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Erin Reid

Appeals Lawyer

Fax:

416.867.2410

PROFESSIONAL HIGHLIGHTS

Representative Work

  • Erin seeks to understand and serve the individual needs and goals of each client both in terms of process and outcome. She specializes in all areas of family law including custody and parenting, support, and property issues. Erin knows that a goal of most family law clients is timely and cost-efficient resolution, which can often be achieved through collaborative or mediated processes. Erin is trained and experienced in these processes. If necessary, Erin is also experienced courtroom counsel, with an extensive record of advocacy in the Ontario Superior Court of Justice and the Court of Appeal for Ontario, where her attendances as counsel have produced precedent setting cases, recognized provincially and nation-wide, on the issue of spousal support.

  • Erin is available to be retained by family law counsel on behalf of their clients to act as mediator.

Areas of Focus

Family Law

  • negotiation, mediation, arbitration, litigation, collaborative family law

  • all issues arising from separation and divorce including custody and access disputes, and related financial issues

  • common law separation

  • child support and spousal support

  • division of property upon marriage or relationship breakdown

  • complex family law matters with corporate issues involving corporate counsel, business valuators, accountants, tax advisors and other experts

  • separation agreements

  • marriage contracts

  • cohabitation agreements

  • all domestic contracts

  • motions

  • trials

  • appeals

Alternative Dispute Resolution

  • mediation

  • collaborative family law

  • arbitration

Achievements

  • Selected by her peers to be included in Canadian Legal Lexpert Directory in the area of Family Law (2022)

  • Selected by her peers for inclusion in The Best Lawyers in Canada for Family Law

Memberships

  • Law Society of Ontario

  • Canadian Bar Association

  • Ontario Bar Association

  • Middlesex Law Association

  • Middlesex Family Law Association

  • Collaborative Family Law of London & Middlesex

Professional History

  • Practice Group Leader (2023 - present)

  • Partner, Lerners LLP (2017)

  • Partner, McKenzie Lake (2004-2016)

  • Associate Lawyer, McKenzie Lake (2004-2011)

  • Member, Faculty of Law, Western University (2014 to date)

Education

  • Admitted to Ontario Bar (2004)

  • Interdisciplinary Collaborative Law Training (2010)

  • Alternative Dispute Resolution Certification, Stitt Feld Handy Group (2007)

  • Bachelor of Laws, University of Windsor (2003)

  • Bachelor of Arts (Hons.), Western University (2000)

CONTACT

Fax:

519.932.3361

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