Mercedes N. Thurber
Lawyer at Meridian Law Group- Claim this Profile
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Credentials
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Admitted to the British Columbia Bar
Law Society of British ColumbiaOct, 2017- Oct, 2024 -
Certificate of Qualification
The National Committee on Accreditation of the Federation of Law Societies of CanadaOct, 2016- Oct, 2024 -
Admitted to the Role of Solicitors
Supreme Court of New South WalesAug, 2015- Oct, 2024
Experience
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Meridian Law Group
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Canada
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Law Practice
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1 - 100 Employee
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Lawyer
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Jun 2018 - Present
Civil litigation Civil litigation
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Associate
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Oct 2017 - Mar 2018
Personal Injury and Estate Litigation
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Articled Student
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Oct 2016 - Oct 2017
Personal Injury and Estate Litigation
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ICBC (Insurance Corporation of British Columbia)
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Canada
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Insurance
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700 & Above Employee
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Insurance Litigation Paralegal
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Jan 2016 - Oct 2016
Assisting counsel with Supreme Court applications, document production, file management, and legal research. Assisting counsel with Supreme Court applications, document production, file management, and legal research.
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T.D. Knowles & Associates
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United States
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Legal Services
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1 - 100 Employee
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Paralegal / Advisor / Product Development
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Sep 2015 - Jan 2016
Drafting and reviewing client contracts; overseeing and filing PERM applications (for USA immigration) including Prevailing Wage applications (9141 Forms), Labour Certification applications (9089 Forms), Immigration Petitions for Alien Workers (I-140 Form), and Immigrant Visa Applications (DS-260 Forms). Drafting, preparing, and placing job advertisements in accordance with PERM regulations; overseeing the EB-3 processing team; assisting senior legal counsel on expanding products available at our firm.
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Cancer Council NSW
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Australia
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Wellness and Fitness Services
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300 - 400 Employee
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Legal Training Student
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Jan 2015 - Aug 2015
Taking client calls, interviewing clients and taking instructions from clients, drafting briefs on client issues for counsel, general legal research, sending letters to clients, drafting wills, providing advice on how to access superannuation. Taking client calls, interviewing clients and taking instructions from clients, drafting briefs on client issues for counsel, general legal research, sending letters to clients, drafting wills, providing advice on how to access superannuation.
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George Sten & Co
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Australia
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1 - 100 Employee
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Legal Training Student
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May 2015 - May 2015
I assisted George Sten & Co on a temporary basis in a legal training role. While at George Sten & Co I assisted with two trials and one plea deal at the District Court level. I assisted George Sten & Co on a temporary basis in a legal training role. While at George Sten & Co I assisted with two trials and one plea deal at the District Court level.
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Education
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University of Sydney
Juris Doctor (J.D.), Law -
Australia National University
Graduate Diploma of Legal Practice (GDLP), Law -
University of Victoria
Bachelor of Arts (B.A.), Political Science -
Università Cattolica del Sacro Cuore
Semester exchange, Politics, History, Italian