Kate Bennett
Partner
Practice areas:
- Adoption,
- Child Protection,
- Contact with Children,
- Decision-Making Responsibility,
- Domestic Contracts,
- Family Law,
- Litigation,
- Parenting Time,
- Separation and Divorce,
- Spousal and Child Support,
- Surrogacy Law
The practice of family law, in particular, requires compassion, patience, and, most importantly, pragmatism; my preference is always to take a reasonable and practical approach to the resolution of cases.
Meet Kate
Kate Bennett is a Partner and Practice Group Lead with the Family Law group at Harrison Pensa. Kate’s practice encompasses all issues related to family law including separation and divorce, decision-making responsibility for children (formerly custody), parenting time (formerly primary care and/or access), child and spousal support, and division of property. Kate represents clients in family law litigation, as well as alternative dispute resolution, including mediation and arbitration. She also assists clients with the negotiation and preparation of domestic contracts, including cohabitation agreements and marriage contracts.
Kate is a member of the Personal Rights Panel of the Office of the Children’s Lawyer and represents children in child protection and high-conflict parenting cases.
Legal Assistant: Rabia Nazari
rnazari@harrisonpensa.com
519-850-5602
Services
Advice and Representation
Kate provides guidance and legal assistance to clients; often during one of the most difficult periods of their lives. She gives thorough and frank advice, enabling clients to make fully informed decisions about how to resolve the challenging and complex issues related to the end of a marriage or relationship.
Litigation and Alternate Dispute Resolution
Kate provides her clients with honest assessments about the costs and benefits of the various process options available to them in litigation, negotiation, or various alternative dispute resolution. Serving the interests of her clients is her top priority.
Credentials & experience
Called To The Bar
2009
Experience
Partner
Harrison Pensa LLP
2022 - Present
Associate
Harrison Pensa LLP
2009 - 2022
Education
Western University
Bachelor of Laws
Western University
Bachelor of Arts, Honours Political Science
Membership
Middlesex Law Association
Middlesex Family Lawyers Association
