ABOUT André
With over 20 years of experience in the legal industry, André has helped hundreds of aspiring and practicing legal professionals achieve their career goals and navigate the dynamic and competitive legal market. André provides professional development support, career coaching, outplacement support, application review, job search strategies, mock interviews, and networking training for law students and lawyers.
Drawing on his Wall Street and Bay Street experiences as well as his law school career development, professional development and lawyer licensing experiences, André empowers clients with the knowledge, skills, and confidence they need to succeed. He leverages his extensive network and expertise in the legal industry and career development to help clients identify opportunities and develop the necessary steps to achieve their goal. André also delivers engaging and informative sessions and workshops on topics related to career planning and professional development for lawyers and law students.
In his most recent roles André has provided career and professional development support at the Lincoln Alexander School of Law (LASL) at Toronto Metropolitan University and the Faculty of Law at the University of Toronto as well as program support for the Law Practice Program (LPP).
Before becoming an independent career advisor and consultant, André was the Director of the Career Development and Professional Placement Office (CDPPO) at LASL. He provided leadership in the creation and execution of strategies to develop the professional development education program and career services for Lincoln Alexander law students. André also provided student coaching and oversight over all aspects of the CDPPO including supporting outreach and stakeholder development across the program.
In his previous role, André served as the Assistant Director of the Work Placement Office at the LPP. André was responsible for working with the Profession to identify work placements, as well as developing and implementing the candidate preparation and support structures to ensure placements benefit both employers and candidates. In his role, André developed and delivered several Professional Development sessions to assist candidates with application preparation, networking and outreach, in-placement success strategies and post-placement next steps. André was also a frequent panelist and guest speaker at law schools and legal conferences where he discussed the LPP and presented on topics related to career planning.
André has also held the role of Director of Professional Development at Heenan Blaikie LLP. In this role, André was responsible for all aspects of the Toronto office's associate and student programs, as well as managing the office's orientation, continuing legal education, mentoring and review programs.
Following his legal studies, André was admitted to the New York State Bar and worked as an Associate with the New York office of Fried, Frank, Harris, Shriver & Jacobson LLP. Upon returning to Toronto, André worked as a Recruitment Manager for Robert Half Legal and served as the Director of Career Services at Osgoode Hall Law School. Prior to attending law school, André held various positions with the Toronto offices of McMillan LLP and Blake, Cassels & Graydon LLP.
