ASSOCIATE LAWYER - PERSONAL INJURY LITIGATION (Remote/Hybrid with potential to earn $250,000++) Auger Hollingsworth is an accident and injury law firm with offices in Ottawa and Toronto. We are determined to become Ontario’s largest personal injury law firm and we’re entering a pivotal stage of growth. This full-time experienced Personal Injury Litigation Lawyer role will be a blend of remote work from anywhere in Ontario.

There will also be travel to skilled leadership and litigation conferences because we want this professional to learn and grow with the Firm. You will thrive in this role if you are a high-performance advocate who wants to be directly instrumental in securing life-changing results for injured people while working within a modern, data-driven legal growing law firm.

The Role This Litigation

Lawyer is a file-execution engine. This is the person who drives cases from the issuance of the Statement of Claim through to a successful resolution at mediation or trial. This is a role for an experienced advocate who thrives in the courtroom and at the mediation table, bringing clarity to complex medical-legal issues and building strong evidence-based cases for clients.

The Litigation

Lawyer must be comfortable utilizing technology to manage the practice, adhering to standardized firm-wide workflows, and meeting rigorous performance benchmarks.

Your Support System

You will work in close partnership with a dedicated team of Paralegals, Law Clerks and Legal Assistants who handle the heavy lifting of assisting you build cases while you focus on strategy and settlement negotiations. You will not be practicing alone or in a vacuum—you will have mentorship, collaboration, clear standards and a leadership team dedicated to removing administrative obstacles from your desk so you can focus on lawyering. Master our Case Management System (CMS) and internal litigation protocols.

Review current litigation priorities with your team.

Relationship Building: Active Advocacy:



Take the lead on examinations for discovery, motions and mediations for your case portfolio. Conduct comprehensive reviews of all files to assess any needed case building and strategic planning.

Pipeline Velocity: Identify, plan and execute on moving your files to the next procedural stage. Begin reporting weekly litigation metrics (mediations held, files resolved, cycle time etc.). Build and manage relationships with top-tier medical and vocational experts.

Process Improvement: Contribute to the firm’s "Standard Operating Procedures" for litigation to improve firm-wide file velocity.

Mentorship: Assist in the professional development of junior associates, clerks and articling students.

Advanced Advocacy: Expert knowledge of the Ontario Rules of Civil Procedure and the Insurance Act. Ability to leverage CMS, AI tools, and digital trial binders to maximize efficiency. Relationship building with Firm colleagues, defence bar colleagues and members of the Court At least 3-5+ years of dedicated Plaintiff Personal Injury litigation experience.

Empathetic but Objective: You care for the client but remain grounded in the legal and medical realities of the file. Excited by the prospect of helping a firm grow from high-potential to high-performing. Preferring to "dabble" in different areas of law rather than mastering Plaintiff Personal Injury. Hesitating to push files forward or avoiding the conflict inherent in litigation. Expecting a traditional, slow-moving "Old Law" environment—we move rapid and iterate often.

Why This Role Matters The firm can only reach its goal of being #1 in Ontario if our litigation department is a high-velocity, high-value machine.

The Litigation Lawyer enables that shift by: Setting the standard for advocacy excellence in the province. Enjoy the balance of remote, hybrid or in-office work environment.

Unlimited

Vacation policy. Full health, dental benefits and disability insurance. Competitive compensation in the $250k++ range comprised of a generous base salary and incentive bonuses paid quarterly for hitting settlement and growth targets.

📌 Associate Lawyer - Plaintiff Personal Injury (Ottawa)
🏢 Auger Hollingsworth Professional Corporation (Ottawa and Toronto)
📍 Ottawa