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Post Offices vs. Virtual Mailboxes

Many lawyers and law firms have discovered that physical offices aren’t necessary. There are two popular options when it comes to creating your business address without a designated office. Virtual mailboxes and P.O boxes are both great ways to manage your mail. However, they do have some differences. Read on to see which option will fit you and your company best.

Differences between Virtual Mailboxes and P.O Boxes

P.O boxes are something we have all seen in our local post offices. They are physical locked mailboxes where tangible mail is delivered. People commonly use P.O boxes to keep their home addresses private.

Virtual mailboxes use a real street address that receives mail on behalf of your company virtually.

Virtual Mailboxes

When it comes to reputability virtual mail boxes give your company a real street address. Each street address is linked to a familiar commercial building in your area. This will make your company come off as reliable, credible and professional.

Virtual mailboxes are fully digital. This means you do not need to leave your house in order to pick up your mail or go through address changes in the case of a move. While virtual mailboxes are digital, you are still able to have letter mail forwarded to your home address.

With virtual mailboxes you don’t just rent a mailbox, you are paying for a service. This service can include many perks some of which may include; virtual receptionists, mail management and office spaces to work from. These perks can be a real asset when it comes to meetings and business management.

P.O Boxes

P.O Boxes do not give your company a real street address. Any clients, partners or potential business partners will see that you have a P.O box rather than a “physical” location. This can come off as unprofessional and less reliable.

P.O Boxes are just a box in a post office. This means that unlike a virtual mailbox you are not able to use a professional space for meetings. The two perks that come with a P.O box are simply that they are locked boxes and that they keep your home address hidden.

When it comes to business needs such as bank accounts, taxes and certain courier arrangements P.O boxes may not work out. Most banks require your business address to be a street address rather than a P.O box. Certain couriers are unable to do drop offs in some P.O box locations. Which can interfere with the efficiency of package pick ups and drop offs.

Simply put virtual mailboxes offer more benefits than P.O boxes when it comes to having a remote business. They are convenient, practical and much more useful when it comes to business requirements.

At Wolf Law Chambers we are here to help you with your work/life balance, professional image and human interaction. We offer one-day offices, conference rooms, and executive offices that are fully serviced. It is the perfect place for individuals or small firms that need a space and are on a tight budget. We have offices in Downtown Toronto, Oakville, and Mississauga.

Wolf Law Chambers Private Offices will help you to save time, money, and effort, so you can focus on winning cases and growing your business. Our team will provide you with a wide range of services, making us the right choice for your office needs.

Visit our website www.wolflawchambers.com for more information about our spaces.

Office Pet Etiquette

We are in a new era, animals are becoming more and more common in the corporate world. Especially dogs. Who doesn’t love a dog? They boost everyone’s mood and create a happy environment even on the most dreadful work day.

With that being said not all pups are office ready. Every employer and shared workspace have their own set rules regarding bringing dogs into the office. If your workplace allows pups in the office, make sure you follow these rules of etiquette to maintain a professional work environment.

Ask Coworkers First

Even if you work in a pet friendly office, making sure that your coworkers are comfortable is important. Most people love dogs. However, some people have allergies or bad experiences with dogs that can make them feel uncomfortable around dogs. Checking with your coworkers is the best way to make everyone feel comfortable with your new office buddy.

Frequent Potty Breaks

Make sure to have a plan for potty breaks. Your dog will likely eat/drink more since they are out of their comfort zone. The best way to make for less messes or interruptions is to create a schedule to take your dog out for a quick walk.

Get Their Energy Out

To keep your workspace professional, try and get your dog’s energy out before you get into the office. Go for a run, play with a ball or play tug-o-war. Anything to get that energy level down. You want your pup to be calm and relaxed while in the office, so they don’t disturb you or your coworkers while you’re busy.

Make Sure Your Dog is Comfortable in the Office

You know your dog best. If your pup isn’t good with small spaces, barks when they see their own shadow, is uncomfortable around strangers or possibly a biter you will want to keep them at home. The best way to test this theory is by creating an office-like space in your home and seeing how your dog handles it.

Pet Proof Your Office

Just like baby proofing, our four-legged furry friends will likely need a bit of pet proofing. Do you have a chewer? Make sure you don’t have miscellaneous cords hanging around or notes that they may think look tasty. Do you like to leave your door open? You can pick up a baby gate for a good price on Facebook Marketplace or at Walmart. Are you a bit nervous about an accident? Bring some pee pads. It’s better to be safe than sorry. All of our dogs are different and have different needs. Just keep your dog’s needs in mind.

