Diane Ferrante Email & Phone Number

I am a partner in our litigation group with a focus on family law and insurance and risk management. I co-lead the insurance and risk management practice group. In this realm of my practice, I have worked on files defending claims relating to professional negligence, property damage, fire loss, and personal injury.In my family law practice, I have been involved in matters through mediation, collaborative divorce, and within the court system through litigation, addressing issues such as child support, decision-making, parenting time, mobility, division of property, and spousal and partner support claims.As a trained mediator, I proactively focus my practice on mediating family disputes between parties in an effort to guide them to a resolution outside of the court system, if possible. Recognizing the unique benefits of mediation, I firmly believe it to be the optimal pathway for families. Mediation not only facilitates open communication, understanding, and cooperative decision-making but also ensures a more cost-effective and efficient resolution process for families navigating complex legal matters. As a trained collaborative family lawyer, I actively engage with the collaborative team in every phase of the settlement process, taking on the roles of educator, advisor, and advocate for my clients. I support clients in cultivating their interests, effectively expressing them, comprehending information and legal analyses, exploring various options, and communicating adeptly throughout negotiations. Early on in my practice, I learned that the area of family law was riddled with hurdles that required individuals to have competent, practical, and understandable legal guidance to work through their issues. Over the last 15 years, I have worked with individuals in their family’s restructuring process and continued to educate myself on alternative avenues to help clients find resolution outside of court such that they are in control of their own destinies and have a say as to what their new normal is going to look like. A relationship breakdown is traumatic for everyone involved, and I provide my clients with advice and recommendations that focus on the best interests of the family unit first and foremost within the parameters of the legislation to which families are bound by.After completing my articles at Duncan Craig LLP, I was admitted to the Alberta Bar in September 2008. I became a partner in January 2015. Currently, I serve on the firm's Executive Committee and act as the firm's Diversity Officer.

Listed skills include Family Law, Civil Litigation, Litigation, Insurance Law, and 13 others.