About Elm Law

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Elm Law is a Whitby, Ontario firm that practices exclusively in family law and estate litigation. Lawyer Amelia Yiu founded the firm after nine years in practice, having started in 2007 as an associate at a small Toronto litigation firm. Yiu opened Elm Law in Whitby to serve Durham Region with family law, estate litigation and elder law work. Yiu received a Bachelor of Laws from Queen's University in 2006, was called to the Ontario Bar in 2007, and is a Trust and Estate Practitioner (TEP) and a former Chair of the Elder Law Section of the Ontario Bar Association.

The firm has grown into a team of lawyers, articling students and clerks working out of three offices in Whitby, Oshawa and Barrie. Elm Law does not offer a free initial consultation; a first meeting with a lawyer is billed at that lawyer's hourly rate, with no obligation to retain counsel afterward. As Yiu puts it, "What motivates me every day is being able to help clients navigate through complicated matters to reasoned solutions."

In the community

  • Several lawyers at the firm volunteer with Luke's Place, a Durham Region nonprofit that supports women leaving abusive relationships, including service on its legal advisory board.
  • The firm's blog has covered niche subjects such as the legal test for capacity to marry and considerations for serving LGBT2SQ clients as they age.

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This firm’s lawyers at a glance

Called to the bar
2023 · median 3 years in practice 1 of 16 lawyers
Languages on the roster
English, Hindi, Malayalam

Offices 3

707 Brock Street South, Whitby, Ontario L1N 4L3

92 Caplan Ave, Suite 628, Barrie, ON L4N 9J2

19 Celina Street, Oshawa, ON L1H 4M9

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