Keiva

Independent Barrister & Solicitor - Independent Barrister & Solicitor - Toronto, Ontario

(2026-01)

Prepare legal opinions, pleadings, contracts, governance instruments, and regulatory materials across criminal, employment, corporate, commercial, and administrative matters.
Conduct sentencing analysis in an Ontario fraud prosecution, applying the Criminal Code and sentencing jurisprudence to aggravating and mitigating factors, victim impact evidence, restitution, and custodial sentencing principles.
Develop workplace governance and disciplinary frameworks for regulated pharmacy organizations, drafting employment policies, investigation protocols, and disciplinary instruments addressing professional misconduct, regulatory compliance, and litigation risk.
Advise shareholders on governance and succession matters, preparing shareholder agreements addressing ownership rights, transfer restrictions, and dispute-resolution mechanisms.

Legal Associate - Sachs Law Professional Corporation - Toronto, Ontario

(2025-01 - 2025-12)

Completed the experiential training requirement of the Law Society of Ontario Law Practice Program.

Developed cross-border asset-tracing and recovery strategies in elder financial abuse proceedings, analyzing Ontario jurisdiction, Mareva injunctions, constructive trust remedies, restitution, and equitable relief.
Authored an Application for Directions under Rule 75.06 and the Trustee Act addressing trustee removal, passing of accounts, life-interest disputes, beneficiary entitlements, and contested estate administration issues.
Analyzed governance, occupancy, and human rights issues under the Co-operative Corporations Act and Human Rights Code, preparing legal memoranda and strategic demand letters addressing cooperative housing disputes and potential tribunal remedies.
Synthesized Ontario court directives, regional practice requirements, and Rules of Civil Procedure into comprehensive litigation procedure guides and hyperlinked practice resources for GTA and Central West courts.

Law Practice Program - Law Society of Ontario - Toronto, Ontario

(2024-01 - 2025-12)

Interviewed clients across diverse Ontario practice areas, identified legal issues, assessed documentary and testimonial evidence, and formulated litigation and solicitor strategies.
Authored more than 150 pleadings, applications, contracts, legal opinions, memoranda, and advocacy materials across civil litigation, family, criminal, immigration, employment, insurance, and administrative law.
Developed, drafted, and defended a Pre-Removal Risk Assessment addressing credibility findings, Internal Flight Alternatives, country-condition evidence, and statutory refugee protection principles.
Conducted advocacy in an Ontario insurance litigation hearing before practising judges and senior Ontario lawyers, delivering opening submissions, witness examinations, evidentiary objections, settlement negotiations, and closing submissions.

Partner - Nicholas AM Manley & Company - Kingston, Jamaica

(2014-01 - 2023-12)

Authored pleadings and factums in a multi-generational land dispute, securing court-ordered subdivision and vesting of title to convert contested beneficial interests into registered ownership.
Defended criminal proceedings arising from an officer-involved shooting and arrest, securing judicial bail and the return of a seized income-producing vehicle through oral advocacy, evidentiary challenges, and procedural objections.
Litigated high-conflict matrimonial proceedings involving asset dissipation, concealed property, and contested parenting issues, securing interim relief and negotiating resolutions of complex property and financial disputes.

Litigation Associate - Clough Long & Company - Kingston, Jamaica

(2009-01 - 2013-12)

Secured interlocutory injunctive relief restraining a proposed multi-storey residential development by satisfying the RJR-MacDonald test and establishing a prima facie case of easement interference and irreparable harm.
Defeated residual damages claims in personal injury litigation by exposing material inconsistencies between expert medical evidence and viva voce testimony during cross-examination, undermining causation and the evidentiary foundation of the claim.
Conducted criminal defence advocacy in bail and trial proceedings, advancing habeas corpus applications, constitutional challenges, evidentiary objections, and procedural motions to secure client release, obtain charge withdrawals, and mitigate sentencing outcomes.

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