Goddard Gamage LLP

About Goddard Gamage LLP

Goddard Gamage LLP is a Toronto law firm focused on wills, estates, capacity, and elder law. It opened in 1999 and takes its name from Jan Goddard and Nimali Gamage, its principal lawyers, who still practise there as counsel and managing partner. The firm's seven lawyers handle estate planning, powers of attorney, estate administration, guardianship applications, and estate litigation, including will challenges, dependant support claims, and passing of accounts. It also takes on Ontario Disability Support Program (ODSP) matters, an area that isn't a typical fit for an estates and capacity practice.

The firm pairs planning work with litigation, so the lawyers who draft a will or a power of attorney can also step in if a dispute follows later. Jan Goddard spent 10 years as counsel with Ontario's Office of the Public Guardian and Trustee before entering private practice, and later co-directed Osgoode Hall Law School's Elder Law Certificate program. Nimali Gamage joined the firm as its first associate in 2002, became a partner in 2012, and has taught Osgoode Hall's Elder Law course as an adjunct professor since 2021. Canadian Lawyer magazine has named the firm to its Top 10 Wills, Trusts and Estates list seven times, most recently for 2025 to 2026.