What is a Paralegal?

The Government of Ontario realized there was a huge gap in legal services and the ability for people to afford professional legal representation. It was the Government’s quest to empower these people to be able to secure legal representation from a qualified legal services practitioner, such as a Paralegal.

The parameters in which a paralegal can practice are changing everyday and as they change they receive extra training in addition to what they learned in college.

Paralegals receive extensive concentrated training in certain areas of law, and offer expert service in the areas of:

• Small Claims Court (claims up to $35,000),
• Provincial Offences (such as traffic tickets, liquor control offences and by-laws infractions),
• Approximately 400 Tribunals (such as Landlord and Tenant, Workplace Safety and Ontario Human Rights complaints), and
• Summary Conviction in Criminal Court (maximum of 6 months imprisonment or $5000 in fines).

The primary advantage of hiring a paralegal are the costs. TESOTA Paralegals are dedicated, have integrity, work extremely hard and want to help people. We are thorough in preparing cases, personable, approachable and we love what we do. When you love what you do, it never feels like work!

It’s about serving our clients to the best of our ability.

If we can’t help you, we will refer you to someone who can.

TESOTA Paralegals are licensed with the Law Society of Upper Canada and the Paralegal Society of Ontario and are Commissioners of Oath.