Associate Lawyer - Plaintiff Personal Injury (Remote and $250k++)

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 professional 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. You will ensure that every file in your portfolio moves with velocity while at the same time achieving the ultimate goal of top compensation for clients.

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.

You are both a fierce litigator and a disciplined operator.

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.

What You’ll Do

First Month

• Case Portfolio Deep Dive: Audit your assigned files to understand current status, upcoming deadlines, and evaluation opportunities.
• System Integration: Master our Case Management System (CMS) and internal litigation protocols.
• Strategy Alignment: Review current litigation priorities with your team.
• Relationship Building: Establish a rhythm with your dedicated Paralegal and support team.

First 90 Days

• Active Advocacy: Take the lead on examinations for discovery, motions and mediations for your case portfolio.
• Case Valuation: 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.
• Scorecard Ownership: Begin reporting weekly litigation metrics (mediations held, files resolved, cycle time etc.).

First 6-12 Months

• Resolution Engine: Achieve targeted settlement volumes and average case values.
• Expert Management: Build and manage relationships with top-tier medical and vocational experts.
• Trial Prep: Move files post-mediation toward Pre-Trial and Trial with 100% readiness.
• Process Improvement: Contribute to the firm’s "Standard Operating Procedures" for litigation to improve firm-wide file velocity.

First Year and Beyond

• Market Leadership: Handle the firm’s most complex and high-value catastrophic files.
• Mentorship: Assist in the professional development of junior associates, clerks and articling students.
• Legacy Impact: Consistently deliver "A-Player" results that cement the firm's reputation as the leader in Ontario PI.

What Will Set You Up for Success (S.E.T.)

Skills

• Advanced Advocacy: Superior negotiation, discovery, and courtroom skills.
• Procedural Mastery: Expert knowledge of the Ontario Rules of Civil Procedure and the Insurance Act.
• Strategic Valuation: Ability to accurately assess "Quantum of Damages" and "Liability" early in the file lifecycle.
• Technological Proficiency: 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

Experiences

• At least 3-5+ years of dedicated Plaintiff Personal Injury litigation experience. PLEASE DO NOT APPLY IF YOU DO NOT HAVE THIS.
• Proven track record of resolving files through to mediation and/or trial.
• Experience managing a significant volume of files (75-100) with high attention to detail.
• Relentlessly Solution-Oriented: You see a defence refusal as a challenge to be solved, not a dead end.
• High Accountability: You own your numbers, your deadlines and your team.
• Empathetic but Objective: You care for the client but remain grounded in the legal and medical realities of the file.
• Builder Mindset: Excited by the prospect of helping a firm grow from high-potential to high-performing.

What Won’t Set You Up for Success

• Preferring to "dabble" in different areas of law rather than mastering Plaintiff Personal Injury.
• Not proactive by nature.
• Hesitating to push files forward or avoiding the conflict inherent in litigation.
• Discomfort with transparency, metrics, and weekly accountability.
• Expecting a traditional, slow-moving "Old Law" environment—we move fast and iterate often.
• We don’t wait for defence offers, discovery or mediation, we actively prosecute

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:

• Maximizing the financial recovery for our clients.
• Reducing the time it takes for an injured person to get their life back on track.
• 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.

All applications will be held in strict confidence.