Bring the Necessities

If your dog has a bed, favourite blanket or toys bring them over to the office so they feel comfortable and stay occupied. Make sure you bring enough dog food for the day and keep their water bowl fresh. Being well prepared will help keep your dog on their best behaviour.

Have a Back Up Plan

If your dog is having an off day, as we all do. Make sure to have a set plan for that possibility. Can you take your dog back to your home? Do you need a doggysitter or doggy daycare? Its best to have a plan in place for those ‘what if’ moments.

Bringing your furry friend to the office can have great benefits for you, them and the overall morale in the office. Just be sure to be courteous of the others around you and to be fully prepared for any and all doggy related possibilities.

At Wolf Law Chambers we offer one-day offices, conference rooms, and executive offices that are fully serviced. It is the perfect place for individuals or small firms that need a space and are on a tight budget. We have offices in Downtown Toronto, Oakville, and Mississauga.

Visit our website www.wolflawchambers.com for more information about our spaces.

4 Signs You Need a Private Office

Working from home sounds great. You can do your work, get some chores done, cook dinner, keep your dog entertained, the list of possibilities is endless.

Eventually lines can get blurred. Work takes the back seat to all of the other distractions you have in your home. Meetings seem impossible and the only daily interaction you have is with your pets. It can go from this great option to a really difficult one pretty quickly.

Here are 4 signs that you need to get back into a private office.

You Are Getting Easily Distracted at Home

Being able to work from home sounds like the best of both worlds. Unless you are easily distracted. You have the option to fold laundry, watch a show or make snacks. Before you know it you have no time left in your day for your work. Your productivity is at an all time low. If this sounds like you, a shared workspace with a private office could be an amazing option.

You Crave Human Interaction

Working from home can get lonely. The office banter, collaborating on ideas or just a simple “hello” in the lunchroom means more than you originally thought. Sure some people can get on your nerves but in the grand scheme of things, being around like minded individuals helps elevate your mood and productivity. Joining a shared workspace will create a community of passionate,career driven people in similar careers.

You Need A Professional Image

Meeting potential clients at home or in a coffee shop doesn’t feel like a professional option. Having a space dedicated to your business with a professional business address, private office space, waiting areas and boardrooms can really boost your image.

You Need A Better Work/Life Balance

This goes hand and hand with distractions. Some people find themselves doing too much housework while working from home. Others find themselves working non-stop. Both of these things can create a stressful environment. Home doesn’t feel like home anymore, or work seems pointless. Being able to get out of the house and go to the office gives you a sense of structure. The benefit of renting your own space is that you don’t need to do a strict 9-5. You can go to your office part time and choose your own hours.

Working from home sounds easy. Roll out of bed, put on your slippers and hop on the couch with your laptop and cases to review. But, it’s not always all what it’s cracked up to be.

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Shared Workspaces and How They Benefit Mental Health

Mental health is an important issue. One that should be taken quite seriously when it comes to
working and your work environment.

Due to COVID-19 working from home became very common. Even now in our post-COVID
society, many employers have their employees work remotely. While it has proved to boost
productivity, time management, and work/life balance for some. For others working remotely
has taken a toll on both their productivity and their mental health.

Shared workspaces spaces such as Wolf Law Chambers offer a great solution for
lawyers, paralegals and mediators companies that may find it hard to make connections and interactions due to the isolation of working remotely.

Using facilities such as ours can prevent loneliness. Working in isolation all day, every day can be draining. While working in a shared space you may not be part of the same company/team,
but you are able to have friendly interaction with a people in the common areas. This can bring joy to your day and reduce stress.

Stress and anxiety naturally occur when you are lonely. Going hours on end without speaking to
another person, overworking yourself, or stressing about deadlines can really get to you. In a
shared workspace environment you have the chance to interact, and you can even
run ideas or worries by like-minded individuals in similar fields. This creates a sense of
community that will ease your mind.

While working from home is good for some employees’ work/life balance. Others find it
increasingly hard to split time between the two. In some cases working from home means you
are either unproductive due to the distracting things around you or you overwork yourself due to
the fact that you are only 10 feet away from your desk at all times. Being able to “clock in and
clock out” can help some employees that feel as though their home is no longer their home, but
a stressful work environment. Working in an office can also provide peace and quiet with limited
distractions that one may need in order to complete their work.

