Williams Family Lawyers
Automatically compiled listing. Details may contain errors.4 lawyers · Established 1998 · York Region
One of 229 law firms listed in Markham, and one of 69 handling Family Law.
About Williams Family Lawyers
Williams Family Lawyers is a family law firm in Thornhill, Ontario, with by appointment satellite offices in Toronto and in Unionville, Markham. The firm traces back to 1998, when Heather McGee and Laura Fryer founded McGee & Fryer. Both eventually became judges of the Superior Court of Justice's Family Court Branch, and the practice's name changed each time it happened: it became Fryer & Associates in 2009 after McGee's appointment in Newmarket, Fryer & Williams in 2014 when Cheryl Williams became a full partner, and finally Williams Family Lawyers in 2015 after Fryer's appointment in Oshawa.
Today the firm has four lawyers who work exclusively in family law, handling separation, divorce, custody and access, support, property division, domestic contracts such as cohabitation agreements, and alternatives to court like mediation, arbitration, and collaborative family law. Williams holds a Master of Laws in Alternative Dispute Resolution from Osgoode Hall Law School and has contributed family law commentary to Advocate Daily and The Lawyers Daily. Several of the other lawyers at the firm are also trained or certified in collaborative family law, which fits a practice that tries to keep cases out of court where that suits a family's circumstances.
In the community
- One of the firm's lawyers has served since 2014 on the board of directors of Peel Cheshire Homes (Brampton) Inc., an organization that supports adults with physical disabilities.
- Cheryl Williams has lectured on family law in Humber College's paralegal program, in Osgoode Hall Law School's LL.M. program, and through Riverdale Mediation.
- Cheryl Williams was selected for the Ontario Bar Association's 'Why I Went to Law School' campaign in 2013.
Good to know
Wheelchair accessible
By appointmentThis firm’s lawyers at a glance
- Called to the bar
- 2000 · median 26 years in practice 1 of 4 lawyers
- Law schools
- Osgoode Hall Law School 1 of 4 lawyers
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Where to find them
7191 Yonge Street, Suite #411, Thornhill, Ontario L3T 0C4 · 647-797-5641
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