Tierney Stauffer LLP is a full-service law firm that has served the greater Ottawa area since 1982, with additional offices in Cornwall, Kingston, and North Bay. It handles business, real estate, employment, wills and estates, and personal injury matters, and several of its lawyers have practiced for more than three decades in their respective fields. The firm has been ranked in Best Law Firms Canada since 2025.

Practice areas

Administrative & Regulatory Law Civil Litigation & Dispute Resolution Business & Corporate Law Landlord & Tenant Real Estate Law Construction Law Employment & Labour Law Family Law Wills, Estates & Trusts Personal Injury Insurance Law

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Fees & payment

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Lawyers 23

Brendan Lowry Associate Civil Litigation & Dispute ResolutionEmployment & Labour Law Brennan W.R. Richardson Associate Personal Injury Charlotte M. McCurdy Lawyer and Practice Leader - Wills, Estates, Trusts & Elder Law Wills, Estates & TrustsBusiness & Corporate Law Christina Vechsler Associate Business & Corporate LawAdministrative & Regulatory Law Dana P. Tierney Partner Civil Litigation & Dispute ResolutionEmployment & Labour Law Danielle Bartlett Associate Wills, Estates & TrustsPersonal Injury Emily Tierney Partner Business & Corporate LawReal Estate Law Frank C. Tierney Senior Counsel Personal Injury Graeme Postma Associate Civil Litigation & Dispute ResolutionConstruction Law Harold R. McNeely Senior Counsel Wills, Estates & TrustsCivil Litigation & Dispute Resolution James Leal Senior Counsel Real Estate LawBusiness & Corporate Law John J. Cardill Counsel Group Civil Litigation & Dispute ResolutionFamily Law John N. McFarlane Counsel Business & Corporate LawWills, Estates & Trusts Kaitlin Brennan Associate Civil Litigation & Dispute ResolutionConstruction Law Kevin Butler Associate Employment & Labour LawBusiness & Corporate Law Lesly Joseph Partner Personal InjuryInsurance Law Mary Jane Binks, K.C. Senior Counsel Family LawWills, Estates & Trusts Michael Ng Partner Business & Corporate LawReal Estate Law Stephen G. Tierney Senior Counsel Business & Corporate Law Susan D. Mitchell Managing Partner Personal InjuryCivil Litigation & Dispute Resolution Teena L. Belland Associate Personal InjuryCivil Litigation & Dispute Resolution W. Ormond Murphy Counsel Group Wills, Estates & Trusts Xiaoyu (Olivia) Hu Associate Civil Litigation & Dispute ResolutionEmployment & Labour Law

This firm’s lawyers at a glance

Called to the bar
1971–2026 · median 18 years in practice 13 of 23 lawyers
Law schools
University of Ottawa (11), Queen's University (5), National University of Ireland, Galway, Osgoode Hall Law School, University of Manitoba, University of Windsor 20 of 23 lawyers
Languages on the roster
English, French, Mandarin

Who handles what

Offices 3

Ottawa613-728-8057

510-1600 Carling Avenue, Ottawa, Ontario K1Z 0A1

Cornwall613-933-9900

340 Second Street East, Cornwall, Ontario K6H 1Y9

Kingston888-799-8057

556 O'Connor Drive, Kingston, Ontario K7P 1N3

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