A shared workspace where individuals can interact with each other, share
their ideas, and communicate their stresses will help improve their mental health. These
employees will feel more willing to come to work, they will take fewer sick days, as well as be
able to create friendships where they can bounce ideas around. The problems that they may
have faced while working alone will be easier to handle when they are around others. Shared
workspaces like Wolf Law Chambers can be a great solution, that give multiple benefits to someone’s mental health.

Wolf Law Chambers offers one-day offices, conference rooms, and executive offices that are
fully serviced. It is the perfect place for individuals or small firms that need a space and are on a tight budget. We have offices in Downtown Toronto, Oakville, and Mississauga. Visit our
website www.wolflawchambers.com for more information about our spaces.

Wolf Law Chambers Private Offices will help you to save time, money, and effort, so you can
focus on winning cases and growing your business. Our team will provide you with a wide range
of services, making us the right choice for your office needs.

The Best Gifts for Law Students

Law students are often important contributors to a lawyer’s overall success and the success of his or her practice. Law students are busy, constantly moving and often a little stressed because of the countless hours they put into the work that is fundamental to the services the lawyer provides.

This year, you may be thinking of giving a dedicated hard working law student in your firm a gift showing your gratitude. The perfect gift will be something that can help ease their stress or help them in their future career.

To make your holiday shopping a little bit easier, we have created a small list that contains useful gadgets and stress relievers.

Meal Kits

In a world where you feel like you work 24/7, having the time to come up with and cook a good meal can be hard. Nowadays we have amazing meal kits such as Chefs Plate, HelloFresh and Goodfood. This will make home cooking faster and more convenient for the busy law student in your life. They can say goodbye to late night McDonalds runs and hello to a nutritious and comforting meal.

You are able to purchase gifts cards online and in local stores such as Walmart or Shoppers Drug Mart.

Temperature Controlled Mugs and Coasters

Long days and longer nights have one major thing in common. Cold coffee. Let’s face it things are busy enough on an average day let alone if you have a mountain of cases to sift through. Temperature controlled mugs and coasters will make sure they get the perfect, hot sip everytime.

Salt Therapy and Self Massagers

Self care and stress release are important for students’ mental and physical health. With the limited amount of time they have in a day, known stress relievers can be hard to make time for. There are two easily accessible stress relievers that make for great gifts. For mental health a simple salt lamp can bring a calm and relaxing aura to any room. For physical health a hand held massager can work wonders on the built up knots from working at a desk all day.

Noise Canceling Headphones

Focusing can be hard, especially in a communal living situation. Roommates try their best to be quiet while everyones studying but a simple clink of a pan or a TV that is a bit too loud can be really distracting. Noise canceling headphones are perfect for the law student in your life that just can’t catch a break when it comes to distractions.

A Briefcase

A monumental gift for every law student is their first real leather briefcase. These are both practical and sentimental. You can find unique styles, add monograms & lettering. The possibilities are endless when it comes to customization.

Gag gifts can bring a few laughs upon opening. Sentimental, useful and stress relieving gifts make the gift receiver feel cared for, acknowledged and appreciated. Gifts like these that show thought and a deeper meaning are always a winner!

The law student on your team is an integral part of a smooth sailing firm. Giving them recognition and appreciation during the holiday season is important. Sentimental, useful and stress relieving gifts such as the ones listed above is a sure fire way to acknowledge their efforts.

While the thought of losing your law student once their post secondary education is complete. They may need a new space to call home once they graduate. Wolf Law Chambers offers one-day offices, conference rooms and executive offices that are fully serviced. It is the perfect place for individuals or small firms that need a space and are on a tight budget. We have offices in Downtown Toronto, Oakville and Mississauga. Visit our website www.wolflawchambers.com for more information about our spaces.

Wolf Law Chambers Private Offices will help you to save time, money, and effort, so you can

focus on winning cases and growing your business. Our team will provide you with a wide range

of services, making us the right choice for your office needs.

Why Do You Need a Private Law Office

The legal profession is a challenging one. There is no doubt about that. It is knowing the law precisely, the legal nuances, and the strategies that determine our clients' success.

