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Every lawyer we list in London, across all practice areas. Each lawyer was checked on their provincial law society's public directory before being listed — check again before you hire, as people move firms.
Yola S. Ventresca · Managing Partner, London office
85 Dufferin Avenue, London, ON N6A 4G4
Managing partner of the firm's London office. Her practice covers labour and employment law, human rights, workplace investigations, professional regulation and health law. The firm also has a personal injury practice.
Vera Dokter · Partner, Real Estate
One London Place, 255 Queens Avenue, 11th Floor, London, ON N6A 5R8
Partner whose practice covers residential, commercial and builder real estate, corporate law, and wills and estates. She joined the firm in 2024 after building her own practice in London, and works in English and Portuguese. The firm also covers family law, employment law and personal injury.
Elena Ashford · Lawyer, Immigration Law
275 Dundas Street, Unit 1, London, ON N6B 3L1
Leads the firm's immigration law group and practises only immigration law, including permanent residence, work permits, study permits and visitor visas for families and individuals. The firm also covers family law, personal injury, real estate purchases and sales, and wills and estates.
Matthew J. Villeneuve · Managing Partner, Family Law
140 Fullarton Street, Suite 1800, London, ON N6A 5P2
Managing partner of the firm since 2023, practising family law: separation and divorce, property division, child and spousal support, parenting, adoption, and marriage and cohabitation contracts, through negotiation, mediation and court. The firm also covers employment law, real estate, wills and estates, and personal injury.
London has one courthouse, at 80 Dundas Street, for civil, family, Small Claims Court and Divisional Court cases. London has a Family Court branch of the Superior Court, so one court deals with divorce, property, parenting and support. Toronto's municipal land transfer tax does not apply in London.
Yola S. Ventresca at Lerners LLP focuses on employment work, and the firm also covers personal injury. Vera Dokter at Cohen Highley LLP focuses on real estate work, and the firm also covers wills and estates, family, employment, personal injury. Elena Ashford at Siskinds focuses on immigration work, and the firm also covers family, personal injury, real estate, wills and estates. Matthew J. Villeneuve at McKenzie Lake Lawyers LLP focuses on family work, and the firm also covers employment, real estate, wills and estates, personal injury.
Most civil and family cases in Ontario are heard by the Superior Court of Justice. Its Small Claims Court branch deals with claims up to $50,000 (raised from $35,000 on 1 October 2025). The Ontario Court of Justice hears some family matters, but not divorce or property division. Immigration, citizenship and divorce are governed by federal law. Lawyers and paralegals are licensed by the Law Society of Ontario, which also deals with complaints about them.
London has a Family Court branch of the Superior Court of Justice at the London Courthouse, 80 Dundas Street, which hears every family matter.
Probate applications for people who lived in London are made to the Superior Court of Justice at the London Courthouse, 80 Dundas Street.
Employment standards claims are filed online with Ontario's Ministry of Labour, generally within two years, and human rights applications go to the Human Rights Tribunal of Ontario within one year.
Legal Aid Ontario provides legal help to financially eligible low-income Ontarians, including in family and immigration matters (1-800-668-8258). The Law Society of Ontario also runs the Law Society Referral Service. Legal Aid Ontario · Law Society Referral Service
Court details from Ontario court locations (ontario.ca). Most cases settle without a hearing — your lawyer will tell you if you need to attend.
London Courthouse (Civil, Family Court, Small Claims Court and Divisional Court). Most civil and family cases in Ontario are heard by the Superior Court of Justice. Its Small Claims Court branch deals with claims up to $50,000.
London has a Family Court branch of the Superior Court of Justice at the London Courthouse, 80 Dundas Street, which hears every family matter.
Probate applications for people who lived in London are made to the Superior Court of Justice at the London Courthouse, 80 Dundas Street.
Employment standards claims are filed online with Ontario's Ministry of Labour, generally within two years, and human rights applications go to the Human Rights Tribunal of Ontario within one year.
To practise law in Ontario a lawyer must be licensed by the Law Society of Ontario, which also licenses paralegals. You can look up anyone in the Law Society's public Lawyer and Paralegal Directory, which shows their status and any discipline history. Each lawyer on these pages was checked in that directory before being listed, but people move firms, so check again before you hire. Complaints about a lawyer go to the Law Society.
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