A FEW EXAMPLES OF THE HUNDREDS OF PROJECTS COMPLETED BY OUR FLEX LAWYERS:
- LEGAL RESEARCH & DRAFTING:
- Flex Lawyers have supported several firms during a surge in workload and have:
- stepped in for a litigator when her associate was on vacation to assist with finalizing a statement of claim;
- drafted statements of claim, defences, affidavits and factums in several areas of law (e.g. an action for an improvident sale, a product liability claim, a shareholder dispute, summary judgement motion, mortgage enforcement, etc.)
- researched and drafted memoranda (in all areas - family, construction, estates, environmental contamination, health law, cross-border disputes etc.)
- Flex Lawyers have supported several firms during a surge in workload and have:
- LITIGATION SUPPORT:
- Enabled a client to meet a tight deadline by reviewing and compiling an affidavit of documents for a large litigation file
- Reviewed and provided summary of crown disclosure on a criminal file
- Acted as an "on-call" research lawyer during a two week long civil trial
- EXAMPLES OF COURT APPEARANCES:
- Filled a gap for a small business law firm that needed a litigator to argue a motion (for a declaration regarding the ownership of a parking spot in a condominium building)
- Provided back-up help for a sole practitioner for an appeal
- Argued a motion for substituted service for a lawyer that was double-booked for court
- Successfully argued a motion for an adjournment
- CORPORATE CONTRACT DRAFTING & REVIEW:
- Assisted in-house counsel by drafting terms & conditions and a privacy policy for a corporation’s website
- Drafted several contracts for a large corporation when its in-house legal department was short-staffed
- Assisted a law firm with incorporating a company in another province
- Reviewed and revised a shareholders agreement
- LEGAL OPINIONS:
- Drafted an opinion for a lawyer on the interpretation of a forum selection clause
- Conducted a file review and provided an opinion on a complicated family trust matter
- LEGAL CONTENT MARKETING:
- Flex Lawyers also look after the necessary (but tedious) non-billable aspects of a legal practice, including researching & drafting conference papers; ghostwriting or editing firms’ blog posts or client newsletters; writing and revising a firms’ website content for each practice area; lawyer's bios, etc.