However, none of that can be accomplished if you don't feel comfortable in your working space. It is sometimes necessary to feel a sense of privacy, control, and peace at the same time. It is because of these reasons that private office spaces are a great choice for legal practitioners since they offer both privacy and comfort when working on cases and brainstorming ideas. It is the best way to boost your productivity.

Would you like to know more about the advantages of working in a private space?

It is a Peaceful Space for You

Certainly, if you're a one-person firm, it might be easier for you to work from home so that you can spend more time with family or maybe to enjoy the buzzing background sound of a busy café where no one pays you attention and earbuds let you tune out everyone.

In some cases, however, focusing fully on a case without interruptions is necessary, especially if it is a challenging case with many complexities.

Unplugging from all distractions may be the most effective solution. A private office can provide you with the peace and quiet you need to find the focus and productivity to work on your cases.

Your Deadlines Can Be Managed Better

In some cases, you may have been overloaded with clients, others may have lasted longer than expected, or you may just have needed more time to complete a matter.

In these situations, you cannot afford to be distracted when meeting deadlines, since each case is different. Therefore, as we mentioned before, your office space should be calming, peaceful, and comfortable, and provide you with everything you need to improve your concentration and work rhythm. The benefits of a private office space include private internet access, electronic notifications, live receipt and electronic notification of clients and packages.

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You Need a Private Space for Your Consultations

Law offices are responsible for protecting the privacy of their clients. This is the law.

Solicitor-client privilege can be fulfilled while at the same time ensuring that your clients' discussions will not be shared outside your office without their consent. This is an ideal space for discussing pre-trial matters with clients and having discussions with opposing counsel.

You will also be able to gain the respect and trust of your clients if you have a private office. The entire focus of your service is on them, their needs, and how you will assist them in this legal process.

If I am a Solo Practitioner and cannot Afford a Private Office, What Can I do?

We offer private offices for individuals and small firms, which is especially convenient since office space in Downtown Toronto, Oakville and Mississauga is hard to come by, let alone affordable.

You will benefit not only from the private spaces, but also from Wolf Law Chambers’ professional legal support, including assistants to answer the phone. Our services include mailboxes, snacks, conference rooms, as well as social media promotion for your law firm. At Wolf Law Chambers, you will have access to amenities, cleaning staff, and personal and semi-private spaces, all at a competitive rate. Check out Wolf Law Chambers' workplace solutions, from a one-day office to meeting rooms to private executive offices, and you'll find something you'll like. And it’s all fully serviced! You can view our locations on our website www.wolflawchambers.ca and read our client's reviews to get an idea of what our clients think!

Wolf Law Chambers' Private Offices will help you to save time, money, and effort, so you can focus on winning cases and growing your business. Our team will provide you with a wide range of services, making us the right choice for your office needs.

5 Reasons to Work in a Shared Workspace

Working from home seems like a dream, doesn’t it? When you work from home, you can wear your favorite pajamas all day, take breaks whenever you like, and you never have to worry about traffic. In theory, it sounds delightful. Within the past two years, though, we’ve learned that working from home isn’t always the ideal dream we thought it could be. There are some significant downsides to working from home, not the least of which are isolation and distractions.

The obvious alternative is to go back to the office. But what if it’s too far? Or too small? Or do you need to be available to people at home?

Thankfully, there is a third option: coworking spaces. A coworking space is a place where…insert definition

There are many benefits to working in coworking spaces: You can form relationships with people who share your interests by sharing a space, meet people from other disciplines, there is a sense of energy and purpose in the air and work is easier.

1. Productivity Increase

When you work in a coworking space, you’re surrounded by others working on their own projects. It can motivate you to finish your work and create a sense of accountability.

There are also rules and regulations that everyone must follow in most coworking spaces, for example, it is not allowed to talk loudly on the phone, and you cannot listen to music without headphones. These guidelines help people focus on their work by maintaining quiet and peace in the shared workspace.

2. A Professional Environment

Being able to work from your bed or couch can seem like a pleasant experience. Although you can work in your pajamas, it’s not very professional. This can affect your mood, outlook and productivity. In contrast, a coworking space is a professional environment and requires professional clothing Both of these will help You get into a much more productive mindset..

Additionally, most coworking spaces in Canada and the U.S. have meeting rooms so you can meet with clients or have video calls privately. This way you’re meeting with clients in a professional setting, you don’t need to worry about backgrounds, or being accidentally disturbed by any other occupants in your house.

