Nishant Tiwari
Edmonton,Canada
Summary
Hardworking Advocate working diligently on behalf of clients. Detail-oriented team player with strong organizational skills. Ability to handle multiple projects simultaneously with a high degree of accuracy. To seek and maintain a full-time position that offers professional challenges leveraging interpersonal skills, excellent time management and problem-solving skills, amongst many others.
Overview
19
19
years of professional experience
1
1
Certification
Work History
Associate Advocate
SKM Chambers
07.2022 - 12.2023
- Independently handled about 10 appeal cases, involving service-related issues in the Supreme Court of India
- Extensively managed client communications including in-person meetings
Client Service Administrator – Law (US Immigration)
PwC Law LLP (18 York Street)
03.2022 - 04.2022
- Worked as a Law clerk on a one-month contract
- Extensively worked on I-manage (DMS), G-Suit and Tiger
- Tiger is PwC’s internal software for the client's user interface.
- Acted as liaison between clients and company resources managing approximately 15-20 emails and physical mails, ensuring timely resolutions to complex issues
- Reduced response times by creating an organized system for prioritizing incoming requests from clients based on urgency level.
- Streamlined office processes for increased efficiency and better client service delivery.
Legal Assistant
PL Law Office
03.2020 - 03.2021
- Drafted legal notices, and motions, prepared retainers for about 30-35 clients
- Assisted the lawyer by creating Zoom meetings, preparing the client database on Clio and updating it regularly for billing
- Did client Intakes, prepared various forms, and notices on Divorce Mate for family law matters
- Reviewed, prepared, and organized court forms and other documents including pleadings, affidavits, briefs etc
- Followed procedures to open and close files, billing, and collection of accounts
- Scheduled and maintained the Lawyer’s calendar
- Liaised with clients, opposing counsel, necessary third-party, and experts handling about 15 queries/liaisons per day
- Managed the physical and electronic client files per the firm’s policies and procedures
- Performed the work of photocopying, binding of documents, etc
- Enhanced office productivity by implementing efficient document management systems for easy retrieval and storage and improved overall office management of the lawyer’s office.
Drove Uber/ Lyft During Unemployment
Uber HQ
02.2019 - 03.2020
- Completed over 2k trips in one year, sustaining top ratings by providing prompt, safe, professional service.
- Developed and maintained courteous and effective working relationships.
- Self-motivated, with a strong sense of personal responsibility.
Part-Time Employee
Aramark
09.2017 - 11.2018
- Worked as a cashier and cook at Pizza-Pizza outlet
- Managed the cash counter and the kitchen contemporaneously and served more than 150 customers/students each day
- Worked under high pressure and managed long queues at the cash counter
- Managed other food counters like Pita-Pit, Tim-Hortons.
Legal Intern
Jennifer Klotz Law Firm
11.2016 - 02.2017
- Interviewed a couple of clients and briefed the lawyer in criminal complaints cases
- Gained practical experience in doing legal research
- Performed office administration work (photocopying, binding, etc.)
Associate Advocate
Sarnga Law Firm
08.2010 - 05.2016
- Promoted from legal intern to legal executive and gained full-time employment with thefirm, finally promoted to associate advocate
- Independently worked as litigator
- Drafted various legal documents: legal notices, eviction petitions, pleadings, wills/codicils, lease deeds, gift deeds, deeds of conveyance, power of attorney, and various applications under the code of civil procedure
- Handled firm’s litigations in lower courts of Delhi on civil disputes, such as rent control, property, injunction, recovery of money, specific performance, cheque bounce, domestic violence, divorce
- Resolved more than fifteen matters by way of mediation and helped more than a hundred clients to settle without needing to go for a trial
- Handled more than sixty service matters of unlawful suspension of government employees
- Appeared before consumer courts (forums) for more than fifty cases, specifically related to unfair trade practice and deficiency in services
- Appeared before the Debt Recovery Tribunal & Company Law Board for banking and company disputes
- Carried out title searches on properties for more than two hundred clients by examining legal records
- Cut staff expenses and performed office management i.e., record keeping, document management, archiving files of disposed-off matters and many more office administrative jobs.
In-house Counsel (Part-Time)
Whitefields Overseas Ltd.
