72 firms.
Family lawyers guide people through separation, divorce, parenting arrangements, support, and the division of property. Some of the work is contentious and ends up in court. A lot of it doesn't. Many Ontario family lawyers now lead with negotiation, mediation, and collaborative practice, which tends to be faster and less costly than litigation when both sides are willing.
If children are involved, decisions turn on their best interests, and parenting time and decision-making responsibility are handled separately from support. The Ontario government's family law pages lay out the basics of how support and property work.
Often, no. Separation agreements, cohabitation agreements, and marriage contracts are all drafted and settled outside court. Court becomes necessary when the parties can't agree or when there's urgency, like a safety concern or a parenting dispute that can't wait. A good family lawyer will tell you honestly which path fits your situation.
Family matters are personal, so fit counts as much as credentials. Ask whether the lawyer favours settlement or litigation, how they bill, and whether they're trained in collaborative practice or mediation if that's the route you want. Some firms also take Legal Aid certificates for child protection and other qualifying matters.
Confirm any lawyer's standing through the Law Society of Ontario directory, then browse the family firms below by region and city.
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Amiri LLP (Amiris) is a virtual law firm serving the Greater Toronto Area and the Region of Waterloo. It's a full-service practice covering business, family, civil litigation, immigration, real estate, and wills and e…
Arnoldi Law is a family law practice in Kitchener, Ontario, run by Elizabeth H.E. Arnoldi. Its work covers marriage and cohabitation agreements, separation agreements, divorce, and court proceedings involving custody,…
Aroso Law is a solo practice led by Busuyi Aroso, a lawyer called to the Ontario Bar. The firm handles real estate, family, employment, and wills and estates matters. It serves Kitchener, Waterloo, Cambridge, Guelph, …
Bennett Grant LLP is a full-service firm in the Waterloo Region that's served clients across Ontario for about 60 years. It works in insurance and municipal defence, civil litigation, family, employment, corporate, co…
Cafengiu Law is a Kitchener-Waterloo firm focused on family law and wills and estates. Its family law services include divorce, separation agreements, custody and parenting arrangements, property division, and cohabit…
Caron Family Law is a Kitchener firm led by Heather Caron, serving Kitchener, Waterloo and Cambridge. It practises matrimonial and family law, and it leans on collaborative practice, mediation and other out-of-court r…
Chan Law is a general practice firm in Waterloo, Ontario, led by lawyer Douglas Chan. It handles real estate, family law, wills, powers of attorney and estates, and corporate and commercial matters, and it offers nota…
Chanda Law is a sole practitioner firm led by Arifa Chanda, serving Kitchener, Cambridge, Waterloo and Guelph, Ontario. It focuses on family law and child protection, and also prepares wills and powers of attorney and…
Chess Legal is a Cambridge law firm that's practised since 2011. It handles real estate, business and corporate law, family law, wills and estates, immigration, and notarization. The firm offers services in English, P…
Cohen Highley LLP is a full-service law firm founded in London, Ontario in 1974. It practises across family law, personal injury, business law, real estate, wills and estates, employment, multi-residential housing and…
Colizza & Carroll LLP is a boutique family and matrimonial law firm in Waterloo. It takes matters from across Southern Ontario, including Kitchener-Waterloo, Hamilton, Guelph, Brantford and Toronto, and it accepts Leg…
Collett Read LLP is a criminal defence firm with its head office in Hamilton, Ontario, beside the John Sopinka courthouse, and additional offices across southern Ontario. It practises in criminal law, regulatory offen…
CWM Law is a small general practice serving Kitchener, Waterloo, Cambridge, and the surrounding area. It handles family law, civil litigation, wills and estates, corporate law, real estate, and Landlord and Tenant Boa…
