Michael B. Kleinman

Michael B. Kleinman was called to the Bar of Ontario in 1994, after completing B.A. (Hons.) in 1988, and B.C.L., LL.B. degrees in 1992, all from McGill University.

Proficient in English and French, Michael Kleinman is a member in good standing of the Law Society of Ontario, Ontario Bar Association, Association of Family and Conciliation Courts, and ADR Institute of Ontario.

Articled and practised with Epstein, Cole LLP, 1992-1998; in association with Gregory W. Cooper, 1998-2010; and as a principal of Kleinman Gordon Family Law from 2010 to 2021.

Appointed a Dispute Resolution Officer (D.R.O.) of the Ontario Superior Court of Justice, Toronto, 2012 to 2023.

Co-chair of the Law Society of Ontario’s Six Minute Family Law Lawyer program, 2018 to date.

Frequent presenter at Continuing Professional Development programs including Law Society of Ontario’s Six Minute Family Law Lawyer; Osgoode Professional Development’s Annual Recent Developments and Complex Issues in Child and Spousal Support: Law Society of Ontario’s Advanced Issues in Spousal Support (Co-Chair, 2016); Law Society of Ontario’s Advanced Issues in Domestic Contracts in Family Law (Panelist, 2017); Osgoode Professional Development’s Family Law Skills Certificate, 2020 to date; Advocates’ Society’s This is How We Do It: Lessons from the Senior Family Law Bar, 2023.

Author, “The Mediation-Arbitration Agreement”, Ch. 14, Contracts for the Family Law Client, edited by R. Halpern (2024: LexisNexis Canada).

Practice largely restricted to the mediation and arbitration of Family Law disputes.

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