Heather Hansen wins the Ontario Family Law Reporter Award

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Heather Hansen wins the Ontario Family Law Reporter Award for Newest-Kid-on-the-Block Excellence in Family Law

Martha McCarthy & Company LLP Leading Practitioner in the Lexpert Directory

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Martha McCarthy & Company LLP has been chosen directly by peers to be published in the Lexpert Directory as a leading practitioner.

Lexpert Leading Practitioner 2012

Martha McCarthy will be presenting on Saturday, June 16, 2012 at the IAML International Academy of Matrimonial Lawyers in Minneapolis, Minnesota.

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Martha McCarthy, along with Richard Wilson (Moderator), Mark Harper and Charlotte Burtuille-Cardew, will be speaking about The Current State of the Law of Marriage, its Equivalents, and Dissolution in Three Separate Legal Traditions: North America (US and Canada); The United Kingdom; and Civil Law, in France, Europe and beyond.

Martha McCarthy will be presenting at the Spring CLE Conference in South Beach, Florida.

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Martha McCarthy will be presenting on Thursday, April 19, 2012 at the American Bar Association Section of Family Law, 2012 Spring CLE Conference in South Beach, Florida.

Martha will be speaking about Equal Marriage in North America: Nine Years On.

The program examines the progress of law reform in this area and the unique legal issues confronting same-sex couples from one jurisdiction to another.

Martha McCarthy will be presenting at the 49th Annual Conference of the Association of Family and Conciliation Courts.

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Martha McCarthy spoke at The Voice of the Child in Family Law

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Martha McCarthy spoke at The Voice of the Child in Family Law, a program that focuses on the complex issues that arise when dealing with children involved in the litigation process.

Martha’s topic of discussion was about “Judicial Interviews & Meetings with Children: Proposed Recommendations”.

Martha McCarthy is featured in Law Times in an article on “Gay divorce litigation on hold pending federal bill”

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Martha McCarthy named the Best Lawyers’ 2012 Toronto Family Law Lawyer of the Year

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“Best Lawyers, the oldest and most respected peer-review publication in the legal profession, has named Martha A. McCarthy as the “Toronto Best Lawyers Family Law Lawyer of the Year” for 2012.

After more than a quarter of a century in publication, Best Lawyers is designating “Lawyers of the Year” in high-profile legal specialties in large legal communities. Only a single lawyer in each specialty in each community is being honored as the “Lawyer of the Year.”
Best Lawyers compiles its lists of outstanding attorneys by conducting exhaustive peer-review surveys in which thousands of leading lawyers confidentially evaluate their professional peers. The current, 18th edition of The Best Lawyers in America (2012) is based on more than 3.9 million detailed evaluations of lawyers by other lawyers.
The lawyers being honored as “Lawyers of the Year” have received particularly high ratings in our surveys by earning a high level of respect among their peers for their abilities, professionalism, and integrity. Steven Naifeh, President of Best Lawyers, says, “We continue to believe – as we have believed for more than 25 years – that recognition by one’s peers is the most meaningful form of praise in the legal profession. We would like to congratulate Martha A. McCarthy on being selected as the `Toronto Best Lawyers Family Law
Lawyer of the Year’ for 2012.”
With warm regards,
Steve Naifeh
President Best Lawyers
steve.naifeh@bestlawyers.com
T: 803-648-0300 | F: 803-641-4794
http://www.bestlawyers.com”

Martha McCarthy & Company LLP moves its office

Martha McCarthy & Company LLP moves its office to 146 Davenport Road

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Joanna Radbord wins the Canadian Bar Association 2008 SOGIC Hero Award