Woolcott Krashinsky LLP
Automatically compiled listing. Details may contain errors.2 lawyers · Established 1998 · Wellington County (Guelph)
One of 50 law firms listed in Guelph, and one of 8 handling Personal Injury.
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Woolcott Krashinsky LLP is a Guelph partnership devoted to personal injury and family law, built on the belief that people should be looked after when life gets hard. Since 1998 it has worked for clients in Guelph, Fergus, Wellington County and the towns around them, and its files run from family disputes and injury claims to wrongful dismissals.
The two partners divide the core work. David Woolcott concentrates on personal injury and disability benefits and also handles family, employment and estate litigation matters, with court experience in the Ontario Court of Justice, the Superior Court of Justice and the Ontario Court of Appeal. Jonathan Krashinsky grew up in Toronto, earned a BA (Honours) at Queen's University in 1999 and an LL.B. at Dalhousie University in 2005, and was called to the bar in 2006. Family law and child protection are Jonathan's main focus, with criminal, employment, and wills and estates work alongside. Jonathan is trained in collaborative family law and has represented clients before mediators and arbitrators when they'd rather settle things outside a courtroom.
David is a member of the Wellington Law Association, as well as the Canadian Bar Association and the Ontario Trial Lawyers Association. Behind the injury practice is Amber Erwin, the Litigation and Accident Benefits Clerk who's been with the team since 2005 and who guides injury, car accident and disability files from start to finish under David's supervision. New family and injury inquiries go first to a specialized intake worker, and a lawyer then gets in touch with the client personally.
The office sits on Woolwich Street, in the heart of downtown Guelph. Free consultations are available on most injury, car accident and disability claims, and injury clients don't pay fees until their case settles.
History
David Woolcott started out in 1998 as an associate at Deutschmann Kelly, working from that firm's Guelph office. By 2002 David had joined the Deutschmann Kelly partnership and was running the Guelph location, and in 2004 David opened Woolcott Law in Guelph.
Jonathan Krashinsky came on as David's associate in 2006 and has concentrated on family and child protection law ever since. In 2017 the two announced the opening of Woolcott Krashinsky LLP, a Guelph partnership centred on personal injury and family law.
Practice areas
Personal Injury
Family Law
Employment & Labour Law
Civil Litigation & Dispute Resolution
Criminal Defence
Wills, Estates & Trusts
Accident and injury claims
Personal injury is David Woolcott's main practice, and the Guelph injury team takes on car accidents, trips and falls, slips on snow and ice, and harm caused by someone else's negligence. Clients get help reaching treatment, compensation for pain and suffering, lost income and housekeeping help, and brain injury claims, whether the injury is permanent or temporary, are part of the work.
Denied disability benefits
When a disability claim is turned down, the firm works alongside the client, the client's doctor and other treatment providers to assemble the evidence and recover the benefits the insurance policy was bought to provide.
Separation, support and parenting
Jonathan Krashinsky's practice centres on family law, and the firm covers divorce, dividing property, and both spousal and child support. Its custody and access files include parental alienation, grandparents seeking access, shared parenting and supervised access.
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Child protection
For parents facing a Children's Aid Society, the firm's team brings more than two decades of combined experience litigating child protection cases across Ontario, and child protection is one of Jonathan Krashinsky's two main areas.
Criminal charges
The office has handled a broad mix of criminal matters, among them assault, domestic violence, fraud and impaired driving, and Jonathan Krashinsky keeps a criminal law practice. For complicated cases, or where a long jail term is possible, the firm can refer clients to criminal lawyers it trusts if they ask.
Wrongful dismissal and employee rights
The firm acts for employees whose employer has breached their rights under statute or common law, including people who've been wrongfully dismissed. Employment law is part of David Woolcott's practice.
Wills and estate administration
Clients come to the office to draft a new will or update an old one, and executors and trustees get help administering an estate after a death. Simple wills and powers of attorney can be done for a fixed fee.
