What are some of the more well known Toronto firms/gov positions that hire outside of the formal recruit?

[harveyrspecter]

Struck out on in firms this week and wondering what firms/gov positions I should start looking into

[RIP-Joel]

A user called Pendragon made a comment listing some firms. Gonna paste it below. 

Many full-service firms have a Private Client Services group, where they provide services in areas such as wills and estates, insurance (Miller Thomson and Borden Ladner Gervais), and family law (Miller Thomson's Vaughan office).

There are full-service regional firms like Fogler, Rubinoff; Shibley Righton; Siskinds; Loopstra Nixon; Goldman Sloan Nash; Brauti Thorning; Mills & Mills; Minden Gross; Gardiner Roberts; WeirFoulds; Macdonald Sager Manis; Blaney McMurtry; Torkin Manes; Pallett Valo; and Lerners.

There are corporate boutiques like Chaitons; Wildeboer Dellelce; Thornton Grout Finnigan; LaBarge Weinstein; Dale & Lessmann; Owens Wright; and Robins Appleby.

Some people summer and article in government then go into Biglaw: 

Ministry of Labour -> Biglaw in the Employment and Labour practice group;

Information and Privacy Commissioner for Ontario -> Biglaw in the Technology and Privacy group;

Environment and Land Tribunals Ontario -> Biglaw in the Municipal and Environmental groups;

Constitutional Law Branch -> Biglaw in the Litigation and Public Law groups; 

Ministries of Municipal Affairs & Housing -> Biglaw in the Municipal, Planning, and Environmental groups;

Ministry of Health -> Biglaw in the Health and Privacy groups.

There are Crown corporations and regulatory agencies like the Ontario Securities Commission; Tarion Warranty Corporation; Hydro One; Alcohol and Gaming Commission of Ontario; Metrolinx; Ontario Lottery and Gaming Corporation; and Ontario Power Generation.

There are commercial real estate firms like Brattys; Harris Sheaffer; DelZotto, Zorzi; and Daoust Vukovich.

There are condominium firms like Deacon, Spears and Elia Associates.

There are intellectual property firms like Deeth Williams; Gilbert's; Belmore Neidrauer; Smart & Biggar; Bereskin & Parr; Method Law; and Ridout & Maybee.

There are tax firms like Millar Kreklewetz; Farber Tax; Drache Aptowitzer; Counter Tax; Rosen Kirshen; Rotfleisch & Samulovitch; TaxChambers; Thorsteinssons; Deloitte; KPMG; PwC, and EY.

There are securities firms like BAX Securities; Peterson McVicar; Irwin Lowy; and Groia & Company.

There are environmental firms like Willms & Shier.

There are construction firms like Glaholt and Singleton Urquhart Reynolds Vogel.

There are class actions firms like Orr Taylor.

There are management-side employment firms like Filion Wakely; Whitten & Lublin; Williams HR Law; Hicks Morley; Shields O'Donnell; Ogletree Deakins; Levitt; MacLeod; Sherrard Kuzz; Littler; Rae Christen Jeffries; and Mathews, Dinsdale & Clark.

There are indigenous firms like Hensel Barristers; Pape Salter Teillet; Olthuis, Kleer, Townshend; Nahwegahbow, Corbiere; and Westaway Law Group.

There are banks like TD; RBC; and UBS. 

There are international firms like Clyde & Co LLP and Dickinson Wright.

There are in-house positions like Loblaws; Ivanhoé Cambridge; Manulife; Kraft Heinz; and Fidelity Investments.

[QueensDenning]

Just FYI most of the above firms only hire during official recruit (with some only participating in the 3L recruit). 

 

2 hours ago, RIP-Joel said:

 

Siskinds; Loopstra Nixon; Goldman Sloan Nash; Brauti Thorning; Minden Gross; Gardiner Roberts; WeirFoulds; Macdonald Sager Manis; Blaney McMurtry; Pallett Valo.

Thornton Grout Finnigan; LaBarge Weinstein; and Robins Appleby.

Ontario Securities Commission; Tarion Warranty Corporation; Hydro One; Alcohol and Gaming Commission of Ontario; Metrolinx; Ontario Lottery and Gaming Corporation; and Ontario Power Generation.

There are commercial real estate firms like Brattys; Harris Sheaffer; DelZotto, Zorzi; and Daoust Vukovich.

There are condominium firms like Deacon, Spears and Elia Associates.

There are intellectual property firms like Deeth Williams; Gilbert's; Belmore Neidrauer; Method Law; and Ridout & Maybee.

There are tax firms like Millar Kreklewetz; Farber Tax; Drache Aptowitzer; Counter Tax; Rosen Kirshen; Rotfleisch & Samulovitch; TaxChambers; Thorsteinssons; Deloitte; KPMG; PwC, and EY.

There are securities firms like BAX Securities; Peterson McVicar; Irwin Lowy; and Groia & Company.

There are environmental firms like Willms & Shier.

There are construction firms like Glaholt and Singleton Urquhart Reynolds Vogel.

There are class actions firms like Orr Taylor.

There are management-side employment firms like Filion Wakely; Whitten & Lublin; Williams HR Law; Shields O'Donnell; Ogletree Deakins; MacLeod; Littler; Rae Christen Jeffries; and Mathews, Dinsdale & Clark.

There are indigenous firms like Hensel Barristers; Pape Salter Teillet; Olthuis, Kleer, Townshend; Nahwegahbow, Corbiere; and Westaway Law Group.

There are banks like TD; RBC; and UBS. 

There are in-house positions like Loblaws; Ivanhoé Cambridge; Manulife; Kraft Heinz; and Fidelity Investments.

I've edited out the ones that I'm pretty certain don't hire outside of the formal recruits (unless things have changed this year). 

Edited November 11, 2022 by QueensDenning

[TommyBratton]

Struck out last year in OCIs, got hired in February. Some places I applied to or saw postings for:

Loopstra Nixon, Blaneys, Robins Appleby, Singleton, Devry Smith Frank, Minden Gross, Owens Wright, Aboriginal Law Summer Student Program (great program if you have an interest in Indigenous issues btw), Ministry of Finance, Ontario Securities Commission, Ministry of the Solicitor General. There are also others I can't recall off-hand.