Wharton Woods Family Law
8 lawyers · City of Toronto, Middlesex County (London)
One of 2,345 law firms listed in Toronto, and one of 579 handling Family Law.
About Wharton Woods Family Law
Wharton Woods Family Law has an office in Toronto and a second office in London, Ontario, and works exclusively in family law. The firm was co-founded by partners Toni Wharton and Kristen Woods and covers separation and divorce, parenting and decision-making arrangements, property division, and child and spousal support. The team also drafts marriage contracts and cohabitation agreements and offers negotiation, mediation, arbitration, and collaborative family law in addition to litigation when a case has to go to court. Lawyers at the firm appear in both the Ontario Court of Justice and the Superior Court of Justice.
Toni Wharton worked as a criminal and family law barrister in the United Kingdom for nine years before moving to Toronto in 2012. Toni earned a law degree and completed the Bar Vocational Course at the University of Northumbria in Newcastle upon Tyne, then qualified to practise in Ontario through the National Committee on Accreditation. Kristen Woods studied family relations at the University of Guelph and the University of British Columbia before earning a law degree at the University of Western Ontario and being called to the bar in 2010, and has worked exclusively in family law since then. Counsel at the firm has practised family law in Ontario since being called to the bar in 1980.
Practice areas
Milestones & recognition
- Wharton Woods Family Law was co-founded by partners Toni Wharton and Kristen Woods.
- Toni Wharton practised as a criminal and family law barrister in the United Kingdom for nine years before relocating to Toronto in 2012.
- Kristen Woods has practised exclusively in family law since being called to the Ontario bar in 2010.
- Counsel at the firm was called to the Ontario bar in 1980 and has since practised family law, including negotiation, mediation, and litigation, for more than three decades.
In the community
- Toni Wharton served on the parent council at Brown Junior Public School in Toronto from 2014 to 2018, including as chair, co-chair, and vice chair, and also co-chaired the school advisory council at Forest Hill Junior and Senior Public School in 2018 and 2019.
- Lawyers who work out of the firm's London office have served as past president and on the executive of the Middlesex Family Law Association.
- A member of the firm's London team serves on the board of Boler Mountain, a ski and outdoor recreation community in London, Ontario.
Good to know
Wheelchair accessible
By appointmentLawyers 8
This firm’s lawyers at a glance
- Called to the bar
- 1980–2023 · median 9 years in practice 7 of 8 lawyers
- Law schools
- Lincoln Alexander School of Law, Toronto Metropolitan University, University of Alberta, University of Northumbria, University of Ottawa, University of Toronto, University of Western Ontario and 2 more 8 of 8 lawyers
Who handles what
Offices 2
The neighbourhood
The Toronto office is on Stewart Street in downtown Toronto.
The London office is on Talbot Street in the downtown core, not far from the courthouse at 80 Dundas Street that houses the Superior Court of Justice, the Ontario Court of Justice, and family court for Middlesex County. Several lawyers who work out of the London office belong to the Middlesex Law Association and the Middlesex Family Law Association.
Frequently asked questions
- Does Wharton Woods Family Law handle divorce and custody cases?
- Yes. The firm works exclusively in family law and covers separation and divorce, parenting and decision-making arrangements, and child and spousal support, along with property division.
- Can Wharton Woods Family Law draft a marriage contract or cohabitation agreement before we move in together?
- Yes, the firm negotiates and drafts marriage contracts and cohabitation agreements as part of its family law practice.
- Does the firm offer mediation or collaborative family law, or do I have to go to court?
- Wharton Woods Family Law offers negotiation, mediation, arbitration, and collaborative family law in addition to litigation, and both founding partners are trained as collaborative lawyers.
- Where are Wharton Woods Family Law's offices?
- The firm has an office on Stewart Street in Toronto and an office on Talbot Street in London, Ontario.
- Will my case be handled in the Ontario Court of Justice or the Superior Court of Justice?
- Lawyers at the firm appear in both the Ontario Court of Justice and the Superior Court of Justice, depending on where a case is filed.
- Does Wharton Woods Family Law represent clients in Middlesex County?
- Yes. Lawyers who work out of the firm's London office belong to the Middlesex Law Association and the Middlesex Family Law Association and represent clients in Middlesex County family court.
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