Civil litigation and Small Claims Court
David Woolcott and Jonathan Krashinsky have practised civil litigation in Guelph for more than 20 years. The office also takes inquiries about Small Claims Court for disputes that don't need the longer, more complex process of the higher courts.
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By appointmentFees & payment
Contingency
Free consultationHow Woolcott Krashinsky LLP works
Woolcott Krashinsky matches its billing to the kind of matter. Fixed fees cover predictable work: notarizing, basic wills and powers of attorney, and straightforward divorce-only applications. Most other services are billed by the hour at a rate agreed when the file opens, and family, employment and estate files usually start with a retainer, which is held in the firm's trust account.
Most injury, vehicle-accident and disability claims are taken on contingency, so nothing is paid up front and fees wait until the matter settles, although not every file qualifies. For family, child protection, employment and estate questions, new clients can phone in and talk with one of the lawyers at no charge for general information.
In the community
- David Woolcott, active in the Guelph community, previously served as president of the Wyndham House board of directors.
Affiliations & connections
- Ontario Trial Lawyers Association: David Woolcott is a member of the Ontario Trial Lawyers Association.
- Canadian Bar Association: Jonathan Krashinsky is a member of the Canadian Bar Association.
The neighbourhood
The firm's office is at 380 Woolwich Street in downtown Guelph. The city dates to St. George's Day, April 23, 1827, when the Canada Company founded it by ceremonially felling a large maple. It's considered one of Canada's first planned towns, laid out by the company's Superintendent in Canada, the Scottish novelist John Galt, who set streets fanning out from a focal point at the Speed River, with squares, broad main streets and narrower side streets in the manner of a European city centre.
Local stone gives the older parts of Guelph their look: builders and stone carvers worked in limestone quarried nearby, and it lends those districts a shared character today. Woolwich Street has its own examples. Number 348, a single-storey Ontario cottage of Guelph limestone built in 1866, is protected under the Ontario Heritage Act, and together with the stone cottages at 340 and 344 Woolwich Street and 12 Mont Street it has become a local landmark.
Frequently asked questions
- My CPP disability claim was denied. Can Woolcott Krashinsky take it to the Social Security Tribunal?
- Woolcott Krashinsky begins by asking for a reconsideration of the denial. If the claim is still refused, the firm brings it to the Social Security Tribunal and appears for the client, and it has experience in both the Tribunal's General Division and its Appeal Division.
- Why doesn't Woolcott Krashinsky offer free half-hour consultations for family law?
- Woolcott Krashinsky's position is that a free meeting of thirty minutes or less can't give clients what they need and may even confuse or misdirect them. Instead, the firm books paid consultations at its office at a time that suits the client, and if the client then retains the firm, the consultation fee is generally rolled into the retainer.
- Can the firm deal with a criminal charge that's tied to my family court case?
- Woolcott Krashinsky can help with the criminal side too. Family and criminal matters are often connected, and many clients find it useful to have the office already handling their family or injury file assist with the criminal issue as well.
- Is Woolcott Krashinsky part of Guelph's Speed River Collaborative Association?
- Woolcott Krashinsky partner Jonathan Krashinsky is a member, having trained in collaborative family law. The Guelph association brings together a network of lawyers and other professionals who resolve family disputes cooperatively.
- My employer gave me a restructuring proposal with a tight deadline. How fast can the firm meet with me?
- Woolcott Krashinsky asks employees in that position to call as soon as they can, and it commits to making a real effort to meet them before the deadline passes. That covers restructuring offers that significantly cut an employee's responsibilities or pay.
- Does Woolcott Krashinsky have fireproof storage for an original will?
- Woolcott Krashinsky has secure, fireproof storage for important documents, along with staff who help clients prepare their wills.
Where to find them
380 Woolwich Street, Guelph, Ontario N1H 3W7 · 519-823-8447
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