Shankar Law Office

About Shankar Law Office

Shankar Law Office is a family, criminal, and real estate law firm based in Port Elgin, Ontario, within the municipality of Saugeen Shores, with additional offices in Owen Sound, Wiarton, and Kincardine. The firm serves clients across Bruce, Grey, and Huron counties. It was founded by Ram Shankar, who holds a Master of Laws from Dalhousie University in Halifax and spent more than 23 years in international humanitarian and development work before starting a law practice. Shankar appears regularly before the Ontario Court of Justice and the Superior Court of Justice, serves as Regional Director of the Criminal Lawyers Association of Grey and Bruce, and holds a Certified Collaborative Family Law Practitioner certification. The firm favors mediation and collaborative resolution over adversarial court proceedings where that approach fits a case.

The team includes associate lawyer Vishal Dutt, who was called to the bar in 2024 after law studies in India and an LLM in intellectual property, commerce, and technology in the United States, along with paralegals and law clerks working across the firm's four offices. Shankar Law Office practices family law, criminal law, wills and estates, real estate, and civil litigation. Its website also publishes a running list of reported court decisions it has argued in family and criminal matters and before the Consent and Capacity Board, with citations dating back to 2020.