Christopher G. Knowles, Barrister and Solicitor

About Christopher G. Knowles, Barrister and Solicitor

Christopher G. Knowles, Barrister and Solicitor, is a solo family law practice in Windsor, Ontario, established in 2005. The practice focuses on family law and child protection matters, including custody, access, and adoption cases. Knowles is a panel member for the Office of the Children's Lawyer, which can appoint the practice to represent a child's own views in a custody or parenting dispute, and is also an empaneled agent for the Director of the Family Responsibility Office. Before opening the practice, Knowles worked as a law clerk to the Honourable Justice Robert Decary of the Federal Court of Appeal.

The practice covers a fairly wide range of family law work for a solo office: separation agreements, parenting time and decision making orders, child and spousal support, collaborative family law, and voice of the child reports that give children a say in proceedings that affect them. It also handles reproductive and fertility law, including surrogacy agreements, donor agreements, and legal parentage matters. Knowles serves clients across Windsor, Essex County, Chatham-Kent, and Lambton County, in English and French, and offers virtual consultations for clients who can't get to the Ouellette Avenue office in person.