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BY: ALYSSA MAHADEO

Understanding legal jargon is without a doubt one of the more difficult things to navigate without the right guide. Having someone on your side who not only understands the fundamentals but is able to educate and allow the ability to make sense of these unique situations.

Rodale Dwyer understands this all too well, and hoping to fill a need in the community, she made it her mission to aid more people in their legal matters.

“Since I was twelve I knew I wanted to be a lawyer,” says Rodale. “A lot of the time when people come here as immigrants they don’t know that they’re able to do things to help in the community and so I decided to pursue a career that would allow me to help people.”

Following her strong sense of justice, Rodale knew that this was the way she would make a difference in her society. Seeing others treated unfairly, it was important that she be able to help these people, to point them in the right direction to prevent them from being taken advantage of.

Upon migrating to Canada Rodale saw how much there was a need for people to understand how to navigate the system. “I realized in Canada a lot of people don’t know their rights, and I wanted to change that,” she explains. “I enrolled at Humber, and since going there it’s been all about moving forward and never looking back.”

In her program at Humber College, Rodale was able to explore all areas of law, and it motivated her to want to learn more.

She found herself a mentor, a former professor, Jennifer Zubick a faculty member for the Paralegal Studies program at Humber. Jennifer was able to provide her insight, guidance, and encouragement to Rodale to help answer the questions she had and the push she needed to head in the right direction on her career path.

After graduation Rodale set forth looking for a position where she would be able to help people and make a difference in people’s lives as she had hoped.

“I started looking for a job and I realized I couldn’t find anything,” she recalls. “I didn’t understand, I went to school and did what I had to do, but I wasn’t finding the job that I wanted.”

When her search yielded no results she took it as a sign. She wasn’t meant to be working for someone else. After the completion of her Law Society Exam, she opened her own private practice in 2012.

Never losing sight of her dream, Rodale continued to pursue more education to advance her knowledge of the industry graduating from York University with a BA in Human Rights and Equity and now currently enrolled in Law School.

“I even did a second degree in Gender and Women’s Studies, because I always wanted to do things that were going to be helpful to the community at large, not only to uplift myself, but also give help to others.

Through her practice Dwyer-Hamilton Paralegal Services (DHPS), Rodale provides many services to the community, including working on small claims cases, immigration and refugee services, as well as landlord and tenant disputes, traffic tickets, personal injury (WSIB) and many other matters that may require legal consultations.

She is a Licensed Paralegal (PA), Commissioner of Oaths & Mediator and is equipped to handle various legal matters covered under her scope of practice under the Law Society.

Practicing law is just as tenacious as it sounds and it is not without its own difficulties and challenges. “When you are sole practitioner one of the primary challenges is being able to adequately handle loss and profit, it’s not always going to be a profit month for you,” Rodale explains. “Between dealing with that staying focused and not giving up because you didn’t make a profit for the last two months and sticking with it.”

Rodale says that a big part of the business is marketing yourself and building your brand independently. “I wanted to stand out based off of not just my experience but based off of doing good work, so my clients would be able to refer others to me because they trust the quality of work that I do.”

It’s important to Rodale that she is able to provide her clients with the best experience possible and being upfront with them is imperative to ensuring her clients understand what it means to deliver top quality service.

“Informing my clients upfront that it’s never a guarantee when we are representing them that they will win their case is one of the key things that I thrive on in my business,” she explains. 

“I want my clients to have high expectations of me, but at the same time I want them to understand that although I’m representing them it doesn’t mean they will always win, but it guarantees them a fair shot at what they are trying to accomplish.”

Many are skeptical when searching for a lawyer to represent them in their legal matters, as they should be. Doing your research and meeting for a consultation is one way to ensure that you are receiving the help that you deserve. “It’s never about the money,” Rodale says. “It’s always about making sure you are getting the help that you need because if I can’t help you I’m telling you upfront.”

Dwyer-Hamilton Paralegal Services wants their clients to know they are not only here to help the local community, but the larger community as well. When they say premium service and top quality they mean it, they mean what they say, and their brand is a representation of who they are. Trust and honesty are the foundation of their company and fairness to all their clients are imperative in ensuring success in all cases they handle.

DHPS serves clients in Brampton, Mississauga, Oakville, Caledon, and across the GTA, Toronto, Canada and are willing to answer any questions you might have. Don’t second guess the answers to your legal matters, confide in someone you can trust to provide you with all the information, so you can be prepared.