About Handysides Patterson Law Firm

Handysides Patterson Law Firm is a family law and real estate firm on Ouellette Avenue in Windsor, Ontario, established in January 2022 by lawyers Zane Handysides and Jerrod Patterson. Handysides was called to the Ontario bar in 2003 and has practiced family law exclusively since then, arguing cases at trial in both the Ontario Court of Justice and the Superior Court of Justice. Patterson, a Windsor native, articled at a family law firm in Toronto and returned home to join Kamin Fisher in January 2019, then opened the current firm with Handysides three years later.

The team also includes Mohamad Kmaiha, called to the bar in 2021, who practices real estate and family law together and communicates with clients in both English and Arabic, and Daniel Ableser, called to the bar in 2011, who joined after 15 years at another Windsor firm practicing family law, civil litigation, and municipal law. Lawyers at the firm negotiate marriage contracts, cohabitation agreements, and separation agreements, and handle custody, support, and property division matters. The firm's real estate work often overlaps with family law, covering matters such as the sale of a matrimonial home or the division of jointly owned property.

In the community

  • Zane Handysides has been involved with the Essex County Law Association and the Canadian Bar Association of Ontario, and has supported the University of Windsor Faculty of Law's community legal aid and mediation clinics.
  • Zane Handysides has also supported Transition to Betterness, the Hospice of Windsor, and the United Way.
  • Daniel Ableser has served on the City of Windsor International Relations Committee, as a director of the Essex Law Association, and as vice chair of the Windsor-Essex Community Benefits Coalition.

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2485 Ouellette Ave, Suite 202, Windsor, ON N8X 1L5 · 519-800-2757

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