3. Health Benefits

Coworking spaces encourage you to take breaks and move around. By doing this, you will be able to focus and concentrate better. In addition, it can help you relax and reduce stress levels.

You can also schedule your eating habits with it. Working from home tends to lead to the habit of snacking all day. Obviously, this isn’t healthy. But in coworking spaces, lunch and breaks are usually scheduled. As a result, you can better control your food intake.

Lastly, coworking spaces can improve your posture. Working from home makes it easy to slouch or sit uncomfortably. It’s normal to sit at a desk or table in a coworking space. You can reduce back pain by sitting in the right position, at the right height in an ergonomic chair.

4. Networking Opportunities

You can easily feel alone and isolated working from home. All those meetings online do not make up for real human contact. In fact, it can be more exhausting. In a coworking space, however, you’re surrounded by people to chat and exchange ideas with. It will give you the opportunity to make genuine human connections, meet new people and develop new professional and social contacts..

5. Customization

Last but not least: personalization. Coworking spaces also offer private offices in addition to reserved desks. Depending on your needs, you can have your own enclosed space or if you prefer, you can have a desk reserved exclusively for your use. With both options, you will be free to customize and personalize it to your satisfaction.

In this tug of war between employees and employers over work from home vs office work, there is a third option to consider: coworking spaces. Check out a coworking space near you to see if it’s right for you. It could be the opportunity you didn’t know you were looking for.

The Importance of a Business Address

Businesses today compete for clients, customers, and employees. This increasingly competitive and modern world demands a business address for legal practitioners, which is usually its registered office. It is generally considered to be an effective and influential factor in attracting customers since it denotes legitimacy and professionalism. Here are several reasons why a business address will benefit you:

Contributes with a professional image

In the eyes of customers and clients, a business address is a reflection of the business. You may not realize how significant the location of a business is. When customers expect similar businesses to be in the same physical location, they usually do business with companies with registered offices in that area.

An Effective Marketing Tool

Having a business address can make marketing very effective. Your company’s business address makes it easier for clients to trust you immediately. It is essential that a prestigious, stable, and recognizable business location conveys the services provided by the company.

Qualify for Benefits

f an office is located in a less desirable location, the company might not be eligible for certain incentives and benefits.

A Competitive Advantage

If your company is the only business in the area, you can enjoy a competitive edge over your competitors. Customers who already work with your company are unlikely to switch to another.

Customer Contact Point

You can also make your customers aware of your organization by providing them with your business address. Companies with offices or registered offices have a higher chance of doing business since customers can reach them directly by phone or email.

Keep Your Business Interests Protected

Fraud can also be prevented with a business address. A valid certification verifies that your company is legitimate and that you are who you claim to be. Providing service from a legitimate organization and having staff on hand to assist your customers is a guarantee that your customers will receive quality service.

Avoid Confusion with Other Companies

When there are multiple companies based in the same region, a business address can prevent customer confusion.

At Wolf Law Chambers, you will receive amenities, cleaning staff, and personal and semi-private spaces, all at a competitive rate. Check out Wolf Law Chambers’ workplace solutions, from a one-day office to meeting rooms to private executive offices, and you’ll find something you’ll like. And it’s all fully serviced! You can view our wide variety of locations on our website www.wolflawchambers.ca and read our client’s reviews to get an idea of what our clients think!

No Detail Is Too Small: Thamar Abdu

Thamar Abdu of Thamar Bilingual Legal Services Ontario provides legal services in both French and English. After becoming a licensed paralegal in April 2018, Thamar started her practice in May 2018. She focuses on Small Claims Court matters and commercial litigation, such as a contract dispute between two businesses or between a business and an individual, as well as Landlord and Tenant issues. Her true love, though, is anything to do with contracts: going through the terms, finding the defects, examining the details.

Background

Up until three years ago, Thamar lived and worked in Quebec. She spent many years working in the financial industry before working for the government of Quebec. Both of these jobs played a role in where she has ended up today.

Her first encounter with the law as an employment opportunity was when she was asked to fill in for a colleague in the legal department of her employer’s company. To her delight, during her training she discovered an aptitude for law, understanding the concepts and aspects quite easily. As she did not have a legal education at the time, it remained a delightful discovery about herself, nothing more.

