Associate Lawyer - Solicitor

Associate Lawyer, Solicitor Practice

Fulton offers a wide range of legal services to clients throughout BC, continuing our firm's longstanding tradition of legal excellence, personalized service, and value. Our lawyers help individuals and businesses of all sizes tackle everything from estate law and personal injury claims to insurance, employment, and family disputes. By offering a personalized and empathetic approach, we build meaningful relationships with our clients and communities to better serve them.

We are seeking a skilled and motivated Associate Lawyer to join our Solicitor department. The ideal candidate will possess an entrepreneurial desire, positive attitude, and strong interpersonal and communication skills.

What You Can Expect

As a valued member of our growing Solicitor Practice Group, you will play an important role in the continued success and expansion of the team. The group is led by a dedicated practice leader and operates with a coordinated approach to practice management and strategic growth, ensuring that each lawyer is well supported and positioned for long-term success.

You will be part of a highly collegial and collaborative environment where mentorship, both formal and informal, is an integral part of our culture. The firm conducts annual performance reviews and maintains an active Associate Committee, which hosts monthly roundtable lunches. These forums provide meaningful opportunities to stay informed about firm initiatives and to engage directly with leadership.

This role offers the opportunity to perform high quality legal work within a firm that enjoys an exceptional reputation and is committed to promoting a healthy work life balance. Here, you will develop your career in a supportive setting that values excellence, respect, and the well being of its professionals.

Compensation & Benefits

• Competitive Salary: $85,000–$140,000 annually, with performance-based bonus opportunities. Individual pay is determined by market rates, job-related skills, relevant experience, and an internal equity review of other employees’ salaries.
• Comprehensive Health Benefits: Employee Assistance Program (EAP), extended health, dental, vision, and Telus Health
• Paid Time Off and flexible work hours to support work-life balance
• Ongoing continuing education opportunities
• Diversity and Inclusion: We value diversity and being a welcoming workplace where people feel comfortable being themselves, and where they have equal opportunity to fulfill their potential.
• Professional dues and insurance fully covered by the firm

The successful candidate should have

• Bachelor of Laws (LLB) or Juris Doctor (J.D.) is required.
• Be a member of good standing with the Law Society of British Columbia.
• Two to five years of commercial corporate experience.
• Strong research and writing skills as well as a demonstrated ability to navigate complex issues.
• Have proven effective client and practice management skills.
• Self-motivated with the ability to work collaboratively with lawyers and staff
• An entrepreneurial desire, positive attitude, strong interpersonal skills and eager to participate in the marketing of the firm to the local and regional communities
• A desire to become engaged in the community for personal and professional development purposes, and to develop your own referral network to generate new clients and new revenue sources.

Situated in British Columbia’s beautiful interior, Kamloops has a well-earned reputation as BC’s adventure playground. The region provides the best of seasons and lifestyles. Mild winters and warm, sunny summers allow residents to enjoy outdoor activities year-round. Kamloops is famous for its world class sports facilities, mountain biking, hiking, golfing and, of course, unsurpassed skiing and snowboarding at Sun Peaks Resort – less than an hour from the city centre. With a population of 100,000, Kamloops provides the amenities of a large centre, with the luxuries of affordable housing, recreational lifestyles, and reasonable commute times.

Please apply, in confidence, with resume and cover letter to:

Kait Methot, HR Manager

Fulton.

300 – 350 Lansdowne Street

Kamloops, BC V2C 1Y1

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