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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 20 years. Georgina 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 is the current Chair of the Family Law Executive of the Ontario Bar Association. She sits on the Law Society of Upper Canada’s Barristers Advisory Group, setting the barrister examination for the bar admission course.

Georgina's approach to family law is solution-based. She invokes alternative dispute resolution mechanisms to assist her clients whenever possible and she attempts to resolve matters efficiently and cost-effectively. Georgina is 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.

While a panel lawyer through the Office of the Children's Lawyer, Georgina acted on behalf of children, representing them in custody and access disputes as well as in child protection matters.

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.

Georgina is a popular speaker, writer and teacher of family law. She has chaired and/or delivered papers at numerous legal education programs including the following:

  • Pension and Benefit Entitlements Upon Marriage Breakdown: The Legal Guide - Osgoode Professional Development (March 21, 2011)
  • Ontario Bar Association’s 2011 Institute of Continuing Legal Education (February 4, 2011)
  • 4th Annual Family Law Summit (June 10, 2010)
  • 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 Tribute to Dr. George Awad: Co-Chair (May 21, 2009)
  • 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:
Tel.: (416) 507-2634
Fax: (647) 727-0916