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Experienced legal guidance. A clear path forward.
For more than 40 years, Sherman Law LLP has helped individuals and families in Waterloo Region and across Ontario navigate some of life's most difficult transitions.
As a family-owned Kitchener-Waterloo law firm, we bring sophisticated legal experience in family law and estate planning together with a deep understanding of the families, finances, and relationships at stake.
We have seen the law change. We have seen family structures change. And we have learned that good legal advice is about more than knowing the law—it is about understanding people.
Because behind every legal matter is a person, a family, and a future.
If you are facing separation, divorce, a family dispute, or need estate planning services, you may be feeling uncertain about how to move forward. The decisions you make today may have a lasting impact on your family, your finances, and your future. You deserve clear legal advice, practical solutions, and trusted legal guidance.
Whether you need a family lawyer for separation or divorce, assistance with parenting or support matters, help resolving a dispute through negotiation, family mediation, collaborative divorce, or an estate planning lawyer to prepare wills and and powers of attorney, Sherman Law LLP provides trusted legal guidance in Kitchener-Waterloo, Cambridge, Guelph, and communities across Ontario.
For over two decades, Sherman Law LLP has helped individuals and families in Kitchener-Waterloo and across Ontario navigate complex family law and estate matters with clarity, skill and experienced legal guidance. We provide strong legal advocacy with thoughtful problem solving to help our clients make informed decisions and find a way forward.
Our Kitchener-Waterloo family lawyers represent clients in separation, divorce, parenting, support and other family law disputes. While we are experienced advocates in family court, we believe that court is not always the best way to resolve a family dispute. Where appropriate, we help clients pursue practical solutions through negotiation, family mediation and collaborative divorce—approaches designed to reduce unnecessary conflict.
We provide experienced estate planning and estate administration services, including wills and powers of attorney, helping individuals and families plan for the future and navigate the legal responsibilities that arise after a death.
Family Law | Family Mediation | Collaborative Divorce | Estate Planning | Estate Administration
Our preference is to resolve disputes without unnecessary escalation. When negotiation is not enough, our clients know they have retained experienced family advocates who will advance their interests strategically in court.
Our Kitchener family lawyers and family mediators help clients resolve disputes through consensual dispute resolution options, including family mediation, collaborative divorce, and counsel-assisted negotiations. These approaches help reduce unnecessary conflict, while giving clients greater opportunity to discuss solutions that work best for their family.
If you are facing separation, our family lawyers can assist with separation agreements, parenting plans, support matters, and divorce.
When court proceedings are necessary, our experienced family law litigators will advocate strategically and tenaciously in family court. We develop a focused legal strategy based on your priorities and goals, and work to pursue the best possible outcome for you and your family.
We help you navigate difficult decisions and conflict with strength, perspective, and thoughtful legal strategy.
Our approach extends beyond traditional family law and estate planning. We recognize that legal matters involving families, relationships, finances, and the future are rarely just legal problems. They also involve emotional, financial, and personal considerations that require a deeper understanding.
Through our integrative approach to law, we work collaboratively with financial professionals, mental health practitioners, family and parenting specialists, and other trusted advisors. By considering the bigger picture, we help clients make informed decisions, resolve disputes where possible, and plan confidently for the future.
Above all, we listen. We seek to understand what matters most to you, provide clear guidance, and develop a strategy that reflects your unique circumstances, priorities, and goals.
The law is only part of the picture. Good legal advice considers the people, relationships, and futures behind every legal decision.
The hummingbird in our logo reflects the values that guide our family law and estate planning practice—patience, endurance, wisdom, and perseverance.
These principles shape our belief that lawyers can do more than resolve disputes; they can be part of a healing process that helps individuals and families navigate difficult transitions, reduce unnecessary conflict, and move ahead with strength and perspective.
We proudly assist individuals, couples, and families of all backgrounds. We are committed to providing inclusive and respectful guidance to every client, including people with disabilities, same-sex couples, and members of the LGBTQ2S+ community.
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INTEGRATIVE APPROACH
Why families across Ontario choose Sherman Law LLP for family law and estate planning
Our Kitchener family lawyers, collaborative divorce lawyers, and family mediators resolve legal disputes by applying an insightful, interest-based approach to dispute resolution that considers more than strict legal rights, duties, and obligations.
