Amy Katz & Associates

About Amy Katz & Associates

Amy Katz & Associates Professional Corporation is a family law firm based in downtown Hamilton, Ontario, at 263 John Street South. Katz was called to the Bar of Ontario in 1992 and has managed family law practices in Hamilton since 1998. The firm handles family law exclusively, covering cohabitation agreements, marriage and separation agreements, parenting decisions and parenting time (formerly known as custody and access), child and spousal support, property division, exclusive possession, and Children's Aid Society matters, along with negotiation and mediation.

Katz holds a B.A. and LL.B. along with a Diplôme de Français Juridique and is conversant in French, English, and Hebrew. Much of the firm's work centres on cases involving abused women and children, with referrals coming from social service agencies across Hamilton, and Katz has served on the volunteer rosters of organizations including SACHA, Interval House, Martha House, and the Francophone Community Health Centre, and has sat as a panel member with the Office of the Children's Lawyer. Associate Andrew Selbo studied law at Natal University in South Africa, completed an LLM at University College London in 1989, and was called to the bar of England and Wales in 1998. Selbo practised law in England for nearly twenty years before moving to Canada and now manages the firm's day to day operations.