The Family Dispute Resolution Handbook, 6th Edition + USB

Barbara Landau, Ph.D., LL.B., LL.M., is President of Cooperative Solutions and a psychologist, lawyer, mediator, arbitrator and trainer. She is a Certified Comprehensive Family Mediator, a Certified Family Arbitrator and trainer in Collaborative Practice. Barbara received the Long Term Achievement Award (FAMMA) from Family Mediation Canada, 2004, the Distinguished Mediator Award from the Association for Conflict Resolution, 2003; and the Award for Excellence in Dispute Resolution from the Ontario Bar Association, ADR Section, 2002. Her family mediation and arbitration training programs are offered through Conrad Grebel University College, University of Waterloo and her collaborative practice programs through Cooperative Solutions.

Lorne H. Wolfson, LL.B., LL.M., is a Certified Specialist in family law at the Toronto law firm, Torkin Manes. He is a Dispute Resolution Officer of the Ontario Superior Court of Justice and a member of the Family Law Rules Committee. He is the Chair of the Family Law Specialty Committee of The Law Society of Upper Canada and a Fellow of the International Academy of Matrimonial Lawyers. He was selected for Best Lawyers in Canada (2006-2009). Lorne teaches family arbitration through Conrad Grebel University College, University of Waterloo.

Nick Bala is a law professor at Queen’s university and leading Canadian expert on legal issues related to children, youth and families in the justice system, including the role of child witnesses, young offenders, child welfare law and high conflict separations. His research is frequently cited by the courts and reflects collaboration with social workers, psychologists and justice system professionals.

Barbara Fidler, Ph.D., C.Psych., Acc.FM., FDRP P.C., is a clinical developmental psychologist in independent practice. She has worked with high conflict parenting in separating and divorcing families for over 33 years. Her practice includes clinical consultations, legal-litigation expert services (testimonial and non-testimonial), mediation, arbitration, parenting coordination and therapy (child, individual, marital, family, and multi-faceted family therapy (multi-day intensives and on an outpatient basis) with families experiencing parent-child contact problems. She is co-author of four books: Child Custody Assessments (2008), Challenging Issues in Child Custody Disputes (2008), Best Practice Guide: Responding to Emotional Harm & Parent-Child Contact Problems in High Conflict Separation (2013), and Children Who Resist Post-Separation Parental Contact: A Differential Approach for Legal and Mental Health Professionals (2012), and contributor of three chapters in the recently published, Overcoming Parent-Child Contact Problems: Family-Based Interventions for Resistance, Rejection, and Alienation (2017). Dr. Fidler has been actively involved in the development and training of parenting coordination services and was appointed to the AFCC Task Force charged with developing guidelines. She is co-founder of Family Solutions and Families Moving Forward.

Jim Fitch, M.A., LL.B., is the Principal of Thrive Mediation in Oakville, Ontario, where he provides mediation, parenting coordination and divorce coaching services. Jim is an Accredited Family Mediator (Acc. FM) and Accredited Elder Mediator (Acc. EM.) through the auspices of the Ontario Association for Family Mediation (OAFM). Jim is a graduate of the School of Graduate Studies and Research at McMaster University (M.A.) and the Faculty of Law at Western University (LL.B.). He has taught Evidence at the Ontario Police College in Aylmer, Ontario and in the Police Foundations program at Conestoga College in Kitchener, Ontario. Jim is presently the Chair of the Complaints, Discipline and Professional Conduct Committee of the Family Dispute Resolution Institute of Ontario (FDRIO). Jim lives in Burlington, Ontario, with his wife Clare Mauro and sons Dominic and Kevin.

Judith Huddart B.A., LL.B., has been practising family law since she was called to the bar in 1982. Throughout her career she has been an active volunteer in the Canadian Bar Association (CBA) at both the national and provincial levels, including: as a CBA Board Member, a Past Chair of the National Family Law Section, and a Past Chair of the Ontario Family Law Section. Judith is trained in both Collaborative Practice and in Mediation and is a member and Past Chair of Collaborative Practice Toronto and a founding member and Past President of the Ontario Collaborative Law Federation representing the 18 Collaborative Practice groups across the province. To ensure Collaborative Practice is available to lower income families, Judith is helping to develop a Collaborative Practice Pro Bono Family Law Project jointly with Collaborative Practice Toronto and Osgoode Hall Law School’s Mediation Clinic. Judith is also one of the ‘experts’ advising Ryerson’s Legal Innovation Zone in the launch of their Global Family Justice Initiative.

Neil Maisel, B. Comm., C.P.A., C.B.V. is a partner in the Valuations | Forensics | Litigation Group at Crowe Soberman LLP. Neil plays an integral part in the firm’s leadership as the firm’s Ethics Officer. For 16 years he also served as a member of the Management Committee.

For the last 30 years, Neil’s practice focused on matrimonial matters, shareholder disputes, corporate and commercial damage claims, business valuations and other litigation support. Neil has been qualified to testify as an expert in Family Law Matters on numerous occasions and in multiple provinces.

Neil provides both financial and forensic investigative and accounting services to the family law, commercial, corporate, financial, government & legal sectors.

Neil enjoys lecturing on a number of topics, some of which are accredited presentations, and has authored numerous articles on topics including family law, business valuation, litigation and tax matters.

Neil has also been active in the community as a Honourary Director of Asthma Canada and is on the Board of The Family Dispute Resolution Institute of Ontario.