MFC Lawyers
Automatically compiled listing. Details may contain errors.6 lawyers · Wellington County (Guelph), Halton Region
One of 50 law firms listed in Guelph, and one of 21 handling Family Law.
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MFC Lawyers is a Guelph family law firm whose daily work is parenting and custody disputes, child and spousal support, the division of property, divorce and separation agreements. Its family lawyers give most of their practice to family matters and keep up with new decisions and legal writing that bear on their clients' rights. They push first for a negotiated, mediated or arbitrated outcome, and when that doesn't work they'll argue a client's case in court at any level, from Small Claims and Family Court up to the Superior Court of Justice and the Court of Appeal.
Erika MacLeod started the firm, opening a practice in Guelph in 2015 because the city needed a modern firm devoted only to family law. The founder had worked at a full-service firm in Toronto and a litigation firm in Fergus, after articling in Guelph, and holds a law degree from the University of Ottawa, a master's from the London School of Economics and a bachelor's from Brock University. Erika MacLeod is the managing partner today. Partner Jennifer Eensild grew up in Guelph and came back after articling near Mississauga to serve the community there.
The team's experience reaches well past Guelph. Patrick MacMillan spent close to a decade practising family law around Halifax, appearing in nearly every jurisdiction in Nova Scotia, before picking up an Ontario practice again in 2020. Wasique Rakib was called as a Barrister-at-Law of England and Wales through Lincoln's Inn and is enrolled as an Advocate of the Supreme Court of Bangladesh. Swetha Ajit Kumar Sunny worked only in family law at several firms in the Greater Toronto Area before coming to MFC.
MFC has offices on Woolwich Street in Guelph and on Main Street East in Milton. A first consultation of 30 minutes with one of its family lawyers is free, and beyond full representation, clients can choose fixed, hourly or unbundled arrangements, as their lawyer decides. Office hours run 9 to 5 on weekdays, with evening and weekend meetings by appointment.
Practice areas
Separation, support and property
MFC's family files cover premarital, cohabitation, parenting and separation agreements, the division of family assets including businesses, corporations and farms, and financial investigation of complex property and business dealings. Its lawyers also act when common-law and same-sex relationships end, and in child abduction and adoption matters. On spousal support, they assess entitlement, work out ranges under the Spousal Support Advisory Guidelines and handle enforcement through the Family Responsibility Office.
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Cross-border parenting and jurisdiction
Wasique Rakib works on inter-provincial and international jurisdiction questions, among them child mobility, child abduction, Hague Convention cases and international property disputes. Jennifer Eensild's litigation includes international jurisdiction matters and the wrongful removal or retention of children.
Civil and commercial disputes
MFC represents individuals and businesses in civil disputes over contracts, corporate matters, fraud, negligence and property. That includes shareholder oppression, partnership and fiduciary duty claims, commercial lease disputes and urgent injunctions.
Wills, powers of attorney and estates
MFC drafts primary and secondary wills, advises on who should serve as executor or trustee, covers guardianship clauses where needed and plans for blended families. Once an estate is underway, it handles probate applications and court filings, guides executors through their duties and represents clients in estate disputes.
Guardianship applications
For families seeking guardianship of a loved one, MFC assembles and files the application with its supporting material, such as medical assessments, sworn statements and a proposed guardianship plan, and represents the applicant at court hearings.
Unbundled, flat-fee help
Under a limited-scope retainer, clients can hire MFC for selected tasks in high-conflict family law, civil litigation or wills and estates, from trial preparation and witness coaching to single or multi-day court appearances, document reviews and will and power of attorney packages. Each service carries a fee quoted upfront and paid before the work starts, and more can be added as a matter moves along.
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Wheelchair accessible
Woman-owned
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Free consultationHow MFC Lawyers works
MFC would rather resolve a matter outside the courtroom. Negotiation, mediation and arbitration let its clients spend less on legal fees and keep more say over how the money and the emotional strain play out. The firm also works with third-party professionals, including counsellors, psychologists, parenting coordinators and the Office of the Children's Lawyer.
Reported cases
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Crawford v. Crawford, 2018 ONCA 810
The Court of Appeal dismissed an appeal from a motion ruling that had struck references to settlement-privileged communications about the parties' date of separation, holding those communications can't be used at trial to fix that date. Erika MacLeod was counsel for the respondent.
Decisions where the firm's lawyers appeared as counsel, from public court records. Past cases don't predict future results.
Milestones & recognition
- Kyle Thom co-wrote The Reform of Relocation Law in Ontario: The First Two Years with Professor Nicholas Bala, research presented at the 17th Family Law Summit in 2023.
- Jennifer Eensild holds a Certificate in Family Mediation from York University's School for Continuing Studies.
In the community
- As a law student, Zachary B.D. Visentin led the research team for the school's pro bono Amicus Project, a non-profit working for equal access to justice for people on death row in the United States.
Affiliations & connections
- The Honourable Society of Lincoln's Inn: Wasique Rakib was called as a Barrister-at-Law of England and Wales through Lincoln's Inn and is a member.
- Ontario Bar Association: Wasique Rakib is a member of the Ontario Bar Association.
- University of Windsor Faculty of Law: Jennifer Eensild coaches the Windsor Law moot team and mentors students there.
Lawyers 6
This firm’s lawyers at a glance
- Called to the bar
- 2024–2025 · median 1 year in practice 2 of 6 lawyers
- Law schools
- University of Leicester, University of Ottawa, University of Western Ontario 3 of 6 lawyers
Who handles what
Offices 2
The neighbourhood
MFC's Guelph office is at 400 Woolwich Street, and its Guelph team works with families across the city and Wellington County. Woolwich Street also holds a cluster of limestone cottages at 340, 344 and 348, which together with one on Mont Street have become a local landmark. Number 348 went up in 1866 in the Ontario cottage style, using local Guelph limestone, and 340 followed in 1875; the City of Guelph protects 340 under the Ontario Heritage Act.
In Halton, the firm works from unit 214 at 420 Main Street East in Milton, serving families in Milton and across Halton Region.
Frequently asked questions
- Can I hire MFC Lawyers just to coach me while I represent myself?
- MFC Lawyers offers self-representation coaching and filing guides as unbundled services under a limited-scope retainer. Each comes with a fee set out before any work begins, payable in advance.
- How long does it take MFC to finalize a separation agreement?
- MFC Lawyers has seen Ontario separation agreements finalized in as little as four weeks, while the longest took close to two years, so the timeline depends heavily on the case.
- Will a law clerk work on my MFC file to keep costs down?
- MFC Lawyers assigns each client a specific lawyer and puts a clerk on the parts of the case that don't need a lawyer, to help hold down costs. Fixed, hourly and unbundled fee options are available too, at the lawyer's discretion.
- Is MFC's Family Law Guide free?
- MFC Lawyers offers its Family Law Guide free. It walks through the firm's service options and how each can help get to the resolution a client is after.
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