David Lang Barrister & Solicitor is a solo criminal and family law practice in Kitchener, Ontario, run by David J. Lang for over 30 years. It handles criminal and family matters in the Ontario Court of Justice and the…
Dhaliwal & Dhaliwal LLP is a law firm based in Toronto, with additional offices in Cambridge and Mississauga available by appointment. It practises criminal defence, Canadian immigration law, and family and divorce la…
Dhanoa Law is a full-service solo practice in Kitchener, Ontario, led by principal lawyer Invir Dhanoa. It handles real estate, wills and estates, municipal law, family law, and corporate and commercial matters, and p…
Duncan, Linton LLP is a Kitchener-Waterloo firm established in 1860, and it's one of the oldest independent law firms in the region. Its roughly 15 lawyers handle business and general legal work for clients in Kitchen…
Flannery Law is a Kitchener practice led by Timothy C. Flannery, who's practised law for over 30 years. Its main focus is civil litigation and family law, with additional work in employment disputes, wrongful dismissa…
Gelman & Associates is a family law firm based in Toronto that serves clients across Ontario from several offices. Lisa Gelman founded the firm in 2001, and its lawyers handle separation and divorce, parenting and sup…
GGFI Law LLP is a general practice firm in Kitchener, Ontario, founded in 1981 and formerly known as Giesbrecht, Griffin, Funk & Irvine. It represents individuals and businesses across corporate and commercial law, re…
Giffen LLP is a full-service Waterloo firm that's practised since 1981. Its work spans corporate and commercial law, real estate, wills, trusts and estates, family, employment, insurance, construction and litigation. …
GL Family Law is a Waterloo family law practice led by Kirsty Katul. It focuses on resolving separation and divorce outside of court through mediation, collaborative family law, and negotiation. Kirsty is an Accredite…
Goad and Goad LLP is a general practice firm in Cambridge, Ontario, with roots in the community since 1969. Barristers, solicitors and notaries public, they act for individuals, businesses, government entities, and no…
GSD Law Professional Corporation is a small firm based in Cambridge, Ontario, that has served the Kitchener-Waterloo area for over 14 years. It practises real estate, business law, immigration, family law, wills and e…
Harper Law is a solo family law practice in Kitchener led by Shelly Harper. It focuses on alternative dispute resolution for families in transition, including collaborative practice, mediation, arbitration, and neutra…
HKS Law is a Kitchener, Ontario law firm founded in 2020 by Harpreet Kaur Singh. It serves Kitchener, Waterloo, Cambridge, and surrounding communities across real estate, family and divorce, immigration, wills and est…
Ichim Law is a multidisciplinary law firm in the Kitchener-Waterloo area. It practises family law, immigration law, criminal law, civil litigation, and personal injury. The firm is owned by lawyer Gloria Ichim.
Inspire Law is the solo practice of Teneil MacNeil in downtown Waterloo, Ontario. It focuses on family-building law, including adoption, kin and customary care, surrogacy, and other fertility-related matters, alongsid…
Jane McKenzie Family Law is a solo practice in Waterloo, Ontario, focused exclusively on family law in the Kitchener-Waterloo region. Jane McKenzie handles divorce, parenting time and decision-making, child support, C…
Johnson McMaster & Jefferies is a general-practice firm that's served Cambridge, Kitchener-Waterloo and nearby communities since 1977, with offices in Cambridge and Waterloo. Its practice covers residential real estat…
JSS Law Professional Corporation is a law office in Cambridge, Ontario led by Jagrup Singh Sandhu. It offers services in immigration, civil litigation, family law, real estate, wills and estates, business law, crimina…
Kainth Law Group is a law firm in the Waterloo Region, based in Kitchener, Ontario. Its lawyers practise family law, criminal defence, real estate, wills and estates, and corporate matters. The firm is led by principa…
