JENNIFER SIEMENS LAW CLERK

(nee Colavecchia)
2880 Gail Avenue
Niagara Falls, ON L2J 2E2
Home: (905) 353-0309
Cell: (905) 325-8967
jsiemens@niagaracollege.ca

WORK EXPERIENCE

Professor Niagara College Canada

Law Clerk Program Niagara-on-the-Lake, Ontario
August 2007-Present (full-time)
May 2004 – August 2007 (part-time)

• teaching students how to secure credit transactions and how to

prepare court documentation on debt collection files
• teaching students how to search titles
• teaching students how to complete a real estate transaction from
start to finish
• teaching students to use Microsoft Word, Excel and Access
• teaching students to use legal software, such as Teraview,
Conveyancer, DivorceMate, Oncorp, ACL and PCLaw
• teaching the students how to complete separation agreements,
financial statements and various family court forms
• working with the IT Department to ensure that the most up-to-date
legal office software has been installed in the labs and are working
properly
• participation in all Program Advisory Committee board meetings

Law Clerk Sinclair, Murakami, Loney & van Velzen,

Barristers and Solicitors
Grimsby, Ontario
September 2007 – August 2014 (vacation relief)
December 2001 – August 2007 (full-time)

• handled real estate files from start to finish, including searching

title
• prepared wills, powers of attorney and estate documentation
• completed family law and litigation documentation
• prepared articles of incorporation, bylaws, resolutions, annual
minutes and various contracts
• recorded general accounting using PCLaw
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Law Clerk David A. Ball, Barrister and Solicitor

Mississauga, Ontario
April 1997- December 2001

• handled all real estate files from start to finish, including searching
title and attendance on closing
• prepared wills, powers of attorney and estate documentation
• completed family law and litigation documentation
• prepared articles of incorporation, organized minute books and
prepared corporate resolutions
• recorded general accounting using PCLaw

Legal Assistant Sullivan, Mahoney, Barristers and Solicitors

Corporate/ St. Catharines, Ontario
Commercial Dept./ May 1999-October 1999
Floater
• prepared share and asset purchase agreements, shareholders’
agreements, corporate resolutions and various closing
documentation for share and asset purchase transactions
• handled real estate files from start to finish
• prepared wills and powers of attorney
• prepared accounts for my assigned lawyer

EDUCATION

Bachelor of Brock University

Education in Adult May 2009 – Present (part-time)
Education

Law Clerk Niagara College Canada

Co-op Program September 1996-April 1998

ADDITIONAL SEMINARS / TRAINING COURSES

Hybrid Certification Niagara College Canada

Microsoft Excel Niagara College Canada

Level I

Microsoft Access Niagara College Canada

Level I

Microsoft Access Niagara College Canada

Level II

Writing Web Pages Niagara College Canada

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Corporate Course Institute of Law Clerks

Estate Course Institute of Law Clerks

Quicklaw LexisNexis

Automated Civil Korbitec

Litigation

DivorceMate DivorceMate Software Inc.

RealtiPlusWeb Lawyer Done Deal

The Conveyancer Do Process Software Ltd.

Document Registration Teraview

And Production

ACTIVITIES AND INTERESTS

• travelling, shopping, spending time with family and friends

REFERENCES

Patricia Drozdoski, Lawyer

Retired Co-ordinator of the Niagara College Law Clerk Program
Home: (289) 687-2121

Nancy Bellantino, Lawyer

Co-ordinator of the Niagara College Law Clerk Program
Email: nbellantino@niagaracollege.ca
Office: (905) 641-2252 ext. 4052
Cell: (905) 329-1306

Donald C. Loney, Lawyer

Office: (905) 945-9271
Home: (905) 562-7538