Kathy is a senior family law lawyer, working as Counsel in association at Stoner & Company. She was called to the Ontario Bar in 1980 after graduating from McGill University Law School. Kathy has been a litigator in the Ontario courts, including the Superior Court and Ontario Court for over 30 years.

Since her call to the Bar, Kathy has practiced in the civil and family law areas as a member of several prominent law firms in the Hamilton and Halton area. She has acted as a representative of the Office of the Children’s Lawyer, representing the best interests of children, while practicing in Hamilton. She also worked as a part-time prosecutor in the Hamilton Ontario Court early in her career.

Kathy completed the family law mediation course through Riverdale Mediation in Toronto, and is also trained as a Collaborative Lawyer. She is member of the Collaborative Practice Associaiton of Hamilton/Halton. She has also obtained her Certificate in Elder Law through Osgoode Hall Law School. In addition to her practice, Kathy is a past member of the Board of Directors of the Hamilton Law Association, and is the incoming Vice President of the Halton County Law Association. In addition, she is a member of the executive of the Family Law Section of the Canadian Bar Association, and the Child and Youth Law Section and the newly created Elder Law section of the Ontario Bar Association.

She is a mentor lawyer to young lawyers who are proceeding to be licensed to practice law in Ontario through the Law Practice Program (LPP) at Ryerson University, and a tutor in family law for the Law Society of Upper Canada Bar Admission Program. She is a member of the Canadian Bar Association, the American Bar Association, Hamilton Law Association, Halton County Law Association, Advocate’s Society, and the AFCC (Association of Family and Conciliation Courts), Ontario branch. Kathy also volunteers at the Oakville Trafalgar Memorial Hospital, in both the Hospital Elder Life Program and Welcome program.