Our Firm
We can assist you with the following:
Preparation: Preparing Financial Statements, organizing disclosure, and negotiating Separation Agreements, Cohabitation Agreements and Marriage Contracts
Mediation: A cooperative and consensual method for resolving family law disputes.
Arbitration: A more formal process which allows decisions to be made more quickly and often less expensively than Court.
Litigation: A good choice in matters requiring a Judge's input and authority
Parenting Coordination and Parenting Mediation: In high-conflict situations, rather than keep going to go to Court to resolve day-to-day parenting disagreements, we create or implement parenting plans and assist parents to improve communication, develop problem-solving skills and minimize ongoing conflict.
Private Children’s Lawyer: Often times the court makes an order seeking the appointment of the Office of the Children’s Lawyer, and the parties wait weeks or months to receive a response from the OCL only to discover that their file has been rejected. In these circumstances, Ms. Rashid may be able to act as a private lawyer for the impacted child or children. But unlike the OCL, she is able to provide information to counsel and the Court quickly and more efficiently.
Trial Advocacy and Consultancy: Often family law counsel simply do not want to take on trial work or they have never done trial work. When appropriate, Ms. Rashid is able to take full carriage of a file after the Settlement Conference or Trial Management Conference and bring it to trial. Alternatively, Ms. Rashid can assist on an ad hoc basis as a trial consultant to assist with Questioning or other discrete portions of a complex family law matter.
Where necessary, we closely coordinate with your social workers, therapists, counsellors and other professional advisors (including accountants, valuators, criminal counsel, business and trust lawyers).
Your Counsel
Faryal graduated from McMaster University with her Bachelor of Arts in French Language and Literature in 1993, and subsequently obtained her Bachelor of Laws from the University of Windsor in 1996. She was called to the Bar of Ontario in 1998.
Ms. Rashid’s practice is exclusively in the area of Family Law.
With over 25 years of experience, she is familiar with all issues relating to divorce, property equalization, child custody and access, and child and spousal support. The focus of Ms. Rashid’s practice is litigation, specifically complex motions, trial matters and appearing at arbitrations. Her focus in litigation flows from her advocacy training in criminal litigation. Her practice also includes negotiation and preparation of Separation Agreements, Cohabitation Agreements, Marriage Contracts and Parenting Agreements.
Ms. Rashid appears as an agent for the Public Guardian & Trustee and has been a panel member with the Office of the Children’s Lawyer since 2005. The Office of the Children’s Lawyer is a legal office with the Ministry of the Attorney General and represents children under the age of 18. When appointed, Ms. Rashid represents these children with respect to the custody and access disputes between their parents. As a result of Ms. Rashid’s work with the Office of the Children’s Lawyer, she has a strong background in high conflict custody and access cases. She often works with Clinical Investigators, Psychologists and Social Workers.
She appears before the Ontario Court of Justice and the Superior Court of Justice in the Greater Toronto Area, including serving clients in Toronto, Mississauga, Brampton, Oakville, Milton, Hamilton, Georgetown, Newmarket and Oshawa.
Our Mission Statement
We specialize in helping our clients address the significant legal challenges of a relationship and family breakdown. We strenuously advocate on behalf of our clients and ensure our client’s best interests are looked after.
