Ontario
Every lawyer we list in Ottawa, 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.
Warren L. Creates · Head of Immigration Law Group
340 Albert Street, Suite 1400, Ottawa, ON K1R 0A5
Heads the firm's Immigration Law Group, acting for individuals, families and employers on work permits, permanent residence, citizenship applications and refugee claims. A former Government of Canada immigration lawyer; his firm lists him as a Law Society of Ontario Certified Specialist in Citizenship and Immigration Law.
Alison Boyce · Lawyer and Practice Lead, Family Law
11 Holland Avenue, Tower A, Ottawa, ON K1Y 4S1
Leads the firm's Family Law Group and practises only family law, including divorce, property division, support, parenting arrangements and domestic contracts, through negotiation, mediation and court. She joined the firm in 2021. The firm also covers employment law, real estate, wills and estates, and personal injury.
Andrew Montague-Reinholdt · Partner, Employment and Labour Law
50 O'Connor Street, Suite 300, Ottawa, ON K1P 6L2
Partner who leads the firm's employment and labour law groups. He acts for employees and unions on wrongful dismissal claims, contract negotiations, human rights, professional discipline and grievance arbitration. The firm (Nelligan O'Brien Payne LLP) also covers family law, personal injury, real estate and estates.
Ottawa has a single courthouse at 161 Elgin Street for civil, family, Small Claims Court and Divisional Court cases. It has a Family Court branch of the Superior Court, so one court deals with divorce, property, parenting and support. As the national capital, Ottawa is also home to the Supreme Court of Canada and the Federal Court.
Warren L. Creates at Perley-Robertson, Hill & McDougall LLP focuses on immigration work, and the firm also covers employment, family, wills and estates. Alison Boyce at Mann Lawyers LLP focuses on family work, and the firm also covers employment, real estate, wills and estates, personal injury. Andrew Montague-Reinholdt at Nelligan Law focuses on employment work, and the firm also covers family, personal injury, real estate, wills and estates.
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.
Ottawa has a Family Court branch of the Superior Court of Justice at the Ottawa Courthouse, 161 Elgin Street, which hears every family matter.
Probate applications for people who lived in Ottawa are made to the Superior Court of Justice at the Ottawa Courthouse, 161 Elgin 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.
Ottawa 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.
Ottawa has a Family Court branch of the Superior Court of Justice at the Ottawa Courthouse, 161 Elgin Street, which hears every family matter.
Probate applications for people who lived in Ottawa are made to the Superior Court of Justice at the Ottawa Courthouse, 161 Elgin 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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