Common Law Separations: Rights & Obligations
Russell Alexander, Bill Rogers & Adam Borer
Wednesday, January 26th at 12:00 pm EST
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Event Description
In this 1-hour live virtual event, Ontario-based Collaborative Family Lawyers, Russell Alexander, Adam Borer, and Bill Rogers, offer their family law insights and expertise to help navigate common law separations.
Our Hosts
Russell Alexander, Founder & Senior Partner
Russell is the Founder and Senior Partner of Russell Alexander Collaborative Family Lawyers firm. With over 20 years of experience, Russell offers a wealth of knowledge and expertise in Collaborative Family Law. In addition to helping clients with separation, divorce, custody, and support issues, Russell oversees the operations of seven offices within the firm. He uses his experience to create unique solutions for each of his clients to enable them and their families to move forward with their lives in a compassionate, collaborative, and client-focused manner.
Bill Rogers, Managing Associate Lawyer
Bill is an associate lawyer at Russell Alexander Collaborative Family Lawyers. He believes expertise and compassion are both essential in helping clients get through their family law issues. Bill’s courtroom experience includes numerous motions, several full-blown trials, and he has also had the privilege of winning a major family law victory at the Ontario Court of Appeal (McConnell v. Huxtable, 2014 ONCA 86) which prevented the imposition of a proposed two-year deadline on property claims by unmarried spouses. Beyond litigation, he favours out-of-court solutions and collaborative law. Bill is also an award-winning journalist published in The Lawyers Weekly, National Post, and The Globe and Mail and when he’s not practicing law, he loves spending time playing music with his band, Soul Custody.
Adam Borer, Associate Family Lawyer
Adam is an associate lawyer at Russell Alexander Family Lawyers where he practices in all areas of family law including Collaborative Family Law, divorce, child support, spousal support, domestic contracts, and property-related issues. Adam represents clients in litigation, negotiations, and various forms of family dispute resolution. Adam was called to the bar in Ontario in 2013 after graduating from the Juris Doctor Program with Honours at Bond University in Australia. Prior to joining our firm in 2015, he practiced both family and criminal law. If he’s not working with clients, Adam can be found spending quality time with my family or playing sports.
Divorce & Business Valuations: Tips & Best Practices
Russell Alexander, Melanie Russell & Jason Kwiatkowski
Wednesday, February 9th at 12:00 pm EST
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Event Description
In this 1-hour presentation, Ontario-based Collaborative Family Lawyer, Russell Alexander, hosts business valuation experts, Melanie Russell and Jason Kwiatkowski, to offer their expertise with tips and best practices in this area as it applies to divorce and family law.
Our Hosts
Russell Alexander, Founder & Senior Partner
Russell is the Founder and Senior Partner of Russell Alexander Collaborative Family Lawyers firm. With over 20 years of experience, Russell offers a wealth of knowledge and expertise in Collaborative Family Law. In addition to helping clients with separation, divorce, custody, and support issues, Russell oversees the operations of seven offices within the firm. He uses his experience to create unique solutions for each of his clients to enable them and their families to move forward with their lives in a compassionate, collaborative, and client-focused manner.
Melanie Russell, B. Comm., CPA, CBV, CIM, CFE, CFF, ABV
Melanie is the founder of Kalex Valuations Inc. which she founded in 1996. Throughout her professional career, she has been involved in many assignments for a variety of public and private companies of various sizes and across many industries, obtaining her training at two of the largest international accounting firms in the industry. Melanie placed second in Canada on the CICBV membership examination. Ms. Russell has been active in teaching business valuations and related topics since 1987 at various universities and professional organizations and runs the premiere preparatory course for CBV students in Canada taking their national Membership Qualification Examination.
Jason Kwiatkowski, CPA, CA, CBV, ASA, CEPA
Jason is a founding partner and the President at Valuation Support Partners Ltd., a professional services firm specializing in providing the business and legal communities with business valuation, litigation support, and exit planning advisory services. Jason is an independent financial neutral and has completed numerous business valuation and expert reports including income assessments for various purposes. Jason has testified before the Ontario Superior Court of Justice as an expert witness in business valuation and damages quantification. Jason has authored many articles and spoken before various professional and business groups.
Mediation & Family Dispute Resolution
Russell Alexander, Carolyn Warner & Margie Primero-Pimentel
Wednesday, February 23rd at 12:00 pm EST
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Event Description
Collaborative Family Law is an alternative to the adversarial nature of the court process. Mediation and Family Dispute Resolution supports families in resolving their issues in a respectful and cooperative manner to avoid adversarial proceedings, with the help of their lawyers to guide them in the process.
In this 1-hour webinar, Russell Alexander hosts guest speakers, Margie Primero-Pimentel and Carolyn Warner, both collaboratively trained family lawyers based in Ontario, who share their insights and expertise in this area of practice.
Our Hosts
Russell Alexander, Founder & Senior Partner
Russell is the Founder and Senior Partner of Russell Alexander Collaborative Family Lawyers firm. With over 20 years of experience, Russell offers a wealth of knowledge and expertise in Collaborative Family Law. In addition to helping clients with separation, divorce, custody, and support issues, Russell oversees the operations of seven offices within the firm. He uses his experience to create unique solutions for each of his clients to enable them and their families to move forward with their lives in a compassionate, collaborative, and client-focused manner.
Carolyn Warner, Associate Family Lawyer
Carolyn is an associate lawyer at Russell Alexander Collaborative Family Lawyers. She is a fully trained collaborative lawyer that has a knack for developing creative resolutions unique to each client’s situation. Carolyn has been practicing family law exclusively for over eight years since her call to the bar in 2011. She is committed to providing her clients with empathy and sound advice and prides herself on approaching all cases with an analytical and tenacious mindset.
Margie Primero-Pimentel, Associate Lawyer & Accredited Family Mediator
Margie has over 14 years of experience in Family Law. She is a Collaborative Family Law Practitioner and an Accredited Mediator who is passionate about facilitating fair and reasonable settlements for her clients. Margie approaches law in a holistic manner and believes that, as a Family Lawyer, she has a unique opportunity to provide emotionally intelligent advice to clients that will assist them in moving forward with their lives in a better position with the best interest of her clients and their children in mind.
* To respect confidentiality, all attendees’ identities will remain anonymous to other audience members.
Attendees will have the opportunity to submit their questions to the panelists to address during the Q&A portion of the presentation. The panelists will reserve time for a dedicated Q&A segment at the end of the presentation.
For those who attend and submit a question, you will be eligible for a complimentary copy of Russell Alexander’s “Everything You Always Wanted to Know About Divorce: Russell Alexander’s Guide to Separation, Divorce and Family Law” E-Book and a $5 discount towards the hard copy. All proceeds of book sales will be donated to the Giving Fund in support of various community-based programs including sports, arts, culture, education and humane societies.
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