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The MacDonald & Partners Team, Working for You
MacDonald & Partners LLP sponsors
CARE Canada's Kilimanjaro climb.
Firm partner, Georgina
Carson, climbs Kilimajaro for CARE Canada
Click here for the Matrimonial Affairs Newsletter which includes an article about her Kilimanjaro experience.
Georgina Carson, Partner
Georgina was called to the bar in 1991 and has practiced exclusively family law for over 18 years. Georgina is the current Chair of the Family Law Executive of the Ontario Bar Association. She is a senior family law litigator and has been appointed a Dispute Resolution Officer in the Ontario Superior Court of Justice in Toronto, a capacity in which she assists parties in resolving their family law disputes.
Georgina's approach to family law is solution-based. She invokes alternative dispute resolution mechanisms to assist her clients whenever possible and she always attempts to resolve matters efficiently and cost-effectively. Georgina is fully trained as a collaborative lawyer and is a member of the Collaborative Family Law Association of Ontario. Georgina helps clients resolve often complex custody, support, property and tax issues. She appears in all levels of court in Ontario.
Georgina has acted on behalf of children as a panel lawyer through the Office of the Children's Lawyer, representing them in custody and access disputes as well as in child protection matters.
Georgina is a popular speaker, writer and teacher of family law.
Georgina is an editor of the Ontario Bar Association's Family Law Newsletter: Matrimonial Affairs. She has twice chaired the prestigious annual Ontario Bar Association's Family Law Institute. Georgina served as executive editor of the Law Society of Upper Canada's Separation Agreement Annotated and she co- authored materials for the Law Society of Upper Canada bar admission course. She has been a contributing author to Carswell's Handling a Family Law Matter in Ontario.
Most recently, Georgina has chaired and/or delivered papers at the following legal education programs:
- Advocates Society - Conduct of a Family Law Trial - workshop instructor (October 17, 2009)
- Ontario Bar Association's Operation Update: Annual Review of Developments in Family Law: Case Law and Legislation (October 2, 2009)
- Custody and Access Assessments and Memorial Tribute to Dr. George Awad: Co-Chair (May 21, 2009)
- Pension and Benefit Entitlements Upon Marriage Breakdown: The Legal Guide : Spousal Entitlement to Employee-Related Benefits and RRSPs (March 11, 2009)
- Fundamentals in Property: All About the Matrimonial Home(s) Part II (May 2, 2008)
- Family Law and the Child: Custody, Support and Enforcement: Co-Chair (April 23, 2008)
- Remedies for Unfair Tactics in Family Law Cases (March 31, 2008)
- The Ontario Bar Association Family Law Institute: The Changing World of Family Law: Substantive Law and Practice Tips: Co-Chair (February 4, 2008)
Georgina Carson can be reached at: 416-971-4802 Ext. 238
or via e-mail at gcarson@mpllp.com