Shawna N. Downey Professional Corporation

About Shawna N. Downey Professional Corporation

Shawna N. Downey Professional Corporation is a general practice law firm in Alliston, Ontario, operating out of an office on Victoria Street West. Shawna N. Downey was raised in Alliston and earned a Bachelor of Arts with Honours from the University of Waterloo, majoring in Psychology with minors in Legal Studies and Criminology, before completing an LL.B. at Osgoode Hall Law School in 2007. Articles followed at the Alliston firm of Gilmore and Gilmore, where Downey was hired on as an associate lawyer and began practicing in 2008, working across family law, real estate, estate law, and civil law. The firm opened in 2014.

The practice concentrates on family law, including separation and divorce, custody and access, support claims, property division, marriage contracts and cohabitation agreements, adoptions, and Family Court representation, along with unbundled services for people representing themselves. It also handles wills, powers of attorney, and estate administration, notarial services such as certifying documents and preparing travel consent letters for minors, and paralegal work covering small claims up to $50,000, landlord and tenant matters, and debt collection. Downey belongs to the Simcoe County Law Association, the Simcoe County Family Law Association, the Ontario Bar Association, the Canadian Bar Association, and the Law Society of Ontario.