrid work schedule
Experience Level
- 2-5 years of civil litigation experience
Education Level
- Law Degree (LLB or Juris Doctor)
- Licensed by the Law Society of Ontario
Salary/Compensations
- $108,700 - $158,700
Benefits
- Hybrid work schedule
- Company share ownership program
- Incentive Program
- Pension and savings programs
- Company-matched RRSP contributions
- Paid volunteer days
- Company matching on charitable donations
- Educational resources
- Tuition assistance
- Paid time off to study for exams
- Focus on inclusion with employee groups
- Support for gender affirmation surgery
- Access to BIPOC counsellors
- Access to programs for working parents
- Wellness and recognition programs
- Discounts on products and services
About the Company
- Definity is the parent company to some of Canada’s most long-standing and innovative insurance brands, including Economical Insurance, Sonnet Insurance, Family Insurance Solutions, and Petline Insurance.
- Ambition is to be one of Canada’s leading and most innovative property and casualty insurers.
- Embraces and encourages a culture that’s collaborative, ambitious, rewarding, and empowering.
- Offers a flexible, hybrid work experience where employees work from the office and virtually.
- Named by Great Place to Work® as one of the Best Workplaces™ in Canada for women, for youth, and for inclusion.
Equal Opportunity
- Our inclusive work environment welcomes diversity and supports accessibility. If you require accommodation at any time during the recruitment process, please let us know by contacting accessibility@economical.com.
- As part of Definity’s commitment to reconciliation, we acknowledge that our work, meetings, and travel take place on the lands now known as Canada, and recognize the enduring presence, wisdom, and stewardship of the First Nations, Métis, and Inuit peoples who have long cared for these lands.