Kay Law is a Kitchener firm founded in 1980. It's based at the Legal Innovation Centre on Frederick Street, and its practice covers business and corporate law, real estate, wills and estates, dispute resolution, and f…
Kelly & Co., Barristers and Solicitors is a full-service law firm based in Waterloo Region, Southern Ontario. Its practice spans civil litigation, family law, business and commercial law, employment, personal injury, …
Lerners LLP is a full-service Ontario law firm founded in 1929 by Mayer Lerner. It has more than 140 lawyers across four offices in London, Toronto, the Waterloo Region, and Strathroy, handling everything from day-to-…
Lexpedia Law Professional Corporation is a corporate and business law firm in Kitchener, Ontario, led by principal lawyer Shruti Manoharan. It helps owners start, run, buy, and sell businesses anywhere in Canada, and …
LG Law Group is a boutique litigation firm in Kitchener, Ontario, run by two married lawyers, Katie Ling and Jesse Garcia. It handles civil litigation and family law matters for businesses, business owners, and profes…
Matlow, Miller, Cummins, Thrasher LLP is a full-service Cambridge firm that's practised throughout Southwestern Ontario since 1939. Its lawyers and paralegals cover a broad range of areas, including real estate, wills…
McCague Borlack LLP is a civil litigation firm founded in 1994, with offices in Toronto, Ottawa, Kitchener, Barrie, and London. It focuses on insurance defence and insurance coverage litigation, and its lawyers also r…
McIntyre, McMurray is a Kitchener firm of barristers and solicitors focused on family law. Its work includes collaborative family law, separation agreements, cohabitation, marriage and prenuptial contracts, divorce, r…
McLeod Green Dewar LLP (MGD) is a boutique family law firm serving Southern Ontario, established in 2007. Its work covers divorce, parenting and decision-making, child and spousal support, property division and equali…
McSevney Chaves LLP is a two-lawyer firm in Cambridge, run by partners Gord McSevney and Cindy Chaves. It focuses on real estate, corporate law, and wills and estates, and it also takes on family law and collaborative…
Miller Law and Mediation is a family law practice run by Tracy Miller, an accredited family law mediator with over 30 years of experience. It focuses on resolving separation and divorce through mediation, collaborativ…
Morneau Family Law & Legal Innovation is a family law practice in Waterloo, Ontario, run by David M. Morneau Jr. It focuses on resolving family disputes out of court, through mediation, collaborative law and negotiati…
Pavey Law LLP is a Cambridge firm that's operated under the Pavey Law name since 1995, continuing predecessor practices that trace back to the 1930s in Preston and the 1950s in Galt. Its lawyers work in corporate and …
Peter M. Miller Law is the Waterloo practice of Peter M. Miller, who focuses on real estate and mortgages. He also handles family law, wills and estates, business incorporation, landlord representation and notary work…
Protopapas & Spiegelberg is a Kitchener, Ontario law office practising real estate, family (including collaborative family law), wills and estates, and corporate and commercial law. At the time of the crawl, its websi…
Sandhu Law Chambers is a solo law firm in Cambridge, Ontario, founded by Ritika Sandhu. It practises real estate, wills and estates, corporate and commercial, family, and immigration law, along with notarial services.…
Sarah Mumtaz Law Offices is a firm founded by Sarah Mumtaz, with offices in Toronto, Etobicoke, and Waterloo. It focuses on family law, wills and estates, and corporate law for clients across the Greater Toronto Area …
Schaffer & Schaffer is a family-run general-practice firm in Kitchener that's served the Waterloo Region since 1982. It handles real estate, family law, criminal law, personal injury, wills and estates, and corporate …
Sherman Law LLP is a family-owned firm in the Waterloo Region, focused on family law, mediation, collaborative divorce, and estate planning and administration. It leans on out-of-court resolution, though it'll litigat…
Shuh Cline & Grossman LLP is a Kitchener, Ontario firm established in 1976. It offers a broad range of services, including litigation, accident and personal injury claims, corporate and commercial law, immigration, ad…
