About Shannen

Shannen Valente-Kent practises family law litigation at Goldwater Droit, covering divorce and separation, custody and parenting arrangements, support and the partition of family assets. Before law school she worked as a paralegal at a boutique civil and commercial litigation firm in downtown Montreal, assisting corporate clients through proceedings and settlement negotiations. She earned her LL.L. from the University of Ottawa in 2020, having earlier completed a diploma in paralegal technology at O'Sullivan College in 2016, and was called to the Quebec Bar in 2021. She is a member of the Young Bar of Montreal and the Association des avocats et avocates en droit familial du Québec, and works in French and English.

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Law school
University of Ottawa

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