Our experienced family lawyers and accredited family mediators assist clients in Waterloo Region and across Ontario with separation, divorce, parenting disputes, child support, spousal support and property division.
"Family law is not just about resolving today's conflict — it's about creating successful outcomes that protect relationships, children, and the healthy future for our clients."
- Aubrey J. Sherman, Managing Partner
Choosing to separate is undoubtedly a difficult and emotional decision for any family. Choosing the right family lawyer to guide and represent you is an important decision that requires careful thought and consideration.
For more than four decades, Sherman Law LLP has helped individuals and families in Waterloo Region and across Ontario navigate separation, divorce, and other family law issues. Our experienced family lawyers have developed a healing-focused approach that looks beyond the immediate conflict to consider the long-term well-being of our clients, their children, and their families.
Rather than treating separation and divorce as a battle to be won, we focus on practical solutions that protect your legal rights while reducing unnecessary conflict and, where possible, preserving healthy family relationships. Through negotiation, family mediation, collaborative divorce, and strategic litigation when necessary, we help our clients find a path forward that addresses both their legal needs and their family's future.
We offer a one-hour comprehensive initial family law consultation with an experienced family lawyer. We spend time to understand your circumstances, concerns, interests, goals, values, and priorities before providing clear legal information about your situation and the available options for resolving your dispute, both in and out of court.
Our preference is to resolve disputes without unnecessary escalation. But our clients also know that when negotiation is not enough, they have retained experienced family advocates who are prepared to advance their interests in court.
During your consultation, we will discuss potential approaches for your family law matter, which may include negotiation, family mediation, collaborative divorce, or litigation when necessary. Our goal is to help you understand your options and determine the next steps that best support your situation.
Strong advocacy. Collaborative solutions.
A better way through family conflict.
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 that reduce conflict, save time, and manage legal costs. If you are facing separation, our family lawyers can assist you with separation agreements, parenting plans, and divorce matters.
When court proceedings and litigation is necessary, our family lawyers in Waterloo Region are experienced family law litigators prepared to strategically advocate for you with a strong drive, expertise, and tenacity. Our goal in litigation is to develop a focused legal strategy tailored to your goals and pursue the best possible outcome for you and your family.
If you would like to arrange for a family law consultation to discuss your situation, please contact us at 519-884-0034 or send us an email.
Our Waterloo Region family lawyers assist individuals and families in Kitchener, Waterloo, Cambridge, Guelph and surrounding areas.
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Where possible, we seek healthier ways to resolve legal disputes that protect relationships support children, and help families move forward. We advocate for a wholistic approach to family law that looks beyond an adversarial approach to dispute resolution. Our approach is designed to reduce family conflict and work towards creative, practical, and sustainable solutions. We are part of the comprehensive law movement that focuses on the human well-being of our clients and their families.
Our lawyers are child-focused and family-focused advocates who approach each case with careful focus and specialized care. As integrative legal practitioners, we seek values-based solutions that reflect what matters most to our clients while protecting their legal rights and long-term interests.
We resolve family conflict and legal disputes using a collaborative team approach. When appropriate, we work alongside other skilled and caring professionals, including family, financial, and mental health specialists, to address the legal, financial, parenting, and personal challenges that can arise during separation and divorce.
We welcome all modern families at Sherman Law LLP in Waterloo Region and across Ontario, including single parents, blended families, same-sex couples, and LGBTQ2S+.
The Sherman Law LLP Approach
Three Facts That Guide Our Approach to Family Law
After more than 40 years of practising family law, our family-owned law firm has learned three facts that continue to guide how we help your family in our integrative approach
to separation, divorce, and parenting.
Your separation does not have to define your future.
Separation can be healing, kind, and respectful of yourself and everyone involved. You can choose to work together with your spouse to reduce unnecessary conflict and avoid the adversarial nature of the traditional court process through out-of-court dispute resolution, including family mediation, negotiation, and collaborative divorce.
Family disputes can be resolved without going to court.
Many family law disputes can be resolved without going to family court through negotiation, family mediation, and collaborative divorce. Collaborative and integrative law processes focus on the needs of the whole family and, when appropriate, bring together legal, financial, family, and mental health professionals to provide coordinated advice and support.
Child-focused solutions create better long-term outcomes.
A child-focused approach can help parents resolve disputes through thoughtful, interest-based conversations that seek values-based solutions. The goal is to develop lasting and durable parenting plans and separation agreements that address the needs of children while helping families move forward with greater clarity and stability.
Exceptional family law advocacy focused on resolving disputes effectively while maintaining healthy relationships after separation.
Learn more about the areas of family law in which we can assist:
Family Law, Divorce & Parenting
Family Litigation & Court Proceedings
Agreements & Contracts
Alternative Dispute Resolution (ADR)
Financial Disclosure & Valuations
Specialized Areas of Family Law