A few years later, Thamar was working for the Quebec government in a job that required her to know governmental procedure quite well and be very familiar with the law that intersected with her work. When her uncle visited from Ontario, she accompanied him to court on a minor matter, both for moral support and because she was familiar with the structure of a governmental/legal organization. Her uncle, seeing how much she enjoyed the visit to the Quebec courthouse, told her that in Ontario she could go back to school and become a licensed paralegal and provide legal services to the public.

At this point, a yearning for a new challenge had been quietly residing in the back of her mind for some time, specifically a chance to start her own business. But Thamar is not a person who works with her hands and so was not sure what her business would focus on. With no focus or outlet, the desire for her own business remained an idea. When her uncle told her about the paralegal educational opportunity, her dream came into laser sharp focus. Within a month she had resigned from her job in Quebec and enrolled in a paralegal education program in Ontario. Although it was scary and daunting to leave behind an established life as well as a secure and well-paying job, Thamar was also excited to be setting out on a new challenge, a challenge that she relished. She’s never looked back.

Puzzle Pieces

Thamar loves examining details, investigating terms, searching for information and uncovering facts. Every case is made up of thousands of tiny pieces and she enjoys putting them together to see the big picture. In another life, she might have been an investigator. As a paralegal, her passion for facts and details help her to understand each case fully. She examines every facet of a case thoroughly, looking for anything that might help or hinder her client. Although this level of detail might be daunting to some, Thamar thrives on it. She uses her drive to understand everything to her advantage, to enable her to grasp the situation a client might be facing and examine and present each possible outcome. She never underestimates the value of one detail. Although this passion for detail may cause frustration, it can also have the benefit of finding that one piece of the puzzle that changes the perspective of an entire case.

Although she is still building experience and her practice is young, she doesn’t let her newness stop or intimidate her. She throws her heart and soul into preparing for every case. All doubts and inexperience can be overcome with preparation and knowledge, she says. When asked how this translates to helping her clients, Thamar says that she is very thorough and outlines all possible outcomes that may arise. Her goal, she says, is not winning per se, but getting the best possible outcome in the circumstances for her client – be that money, an order from the judge or something else entirely.

Wolf Law Chambers

Choosing Wolf Law Chambers as the home for her practice is another decision Thamar has no regrets over. When she first started as a licensed paralegal, she worked out of a home office for a year but found it to be lonely work. She realized she needed to have other professionals around to talk about work, get opinions, brainstorm, get advice or even just to have a quick chat about coffee. Wolf Law Chambers provided this as it is a community of legal professionals. “It feels like a family,” she says. She found that her productivity soared when she was around other professionals and as an added boost, Wolf Law Chambers is more convenient for her practice. There’s a professional space readily available to meet clients, the boardroom, and if a client has problems in other areas of law, there are other legal professionals just outside her door who could help.

One of the benefits from starting her own business that Thamar enjoys is the freedom she’s gained to structure her day. As an early riser, Thamar long ago discovered her most productive hours were early in the morning. Once, those hours were needed to prep to get to the office for 9. Now that she runs her own practice, she can use those hours more effectively and efficiently because she can work from anywhere.

Although starting her own business has been challenging, Thamar focuses on the positive. She took the leap of faith to open her own business and pursue her love of law and details and contracts; what someone else may find tedious, Thamar finds fascinating.

Thamar and her eye for detail is ready to help you with your contract issues.

Reinventing the legal framework

Dezso Farkas

The significance of a man’s prestige is a collective reflection of all his attributes. Dezso Farkas is a man of many attributes. Apart from being a law practitioner and an entrepreneur who helps start-ups, Dezso is responsible for the conception of Wolf Law Chambers. The chambers, described as a multi-disciplinary law practice, is an innovative approach to providing a workplace where legal professionals can seek support and resources, while maintaining their status as a singular entity.

Educational Background

Dezso graduated with a BA Honours degree from York University and then went on to earn his Master of Laws (LLM) degree (specializing in Corporate Governance) and a Juris Doctor (JD) degree, both from Osgoode Hall Law School, York University. Soon after he was called to the Bar and currently, he is licensed to practice as a Barrister & Solicitor in the Province of Ontario.

Apart from periodically visiting the courthouse, Dezso made time to publish several articles in the prestigious Delaware Journal of Corporate Law, Transnational Legal Theory Journal and the London Review of International Law. On a certain occasion Dezso also served with the Institute for Global Law and Policy at Harvard Law with his expertise on the legal side.