12.2014 - 07.2015
- In-house counsel at Whitefields Overseas Ltd, an FMCG company specializing in agro-commodities, on behalf of the law firm
- Developed and implemented a legal policy and compliance strategy by researching international trade laws and agro-commodity product standards
- Provided strategic guidance for international trade compliance, import/export requirements, and food safety standards and drafted legal opinions for management
- Facilitated trademark registration, patent filing, and intellectual property protection strategies.
Assistant Manager
HDFC Bank
04.2006 - 08.2009
- Handled more than three hundred corporate clients across north India by managing their internet banking requirements
- Managed a team of three employees
- Resolved the problems and queries of more than one thousand corporate clients in compliance with a particular time frame
- Identified the banking requirements of more than two hundred MNCs and corporate customers and provided them with a set of feasible solutions on E-Net (corporate internet banking platform)
- Held several meetings with MDs, CEOs, finance heads of the companies, finalized product deals with them
- Handled the digital certification process (installation of the private & public key infrastructure) and provided product support / client service to more than one thousand corporate customers, yearly
- Saved more than eight million rupees of the bank by switching corporate customers from traditional banking to Internet banking.
Summer Internship
Power Finance Corporation
05.2005 - 06.2005
- Completed a two-month practical training as a requirement of PGDM (MBA)
- Worked in the Treasury Management department of the corporation
- Dealt with the management of funds, by ascertaining and analyzing the fund's flow statement
- Contacted various banks for the investment of the surplus funds to earn interest
- Worked on the project - financial analysis of the corporation
- Calculated various important ratios related to the financial analysis of the corporation
- Prepared a detailed project report of the internship for submission to the institute
- Gained valuable experience working within a specific industry, applying learned concepts directly into relevant work situations.
- Supported staff members in their daily tasks, reducing workload burden and allowing for increased focus on higher-priority assignments.
Education
Master of Laws (LL.M.) - Specialization in Canadian Common Law
Osgoode Hall Law School, York University
Toronto, ON10.2018
Pre. LL.M. Foundations Program -
Osgoode Professional Development
Toronto, ON04.2018
Bachelor of Laws (LL.B.) - Equivalent to Juris Doctor
Mewar Law Institute, Chaudhary Charan Singh University
Ghaziabad, India08.2010
Post Graduate Diploma in Management (P.G.D.M) - Specialization in Finance, Banking, and Insurance
Institute of Management Education
Ghaziabad, India04.2006
Bachelor of Commerce (B. Com) - Commerce, Business Management
J.N. (P.G.) College, University of Lucknow
Lucknow, India04.2004
Skills
- Legal Research
- Legal Drafting
- Risk Mitigation
- Teamwork and Collaboration
- Problem-Solving
- Attention to Detail
- Collaboration and Teamwork
- Excellent Communication
- Organizational Skills
- Office Management
- MS Office
- Adaptability
- Administrative Support
- Deadline Adherence
Certification
Lawyers License, Bar Council of Delhi, India, 07/23/2010
Languages
English
Full Professional
Hindi
Native or Bilingual
Timeline
Associate Advocate
SKM Chambers
07.2022 - 12.2023
Client Service Administrator – Law (US Immigration)
PwC Law LLP (18 York Street)
03.2022 - 04.2022
Legal Assistant
PL Law Office
03.2020 - 03.2021
Drove Uber/ Lyft During Unemployment
Uber HQ
02.2019 - 03.2020
Part-Time Employee
Aramark
09.2017 - 11.2018
Legal Intern
Jennifer Klotz Law Firm
11.2016 - 02.2017
In-house Counsel (Part-Time)
Whitefields Overseas Ltd.
12.2014 - 07.2015
Associate Advocate
Sarnga Law Firm
08.2010 - 05.2016
Assistant Manager
HDFC Bank
04.2006 - 08.2009
Summer Internship
Power Finance Corporation
05.2005 - 06.2005
Master of Laws (LL.M.) - Specialization in Canadian Common Law
Osgoode Hall Law School, York University
Pre. LL.M. Foundations Program -
Osgoode Professional Development
Bachelor of Laws (LL.B.) - Equivalent to Juris Doctor
Mewar Law Institute, Chaudhary Charan Singh University
Post Graduate Diploma in Management (P.G.D.M) - Specialization in Finance, Banking, and Insurance
Institute of Management Education
Bachelor of Commerce (B. Com) - Commerce, Business Management
J.N. (P.G.) College, University of Lucknow
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