Summary
Overview
Work History
Education
Skills
Awards And Publications
Professional Development
Languages
Bar Admission
Timeline
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VASVI SHAH

Guelph,Canada

Summary

Experienced and Dual Licensed legal professional with a successful history of offering comprehensive legal guidance and representation across various legal issues. Adept in drafting precise legal documents, negotiating favorable settlements, and fostering strong client relationships. Demonstrated proficiency in conducting thorough legal research and effectively communicating with clients.

Overview

7
7
years of professional experience

Work History

Security Personnel

Identigate Security
05.2023 - 02.2024
  • Showed exceptional customer service, and provided friendly, professional assistance to employees, visitors, and customers
  • Patrolled the building area and curbed parking violations
  • Coordinated with building management and emergency services to address safety concerns

Student-at-Law (Co-op)

Ayaz Mehdi P.C
01.2022 - 04.2023
  • Drafted routine correspondence on behalf of the principal lawyer
  • Enhanced legal research by utilizing various databases like CanLii, Lexis Nexis and Westlaw
  • Attended client meetings, took down notes and prepared forms, letters and court documents ensuring accuracy and clarity
  • Managed lawyer's calendar and entered expenses in accounting software Clio
  • Scheduled court attendances, attended court hearings at the superior court and other forums for issues pertaining to family law, criminal law, wills and estates, and other miscellaneous laws and made submissions before judges
  • Maintained daily contact and followed up with clients in a professional manner
  • Answered a wide variety of telephone calls and streamlined client intake
  • Downloaded and Organized disclosures, uploaded documentation on Caselines

Advocate

Advocate High Court of Delhi
10.2021 - 07.2022
  • Conducted Research on client cases and various propositions of laws, appeared and represented numerous clients before the Hon'ble High court of Delhi and other legal forums
  • Drafted and registered wills
  • Drafted and proofread pleadings, legal notices and other legal documents


Associate

Advocate Neeraj Grover
05.2019 - 09.2021
  • Identified legal issues, drafted plaints, replies, written statements, replications, interlocutory petitions and other court materials and filed the same
  • Checked official court websites for the case statuses and procured relevant orders online
  • Checked the trademark status on the official website and took further steps in the trademark registration process

Associate

Balaji IP Practice
03.2017 - 04.2019
  • Communicated with clients to obtain documents, instructions, and information
  • Prepared affidavits and other court documents
  • Managed deadlines, conducted trademark searches and wrote opinions
  • Managed the intellectual property portfolio, including the management of any legal team members assigned to the intellectual property portfolio

Education

Law Practice Program (LPP) -

Toronto Metropolitan University
Toronto, ON
04.2023

Certificate of Qualification -

National Committee On Accreditation, Federation of Law Societies of Canada
Canada
04.2022

Bachelor of Laws - Intellectual Property Rights Hons.

Institute of Law Nirma University
Ahmedabad, India
04.2017

Skills

  • Legal research (Westlaw, Canlii)
  • Legal writing and drafting
  • Client communication
  • Collaboration
  • Customer service
  • Proficiency with Microsoft Office (Word, Power Point, Excel)

Awards And Publications

      Winner of All India Shivaji University Moot, 03/01/14, 

  • Conducted extensive legal research to determine the strengths and weaknesses of the assigned topic. Assigned roles responsibly and professionally while leading team members.


  • Dialogues, Debates and Discourse of Women in International Relations, Galgotias Journal Of Legal Studies, 2014, GJLS Vol. I, No. 1

Professional Development

  • Consistently completed practice ready courses from Lexis Nexis on Canadian Personal injury Law, Family Law, Employment Law, and Litigation Law to keep my legal knowledge up-to-date.
  • Canadian Language Benchmark Assessment Test (Reading, Writing, Listening and Speaking)- 8/8 in all (2022)

Languages

English

Bar Admission

Law Society of Ontario, 03/10/25

Timeline

Security Personnel

Identigate Security
05.2023 - 02.2024

Student-at-Law (Co-op)

Ayaz Mehdi P.C
01.2022 - 04.2023

Advocate

Advocate High Court of Delhi
10.2021 - 07.2022

Associate

Advocate Neeraj Grover
05.2019 - 09.2021

Associate

Balaji IP Practice
03.2017 - 04.2019

Law Practice Program (LPP) -

Toronto Metropolitan University

Certificate of Qualification -

National Committee On Accreditation, Federation of Law Societies of Canada

Bachelor of Laws - Intellectual Property Rights Hons.

Institute of Law Nirma University
VASVI SHAH