Ecclestone Law Professional Corporation

About Ecclestone Law Professional Corporation

Ecclestone Law Professional Corporation is a general practice law firm in Kingston, Ontario, offering service in English and French. Chris Ecclestone, born in Peterborough but raised in Kingston, now leads the practice. Chris attended public and high school in Kingston, largely in French, then Loyalist College, earning an Advanced Certificate and an Emergency Medical Care Assistant certificate in 1992 before training as a paramedic. Chris later attended law school at Queen's University in Kingston, earned an LL.B. in 2003, was called to the Ontario bar in February 2004, and joined Chris's father, John Ecclestone, in practice that year.

John Ecclestone founded the practice and worked as a lawyer in Kingston from July 1980, officially retiring on July 31, 2020 after 40 years and handing the firm to Chris. Today it's a broad general practice, covering administrative law, civil litigation, criminal defence, family law (including collaborative family law and mediation), real estate, wills, estates, trusts, powers of attorney, contracts, and corporate matters. It's a full service firm: when a matter falls outside what it can do, it says so and helps clients find someone who can. A licensed paralegal, Heidi Powell, also works with the firm, handling small claims and provincial offences matters that don't require a lawyer's fuller appearance rights.