Joanne H. Stewart

First Year of Call
Ontario, 1983

Areas of Practice
Family Law

Description
Joanne has been a family law lawyer for more than 30 years, has been married for 30 years, and has raised her kids and her cats. She has a huge dose of common sense, in addition to her knowledge of law and process.

Joanne’s task is to get to know her client, where her client wants to go, and then set a path with her client that ensures the client will reach his or her goal. Joanne encourages her clients to keep the money in the family, keep legal accounts as low as possible, and keep the conflict to a minimum, to get the best outcome in what usually is a difficult, complicated situation. She sets her clients up for success.

Where Court, a public process, is necessary, Joanne and her clients go. Typically however, privacy is a gift many of Joanne’s clients want, so her clients task her with stick-handling them through the situation to get to a private resolution. Family matters are tough enough without added publicity.

Joanne is a fellow of the International Academy of Matrimonial Lawyers, a Certified Specialist in Family Law in Ontario, acts as counsel and as mediator, and is a regular contributor to education for Family Law lawyers and the public through papers, articles, and speaking engagements.