About Axess Law

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Axess Law is a real estate law firm built around home closings, working for homeowners and for the realtors, lenders and mortgage professionals guiding them through the final stages of a deal. Most of its files are purchases, sales, refinances, title transfers and lender work, and it also prepares wills and estate plans. Closings can be completed virtually, with signings over video, or in person at your home.

The firm was co-founded by Mark Morris and Lena Koke, and Koke now serves as its chief executive. It has been doing specialized real estate work for over 11 years and counts more than 150,000 clients served.

Axess Law has operations in Ontario, Alberta and British Columbia, and it can serve clients remotely anywhere in Canada; Quebec closings run on a separate site of their own. In person, it has offices on Alvin Avenue in Toronto, inside the Walmart at Scarborough Town Centre, on Roydon Place in Ottawa, on West Hastings Street in Vancouver and on Macleod Trail SW in Calgary.

Routine real estate deals are billed through flat-fee packages with fixed prices. You can meet a lawyer in person, by phone, by email or on a video call.

History

Axess Law grew out of retail law. Mark Morris and Lena Koke had spent time helping pharmacies and restaurants get into Walmart stores, and as retail lawyers they understood the shoppers there. About a year before April 2014, they took their own firm into Walmart too. Its first office was in downtown Toronto, offering real estate, wills and notary work.

By April 2014 the firm had an office in the Walmart near Warden Avenue and Eglinton Avenue East, plus offices in the Walmarts at Scarborough Town Centre and on Copper Creek Drive in Markham, with fixed fees and most locations open until 8 p.m. daily. With the Walmart storefronts working as intake centres, Axess Law had the ability to grow its back-end real estate operations in downtown Toronto. Later growth took Axess Law to 14 offices across Ontario, began offering consultations by video for both real estate and estate planning, passed the 100,000-client mark, and brought new offices in British Columbia and Alberta.

Practice areas

Home purchases, sales and refinances

Real estate is the core of the practice, from purchases, sales and refinances to title transfers and representing lenders, with Shraya Patel serving as head real estate lawyer. Some of its flat-fee packages include a virtual signing appointment and unlimited access to the legal team, and realtors can get their commission payments the same day.

Wills, powers of attorney and probate

Before drafting, a lawyer walks you through questions about your executor and beneficiaries and notes your wishes; the finished will is witnessed by a lawyer and kept in a safety deposit box. Primary and secondary wills are available, and the first probate consultation costs nothing. For probate, the firm files at the Ontario Superior Court of Justice office for the region where the deceased lived.

Notary work done by lawyers

Every notary public at Axess Law is a lawyer. In-person notarizations happen at its Greater Toronto Area and Ottawa offices and take about 5 to 10 minutes, and the team also drafts and notarizes travel consent letters for children travelling without a parent.

Small business law

For start-ups and small businesses, the firm handles business name registration, incorporations and partnerships, and it'll talk you through whether to incorporate provincially or federally. Its business lawyers also put together corporate minute books.

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How Axess Law works

Axess Law keeps its work in-house rather than outsourcing it: files are handled by lawyers on staff, with real estate lawyers directly overseeing each one. The firm built its own proprietary systems to run a transaction from start to finish, and clients follow progress through an online portal alongside updates from the legal team.

Milestones & recognition

  • Co-founders Mark Morris and Lena Koke were jointly named to Canadian Lawyer's Top 25 Most Influential list for 2014.
  • Lena Koke was named one of Canada's Top Women Entrepreneurs for strong sales and revenue growth.
  • The Financial Times recognized Axess Law among innovative law firms in North America, and it placed #10 on the Top 50 Startup Companies in Canada.
  • Featured in Report on Business magazine's 2023 ranking of Canada's Top Growing Companies.

This firm’s lawyers at a glance

Languages on the roster
Cantonese, English

Offices 5

43 Alvin Avenue, Toronto, ON M4T 2A7

300 Borough Dr. (Inside Walmart), Scarborough, ON M1P 4P5

33 Roydon Place, Suite 201, Ottawa, ON K2E 1A3

1021 W. Hastings Street, 9th Floor, Vancouver, BC V6E 0C3

5940 Macleod Trail SW Suite 500, Calgary, AB T2H 2G4

The neighbourhood

The Scarborough office sits inside the Walmart at Scarborough Town Centre, 300 Borough Drive, a shopping mall at the heart of the Scarborough City Centre district. The mall sits next to the Scarborough Centre Bus Terminal, and the Walmart store there opened in July 2001. This location keeps weekend hours, open Saturday from 10 a.m. to 6 p.m. and Sunday from 11 a.m. to 5 p.m. Across the firm, offices have onsite parking and are easy to reach by public transit.

Frequently asked questions

Can Axess Law write a letter of invitation for a relative visiting Canada?
Axess Law's notary publics draft visitor visa invitation letters for family, friends and acquaintances, witness the sponsor's signature and provide a notary-sealed copy. The legal fee is $89.99. (Fees as of October 2026.)
Do couples pay less when they make their wills with Axess Law?
Axess Law prices couples' services lower, with savings of up to $100. A will is $299.99 for an individual and $499.99 for a couple. (Fees as of October 2026.)
Can I text Axess Law rather than call?
Axess Law takes text messages at 647-374-0061, alongside its toll-free phone line and email.

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