Jasmine P. Cook, Lawyer - Saskatoon

Family First

Lawyers are governed by their professional body. Saskatchewan lawyers are governed by the Code of Professional Conduct. Specifically, rule 3.03(1) of the Code States that “a lawyer must not advertise that the lawyer is a specialist in a specified field unless the lawyer has been so certified by the Society”. Therefore, unless the law society deems a lawyer to be a specialist or expert, a lawyer is precluded from advertising themselves to be a specialist or expert. The intention is that no lawyer should hold themselves out to be better than another fellow lawyer. Each lawyer is trained in essentially the same manner. They have all attended law school and spent countless hours on (and passing) assignments, exams and attending the bar course. Simply put, and out of the gate - lawyers are all the same.

So what sets one firm apart from another? What draws a client to your firm as opposed to another? What is a client looking for, and what do you have to offer? Are clients drawn to firms portraying the glitz and glamour as seen in some major television shows? Or are they drawn to simplicity? Or is there a halfway point?

The “Family First” philosophy of CJC & Co. LLP. is based on the clients we serve and the community we live in. It is a well-known fact that Saskatchewanians are a breed of their own. They are community oriented, fun loving, quirky, and bound together as a province. We believe Saskatchewanians are family, in their day to day lives and their community. CJC & Co. LLP believes that clients want and need a lawyer who can relate to them on a personal level, and is willing to involve both them (and their family) in their legal matters. They want a lawyer who will put their needs first. So what makes CJC & Co. LLP different from the firm down the street?

CJC & Co. LLP developed the concept of “Family First”. The philosophy is simple. We operate as, and treat our clients as, family. We treat our clients with the same understanding and respect we would give to our own families, and sometimes with the same brutal honesty, and on occasion even a lecture is given. We want our client to feel as comfortable talking with us as they would be talking with their own family members. What you see is what our families see at home. There are no facades. While we take your issue serious we do not take ourselves so serious that we cannot see the humor in things. Yes, our web site has a couple of lawyer jokes. It is to let our client’s know we are human too, and it’s okay. We are mothers, fathers, siblings, single parents, children, pet owners and we fully appreciate the importance of each of those roles.

You will see all the way to our décor, we want our clients to come into our office feeling welcomed, not intimidated. Essentially, our goal as a “family first” firm is to ensure you feel comfortable being honest with us and telling us your story. We also want you to feel comfortable asking us questions or challenging an opinion we may have. That’s how a team works, by implementing the good and bad.

To ensure the “family first” concept is functional, we have to implement the philosophy and function as a family (even if it is a bit of a dysfunctional family). We work as a team with regular team meetings to make sure we have covered our client needs. Our lawyers have chosen to limit the areas they practice in to provide the best service possible. We believe it’s better to know a lot about a little, rather than a little about a lot. That’s why we work as a team – to maximize each lawyer’s knowledge in their primary areas of practice, to provide you with the best legal care. We want to provide services from our family to yours not once, but through all of your family legal care needs. Legal care, from our family to yours.

We are Saskatchewan’s first and only “Family First” law firm.