Brooke Parkes
Automatically compiled listing. Details may contain errors.Law Associate (Pending Call) at Gelman & Associates
Family LawFamily LawAbout Brooke Parkes
Family law is all Brooke Parkes does as a lawyer at Gelman & Associates. Brooke knows a family law matter can reshape someone's life, so getting to know what each client cares about most comes first.
Brooke's history with the firm goes back to 2020. After law school, Brooke came back to article there, and stayed on as a lawyer once called to the Ontario bar.
Brooke studied law at the University of Birmingham in England and graduated top of the class. While there, Brooke ran the university's Pro Bono Clinic, where members of the public could get family law advice for free. Brooke's dissertation, Regulating Surrogacy Payments in England: Ethical and Legal Issues, was written under the supervision of Professor Jean McHale and went on to be published. Before that came an honours BA in philosophy at the University of Guelph, and in the last year of that degree Brooke presented a capstone thesis to philosophy and health law researchers from across Canada.
Away from work, Brooke reads, keeps up with pop-culture legal cases and enjoys time with Brooke's dog. Brooke's also a devoted Formula 1 fan who spends most Sundays trackside, even if only virtually.
Practice areas
Separation and divorce
Brooke helps people work through separation and divorce, with the aim that each client understands the process, is ready for each step and can get on with life afterwards.
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Education & credentials
- LLB, University of Birmingham
- BA in Philosophy (Honours), University of Guelph
In the community
- In law school, Brooke campaigned for wider access to fertility treatments funded by government.
- Brooke has formal training in counselling and listening skills and put it to use leading group therapy sessions for people facing infertility.
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