Aulis Law Firm Professional Corporation
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About Aulis Law Firm Professional Corporation
Aulis Law Firm helps people in Toronto with home purchases and sales, wills and powers of attorney, estate administration, and family agreements worked out without a court fight. It's led by Patrick J. Aulis, its principal lawyer, who also founded North York Mediation.
Family work here runs on cooperation. Since 2017 the practice has moved away from adversarial family litigation toward collaborative representation, mediation and arbitration, and the firm has chosen not to take contested family court cases at all. Clients whose matter does need a litigator are referred on to other professionals, at whatever stage that becomes clear.
The real estate side has deep roots. Many of its clients have come back again and again, some through the firm and its predecessors for more than forty years, and the firm has closed deals over the years for those clients and for their relatives. The firm has also added intergenerational conflict mediation, where several generations of a family come together to work out a plan of their own.
The office is on Sheppard Avenue East in North York, in Unit 407. Clients can reach the firm at 416-431-1500 or by email at paulis@aulislawfirm.com.
History
Before it took its current name, the practice was known as Patrick Aulis Law Office, the name it carried in 2016. Patrick Aulis counts Mel Antflyck as a former law partner and mentor. For years the practice was a general one with a heavy emphasis on traditional family law, argued in the various Ontario courts.
Practice areas
Buying, selling and refinancing
The firm acts for both buyers and sellers, on condos, houses, cottages and commercial property, and also handles mortgage refinancing and life lease arrangements in assisted living facilities. Staff keep clients updated as a deal moves along, and shortly before closing each client meets the lawyer to go over and sign the closing documents.
Wills, powers of attorney and estate administration
Estate planning conversations cover tax questions, cutting probate fees through how assets are held during life, and reducing the risk of a will challenge given each family's own dynamics. Most will clients also have Powers of Attorney for Property and Personal Care prepared at the same time, and the firm helps them think through who should hold those roles. When the time comes, it assists executors whether the estate needs a formal probate application or can be handled less formally.
Cohabitation, marriage and separation agreements
Couples moving in together or marrying can have a cohabitation agreement or marriage contract prepared, and separating spouses can settle terms in a separation agreement. The firm leads negotiations toward those agreements, preferably with the other spouse represented by a lawyer of their own.
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Family mediation and arbitration
The firm can sit with both spouses as a neutral mediator, or act as arbitrator when the parties need a binding award, either from the outset or, in some circumstances, after first mediating, in what's known as Med/Arb. Patrick Aulis holds a Certificate in Family Mediation from York University and a Certificate in Family Law Arbitration from Riverdale Mediation.
Intergenerational conflict mediation
This service brings several generations of a family together, with Patrick Aulis as mediator, to build their own plan for issues like housing, caregiving and medical decisions. Where outside help is needed, families get access to the firm's network of providers in health, finance, retirement, aging in place, counselling and companion care.
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Good to know
Wheelchair accessible
By appointmentHow Aulis Law Firm Professional Corporation works
Aulis Law Firm's view is that when people can settle things between themselves cooperatively, that's the ideal outcome, and its family practice is built around that idea. New family clients start with an informal conversation about which route suits them.
Planning work takes place over a series of meetings. Estate clients sit down for a conversation, sometimes more than one. For a will, the first meeting covers the client's wishes and assets and ends with a quote based on how complex the documents are; drafts then go out for review at the client's own pace, and a final meeting at the office makes sure everything is signed to the formal legal standard. Clients keep the originals, and the firm holds a copy.
Milestones & recognition
- Patrick Aulis was called to the bar in Ontario in 2003.
- Patrick Aulis holds a Bachelor of Arts from Bishop's University and a Bachelor of Laws from Osgoode Hall.
In the community
- Patrick Aulis joined the North York Elder Abuse Network to help educate the public and link people with resources, after noticing that more and more clients were older and facing serious challenges.
Affiliations & connections
- Ontario Association for Family Mediation: Patrick Aulis is a member of the Ontario Association for Family Mediation.
- Family Dispute Resolution Institute of Ontario: Patrick Aulis is a member of the Family Dispute Resolution Institute of Ontario (FDRIO).
- Toronto Lawyers Association: Patrick Aulis is a member of the Toronto Lawyers Association.
- Ontario Bar Association: Patrick Aulis is a member of the Ontario Bar Association.
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The neighbourhood
Unit 407 at 1100 Sheppard Avenue East sits in a medical and professional building in the Leslie and Sheppard corridor of North York. The building is close to the Sheppard subway line, Highway 401, the Don Valley Parkway, Bayview Village and North York General Hospital.
Where to find them
1100 Sheppard Avenue, East Unit 407, Toronto, Ontario M2K 2W2 · 416-431-1500
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