Schnurr Kirsh Oelbaum Tator LLP

About Schnurr Kirsh Oelbaum Tator LLP

Schnurr Kirsh Oelbaum Tator LLP is a Toronto firm that has practiced in estate litigation since 1974. Its eight lawyers act for estate trustees, beneficiaries, and claimants in contested wills, passings of accounts, trustee disputes, dependant support claims, and disputes over powers of attorney and guardianship. The firm also handles applications under Ontario's Substitute Decisions Act and offers mediation and arbitration, so clients can try to settle an estate dispute before it reaches trial. Its main office is in a Queen Street West tower in downtown Toronto, and a smaller office in Bowmanville, Ontario serves clients east of the city.

The firm's name reflects its founding partners, and Brian Schnurr, one of them, wrote two texts in the field, Estate Litigation and The Annotated Ontario Estates Statutes. Lawyers at the firm still contribute chapters to both books and lecture for the Law Society of Ontario, the Ontario Bar Association, and the Society of Trust and Estate Practitioners Canada. Felice Kirsh is a Certified Specialist in Estates and Trusts Law and has been named to Best Lawyers in Canada for Trusts and Estates every year since 2008, and Canadian Lawyer Magazine has repeatedly listed the firm among the country's top wills, trusts and estates law boutiques.