Professional Ventures

The scope of Dezso’s abilities is not just limited to law. On top of being a real-estate entrepreneur with considerable experience in the field, in the past Dezso has also acted as a director of the Reliant Gold Corp., a publicly traded junior mineral resources company.

Farkas Law “Business Lawyers”, the independent law firm chaired by Dezso Farkas, caters to the needs of small and medium-sized business clients. The self-description of the firm is stated as a body of “Business Lawyer” with an aim to provide customized legal services, guidance and trusted advice for business ventures of all kinds. Currently the clientele of Farkas Law includes start-ups, commercial landlords, real-estate developers, manufacturing companies, non-profit organisations and small business owners. The firm acts as an external “in-house” corporate counsel to save their valuable resources and focusing them towards successful outcomes.

Dezso’s substantial history of merit is a result of his personal ideology which can be better expressed by himself:

I believe in continuous professional growth and I am committed to gaining new knowledge and experience to better serve the needs of my clients.
Dezso Farkas

Vision

Ideally lawyers are intended to be a means of resolving problems for their clients. Sadly, not all lawyers are attuned to the needs of their clients. For Dezso Farkas, the motivation to become a lawyer came from his own unsavory past experience. As a young entrepreneur, Deszo encountered some obstacles and to resolve them he obviously pursued legal assistance; unfortunately, he got saddled with a ‘disengaged’ lawyer. At this point Dezso realized how detached lawyers are to the ideology of young entrepreneurs. Back then, if he had been a lawyer, he definitely could have handled his case more efficiently, he realized that going into law practice could be a real opportunity for him to help people.

Young entrepreneurs have no idea of the trouble they might get into when they are starting out. Its not possible for them to know everything about the line of commerce they are about to enter on their own. The consequences of their natural ignorance can sometimes be dire. Consequently, it is more complicated to undo a problematic situation than to avoid it in the first place.

Nevertheless, if an entrepreneur seeks the right advice from the very beginning, there’s no reason for them to get into trouble. According to Dezso, the biggest complaint he hears from his clients is that other lawyers don’t understand their clients’ businesses. Dezso on the other hand wants to understand his clients’ businesses and perspectives. He has a desire to leave people better than when they first came to him seeking a solution to their problems. In his own words, Dezso wants to be ‘Their Trusted Advisor’.

Wolf Law Chambers

Not all lawyers have the innate ability and the right personality to make it as sole practitioners. Lawyers who possess such qualities cannot work under others for long and can only thrive when they work for themselves. However, when these lawyers enter the domain of sole practice, they face a multitude of unique challenges they are not ready for. Support is non-existent as a result of their isolation and limited networking opportunities. The Law Society provides certain resources, to help solo firms stay compliant, but they have no avenue of providing any personalized advice in light of the ever-evolving business landscape to individual lawyers. In terms of modern-day workspace flexibility, the options for a lawyer on his own are very limited. Sometimes it becomes practically impossible for them to go out and search for law-based developmental resources to further their practice.

To Dezso the idea behind the creation of Wolf Law Chambers came as a solution to all the problems discussed above, which are being faced by lawyers. The services available at Wolf Law Chambers are uniquely targeted for law professionals, in order to allow them to grow personally in their sphere. The networking opportunities at Wolf Law Chambers are incredibly advantageous for sole practitioners. All the available resources, connections and events, allows lawyers to seek counsel from others in their profession, without any prejudice and with the purpose of benefiting each other. All of this is being carried out by lawyers at Wolf Law Chambers, while retaining their status as owners of their own law firms.

All lawyers should seek every opportunity they can to enhance their practice.
Dezso Farkas

Future

For Dezso Farkas, the future is just as promising as his present. He’s already planning to launch his upcoming project; the Legal Innovation Centre. Legal Innovation Centre will act as a ‘technology incubator’ to mentor start-ups in areas of legal research and development. According to Dezso, currently technology start-ups in the GTA West area are facing many challenges. There is a definite need for a facility like Legal Innovation Centre. The center will alleviate issues using their 3-step assistance plan; finding funding programs, providing a collaborative space and introducing start-ups to an already established network of industry experts. Legal Innovation Centre will focus resources on technological innovations which aim to shape the legal industry.