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- Managed a team of lawyers and support staff in the insurance operations and compliance division of the legal department.- Provided advice on legal and regulatory issues relating to contracts, enterprise risk, compliance issues, operational issues, and company projects and initiatives. - Reviewed and provided advice to the marketing department on marketing materials, campaigns, contests, website pages, telemarketing rules and anti-spam legislation. - Prepared, reviewed and provided advice to the underwriting department on policy wordings.- Drafted privacy policy updates and scripting, advised on privacy complaints and general privacy law issues.- Reviewed and advised on reinsurance contracts.- Acted as legal advisor on a compliance audit by a regulator.- Acted as a company representative on the privacy committee of the Insurance Bureau of Canada.- Conducted legal research and drafted legal opinions.

Provided legal advice to operational units including: drafting, reviewing and advising on contracts and other documents for business units and the procurement department; reviewing and providing advice to the marketing department on marketing materials and campaigns, contests, website pages, telemarketing rules and anti-spam legislation; assisting and advising business units on legal issues and regulatory investigations; preparing, reviewing and providing advice to the underwriting department on policy wordings, endorsements, policy manuals and insurance filings with regulators; preparing and assisting the underwriting and government relations departments with submissions to regulators, industry associations and government committees on legislative and regulatory issues; assisting and advising the compliance department on compliance issues, risk management issues and the development of compliance policies; providing legal advice on company projects and national initiatives; reviewing OSFI guidelines and advising on corporate governance issues; advising on privacy issues, handling privacy complaints and drafting a privacy guideline; acting as a company representative at meetings with the Insurance Bureau of Canada and the Canadian Council of Insurance Regulators; conducting educational seminars on legal and regulatory issues; conducting legal research, drafting legal opinions and advising on developments in the law.

Handled all aspects of civil litigation and insurance defence matters including: preparation of pleadings; conduct of examinations for discovery, mediations, settlement meetings and pre-trial conferences; conducted court appearances; assessed and prepared legal opinions to insurers regarding coverage issues.

Litigation position that involved: Drafting pleadings, conducting assessment of cases, conducting examinations for discovery, preparation of reporting letters to clients, court appearances, conducting legal research, drafting opinion letters and preparing memoranda of law.

Handled all aspects of civil litigation matters including: preparation of pleadings in civil actions and arbitrations; conduct of examinations for discovery, mediations, settlement and pre-trial conferences, case conferences and judicial mediations; conducted court appearances including motions, applications, trials, arbitrations and appeals; assessed and prepared legal opinions to insurers regarding coverage issues; conducted legal research and drafted memoranda of law.

Involved in civil litigation matters including: preparing documents under the Ontario Rules of Civil Procedure; conducting case conferences and client interviews; appeared in court at motions and trial scheduling court; conducted legal research.

Involved in civil litigation and criminal matters including: drafting pleadings including motion records, mediation briefs, pre-trial memoranda, facta, a factum for the Court of Appeal for Ontario and a Response to an Application for Leave to Appeal to the Supreme Court of Canada; conducted examinations for discovery; conducted motions; appeared at criminal matters.

Conducted research and prepared legal memoranda on criminal procedure, evidentiary issues and securities law.

Bachelor Of Laws - Llb, Law

Certificate In French

Master Of Arts - Ma, History

Bachelor Of Arts - Ba, History