Serving clients throughout Waterloo Region and Ontario, our talented lawyers carefully assess the values, concerns, and interests of our clients to develop customized legal solutions that prioritize reducing conflict and enhancing family communication. Our capacity to help clients gain a broader perspective enables us to provide exceptional advocacy.
We concentrate on the goals and relationships that matter most to you and to your family by providing a diverse range of family law dispute resolution services, including collaborative divorce and family mediation.
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For more than four decades, our family has built a law firm around helping other families. When you engage a member of our legal team, you are retaining experienced family lawyers, legal advocates, and family mediators with decades of experience and a proven track record of delivering innovative and client-focused solutions for all of life's unexpected challenges.
Our family-owned Kitchener law firm assists individuals and families throughout Waterloo Region and Ontario with a commitment to excellence. We strive to provide family law, family mediation, collaborative divorce, and estate planning services that leverage the best strategies, resources, and creative options available in our industry. To our team, the phrase, “We are in this together, your family and ours” ®TM is not merely a slogan; it is our unwavering promise.
We built our Waterloo Region family law firm on a foundation of professional excellence, integrity, and an unwavering commitment to our clients. Every successful outcome at our Kitchener law firm begins with a strong client relationship built on trust, clear communication, and personalized service. By combining decades of legal experience with compassion, clarity, and trusted legal expertise, our Kitchener lawyers and family mediators help you navigate complex family law matters, divorce, separation, family mediation, and estate planning decisions with confidence.
Our guiding principle is to help families move beyond conflict toward resolution, healing, and a stronger future. We help clients in Waterloo Region and across Ontario address challenging legal matters through family-focused legal services, collaborative dispute resolution, and practical solutions that prioritize the best interests of children.
Recognized by our community. Trusted by generations of families.
Our Waterloo Region family law firm is recognized for excellence in family law, family mediation, and estate planning. With a rich history of professional service, we are the preferred choice for individuals and families seeking family lawyers, estate lawyers, family mediators in Waterloo Region and throughout Ontario known for their integrity and exceptional skill. We provide creative, innovative, and family-focused solutions life's most important decisions and challenges.
When you hire a member of our legal team, you are engaging vetted and recognized legal professionals with extensive knowledge derived from over 40 years of experience.
ThreeBestRated consistently rates our Waterloo Region law firm as the top three for Kitchener estate planning lawyers and Kitchener divorce lawyers.
Community Votes Kitchener-Waterloo recognized our Kitchener-Waterloo law firm with three Platinum Awards in 2026:
OUR LEGAL TEAM WILL HELP YOU ACHIEVE YOUR GOALS
The celebrated poet, memoirist, and civil rights activist Maya Angelou famously wrote, "When you learn, teach. When you get, give."
Our lawyers and staff take these words to heart. As family lawyers and advocates, we believe our responsibility extends beyond providing legal services—we are committed to strengthening our community through volunteerism, education, and service. Our team actively participates in charitable organizations, community initiatives, and professional education. Our lawyers have served as faculty in family law for students at Osgoode Hall Professional Development and have taught business law courses at Wilfrid Laurier University. We are honoured to have received community recognition for our philanthropic efforts and remain committed to advocating for children, youth, and families through leadership roles with organizations dedicated to supporting our community, including the Ontario Association for Family Mediation and Family and Children's Services of the Waterloo Region.
Our law firm is located on land that serves as the traditional home and territory of the Haudenosaunee, Anishinaabe, and Neutral Peoples. We recognize and appreciate the historical and ongoing connection Indigenous peoples have to these lands, as well as the barriers to justice created through colonial systems.
As a Waterloo Region family law and estate planning law firm serving individuals, couples, and families in our community, we are committed to fostering understanding, respect, and meaningful access to justice. We recognize the contributions of First Nations, Inuit, and Métis peoples and continue to reflect on the principles of Truth and Reconciliation within our legal practice, advocacy efforts, and commitment to serving all members of our community.
We encourage our clients, colleagues, and community members to continue learning about Indigenous history, the Truth and Reconciliation Commission of Canada’s Calls to Action, and the ways each of us can contribute to respect, healing, and positive change. Reconciliation is not a single action or a destination—it is a shared commitment to building relationships founded on respect, accountability, and understanding.