SorbaraLaw is a full-service regional firm with 40+ lawyers across offices in Waterloo, Guelph, Fergus and Markham, serving individuals, businesses, institutions and governmental bodies across Ontario. Its practice sp…
Stephen Durbin & Associates is a family law firm founded by Stephen Durbin, with its head office in Burlington, Ontario, and by-appointment locations across the Greater Toronto Area and beyond. The firm practises excl…
SV Law is a full-service firm headquartered in Guelph, with additional offices in Elora and the Waterloo Region. Formerly SmithValeriote Law Firm, it traces its roots to the 1960s and now has more than forty lawyers. …
Tania Harper Family Law is a family law practice in Waterloo, Ontario. It handles family matters through negotiation where possible and litigation when needed, with particular experience in child protection cases. Tan…
Ted Dueck Mediation & Arbitration is a solo practice based in Waterloo, Ontario, run by lawyer Ted Dueck. It focuses on mediating and arbitrating family law and estate disputes, offering a way to resolve conflict outs…
Teixeira Law Office is a Cambridge, Ontario firm serving Cambridge, Kitchener, Waterloo and surrounding communities. It handles real estate transactions, wills and estate planning, and family matters. The office offer…
Teixeira Law Office is a small firm in Cambridge, Ontario, serving Cambridge, Kitchener, Waterloo, and the surrounding communities. It handles real estate, wills and estates, and family law, and it offers services in …
The Law Group, also known as Popovic Law Group, is a Kitchener, Ontario firm offering family, real estate, civil litigation, personal injury, wills and estates, and corporate law. It takes a holistic approach that con…
Thompson Law Office is a Cambridge firm led by Kimberley M. Thompson, who was called to the bar in 2002. It centres on family law, including collaborative family law and mediation, and it also handles residential real…
Tinholts is a Waterloo civil litigation practice that Benjamin Tinholt founded in 2019. It focuses on commercial, estates, and family litigation, and also handles tort, trust, leasing, insurance, shareholder, real est…
Travers Law is a Waterloo Region firm focused on real estate, wills and estates, and business law, with some family law too. Founded in 1981 as Paquette Travers, it runs offices in Kitchener-Waterloo, Cambridge, Guelp…
Vardhan Law is a solo Ontario practice with offices in Cambridge and Toronto, led by Akshay Vardhan. Its main focus is immigration, with additional work in criminal, family, and real estate law. Vardhan pairs his lega…
Virk Law Professional Corporation is a small firm in Kitchener, Ontario, founded by Jaspal Virk. Its work focuses on Canadian immigration, family, and real estate law.
VMOST Law Professional Corporation is a multidisciplinary law firm in Kitchener, Ontario. It practises immigration, wills and estates, business law, real estate and family law, and provides notary public services. It …
Wahab Law is a Kitchener firm led by managing lawyer Khaled Wahab, serving Kitchener, Waterloo, Cambridge and the Greater Toronto Area. It practises in real estate, family law, employment law, wills and estates, and c…
Waters, Hastings & Grainger Professional Corporation (WHG Law) is a general-practice firm in Elmira, Ontario, serving Waterloo Region, Wellington County, and Perth County. It continues a local legal tradition that spa…
WayForth LLP is a law firm in downtown Kitchener, Ontario. It began in May 2020 as a virtual practice during the Covid-19 pandemic and later added a physical office. The firm's work spans family and relationship law, …
White Coad LLP is a full-service law firm serving Oxford County and the surrounding area in southwestern Ontario, with offices in Woodstock, Norwich, Ayr, and Stratford. Its origins trace back nearly 50 years to Craig…
William T. Lowes Professional Corporation is a small full-service law firm in New Hamburg, Ontario, serving Wilmot Township and the surrounding communities. It traces its roots to a practice established in 1953, and h…
Woynarski Szymura Kelly LLP (WSK Law) is a Cambridge firm that's served the Waterloo Region since 1979, founded by Ronald F.B. Woynarski. Its lawyers work in business law, estate planning, family law, litigation and r…
