Burlington Family Lawyer

Family Law & Collaborative Family Law

Suzanne hails from the City of Sarnia, Ontario, ("Chemical Valley"), where her younger years consisted of a focus on academics and athletics. Not wanting to stray too far from the industrial heartland of Canada, Suzanne attended McMaster University in Hamilton, Ontario where she was a recipient of two university scholarships and was on the Dean's Honour List while obtaining her Honours Bachelor of Arts Degree in History and Political Science.

Suzanne was encouraged to enter the legal profession by her eldest sister who is presently the Crown Attorney in Sarnia. After two years at Osgoode Hall Law School, Suzanne became a summer student and subsequently an articling student with Martin Hillyer Bryant after completing her Law Degree. Suzanne was called to the Bar February 9, 1993. Suzanne focuses her practice on Family Law. The practice of law has afforded her with opportunities to meet new challenges every day and assist her clients with problems which often overwhelm them at troubling times in their lives. Her involvement with a family law client leaves Suzanne with the satisfaction of knowing that she has assisted her client with overcoming one of the most challenging hurdles in his or her life, which become so difficult for the client to conquer alone. The practice of law enables her to act as a mediator, negotiator, litigator and confidant.

Suzanne is also a fully qualified Collaborative Family Law lawyer and continues to represent clients committed to the Collaborative Family Law process. Suzanne has also completed training as a Mediator.

Suzanne's approach is always to attempt to negotiate a settlement but when this is not possible she is an effective litigator.

Suzanne continues to be an active member of the Halton County Law Association, the Canadian Bar Association and was a guest lecturer at Queen's University Law School for five years. Suzanne was a guest lecturer with the Canadian Mental Health Association, was a Big Sister for several years and previously sat on the Strategic Planning Committee for Big Sisters Youth Services Inc. Suzanne expands her family law horizons by attending conferences/courses held by the Canadian Bar Association and the Law Society of Upper Canada. Suzanne is a member of the Hamilton Halton Collaborative Law Practice Group and the International Academy of Collaborative Professionals.

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