Student-At-Law
Law Office Of Adela Crossley
Toronto, Ontario, Canada
• Gained broad Family litigation and related experience in numerous fields of Family Law• Assisted Partners and Associate Lawyers in legal research, preparation of pleadings and briefs regarding numerous areas of Family Law; Custody, Child and Spousal Support, Financial Disclosure and Equalization of Net Family Property.• Litigation-related experience includes the drafting of pleadings, affidavits, motion and application materials, factums, and various research memoranda.• Ensured compliance with the Family Law Rules, Judicial Endorsements and Undertakings.• Attended Ontario Court of Justice for matter relating to Child Protection, Custody and Child Support.• Attended Superior Court of Justice for complex financial cases involving Equalization of Net Family Property. Strong focus on cases involving financial misrepresentation, hidden assets and income, and fraudulent conveyances/dealings.• Advocated for clients at Case Conferences in the Ontario Court of Justice under the supervision of Ms. Crossley, involving imputation of income for support purposes. Clarified personal and corporate financial statements and balance sheets, personal, corporate and trust tax forms, and banking/investment documents.• On two occasions I was able to successfully demonstrate to the Case Conference Judge that our client’s income should be imputed to an income lower than what opposing counsel represented. My legal and factual arguments in court directly led to settlement on terms favourable to our client.• On three occasions I was able to successfully establish the opposing parties’ income as significantly higher than indicated in pleadings/briefs, thereby increasing the amount of child support payable to our client’s children.
