About Lawrence S. Pascoe

Email: lspascoe@thepascoedifference.com

Birth Date: October 22, 1949

Birth Place: Toronto, Ontario

Education and Professional Qualifications:

• Bachelor of Laws, Dalhousie University (1975)
• Bachelor of Commerce (Honours), Dalhousie University(1972)
• Ontario Bar Admission Course (1977)
• Family Mediation Training Course (1990)
• Collaborative Lawyers Training Course (2001-2002)

Specific Areas of Practice:

• Family Law: : I advise clients of their rights and obligations when they separate or are thinking of separating from their spouse. The major issues being custody and access, dividing their assets and support for the spouse and children. I also advise my clients about the many processes that may be used to resolve the issue of a separation and I represent them in the process they choose. I will represent them at mediation, collaborative law, motions, arbitrations, case conferences, motions and settlement conferences but if the matter goes to trial, I will assist a matrimonial trial lawyer. I also advise and prepare clients with respect to marriage contracts and cohabitation agreements (often referred to as prenuptial agreements).
• Wills and Powers of Attorney: I advise with respect to and draft Wills and Powers of Attorneys and provide advice on; how to ensure that on their death their assets go to the appropriate desired beneficiary; ensuring that the appropriate person or persons look after the estate; reducing problems and conflicts that may arise in administering the estate; provide basic advice on minimizing the amount of payments the estate pays for taxes and advise how to properly reduce probate fees.
• Administration of Estates: I advise the personal representative of an estate (executor) as to what is required to administer the estate and then, as directed by him or her, administer the estate, which might involve applying to the court for the Certificate of Appointment (probate), dealing with the assets, paying debts, and accounting to beneficiaries.

Organization Affiliates:

• Canadian Bar Association
• American Bar Association
• County of Carleton Law Association
• Law Society of Upper Canada
• Member of Annual Family Law Institute Organizing Committee (1999 to present)
• Member of Collaborative Law Network
• Previous Member of Bench & Bar
• Previous Member of Annual Family Law Institute

Teaching Experience:

Public Speaking:

Ontario Provincial Employees Association, Canada Post, Alta Vista Synagogue, Ukrainian Orthodox Church, Class for new Canadians, Laurentian High School, Ottawa Community Credit Union Ltd., Children's Hospital of Eastern Ontario, London Life Insurance Agents, Ottawa/Skyline T.V. Cable Phone-in Law Program on Family Law, a Divorce Support, National Capital Retirement Education Association, National Council of Jewish Women Palliative Care Seminar, Ottawa Valley Adjusters Association, The Ottawa Citizen Retirement Education Programme, Retirement Education Program Carleton Separate School Board, Retirement Education Program, City of Nepean (now City of Ottawa), The Ottawa Civic Hospital Employees, University of Ottawa Law School, Royal Ottawa Hospital, Unicad Canada Ltd., Money Concepts, Canterbury High School, A.J.A 50 Plus, Edward Jones.

Written Articles

• Support (unpublished except on Web site)
• Custody and Access (unpublished except on Web site)
• Powers of Attorney (unpublished except on Web site)
• Changing your Will (unpublished except on Web site)
• Reasons for Having a Will (C.J. Journal South and Women's Credit Union Handbook)
• Professional Negligence and Responsibility Issues for lawyer's in dealing with Marriage Contracts (Ontario Law Society Continuing Education Program in 1987 published by Carswell Company in 1988 in a book entitled Marriage Contracts (1988)
• Administration of Estates (C.J. Journal South)
• Custody and Access to Children (C.J. Journal South)
• Family Mediation O.A.F.M. Newsletter)
• Division of Assets (Clarion Newspaper, April, 1989)
• Wills and Minor Children Clarion Newspaper, May, 1989)
• Separation and Divorce Clarion Newspaper, Sept., 1989)
• Division of Pensions on Marriage Breakdown (Clarion Newspaper, Jan. 1990)
• Marriage Contracts (Clarion Newspaper, March, 1990)
• Employment Benefits Law Society Continuing Education, April, 1990)
• Updating your Will (Clarion Newspaper, Summer, 1990)
• Lawyer Client Relationship (Clarion Newspaper, Autumn, 1990)
• Preparing For An Easier Administration of an Estate (Clarion Newspaper, Winter 1991)
• Divorce Mediation (Clarion Newspaper, April, 1991)
• Agreements of Purchase and Sale (Clarion Newspaper, August 1991)
• Lawyer's Role When Purchasing a Home (Clarion Newspaper, Sept.,1991)
• Lawyer's Role When Selling a Home (Clarion Newspaper, Oct., 1991)
• The Legal Process in Matrimonial Disputes - Part 1 (Clarion Newspaper, Nov., Dec. 1992, Jan. 1993)
• Using Technology to Improve Marketing of Legal Services (CSALT Annual Conference, April, 1994)
• Family Law Motions: Practice and Strategy (Law Society Continuing Education) (June, 1994)
• Marketing, Technology & The Sole Practitioner/Small Law Firm CSALT Annual Conference, May 1996)
• The Life Insurance Clause in Separation Agreements (Family Law Annual Institute, May 1996)
• The Life Insurance Clause in Separation Agreements (National Family Law Conference, June 1998)
• Determining Income of the Self-Employed under the Child Support Guidelines (Law Society Continuing Education Program, 1999) Continuing Education, May 2000
• Some Thoughts on Producing and Marketing a Law Firm's Web Site (Law Society Technology for Lawyers conference, November 2003)
• Lawyers Can be Different - Providing Innovative Legal Services (Law Society and Ontario Bar Association, April 2006)
• Some Quick Thoughts on Managing Information and Documentation in Family Law Files (CCLA Family Law Institute, June 2006)
• Some Thoughts About Using Technology to Market Legal Services (Law Society and Ontario Bar Association, 2007)
• Stress Management for Lawyers (Institute of Family Law 2007)