Resume of Lawrence Stephen Pascoe


1. Firm Name: Mirsky Pascoe

2. Address: The Bell Mews, Suite 300, 39 Robertson Road (Bells Corners) Nepean, Ontario K2H 8R2

3. Telephone: Office: (613) 828-2120, Home: (613) 723-5122 (for emergencies only) Cell phone (not always on): (613) 277-3158

4. Fax: (613) 596-0881

- Email: lspascoe at thepascoedifference.com

- Birth Date and Place: October 22, 1949, Toronto, Ontario

- Education and Professional Qualifications:
  • Bachelor of Commerce (Honours), Dalhousie University(1972)
  • Bachelor of Laws, Dalhousie University (1975)
  • Ontario Bar Admission Course (1977)
  • Family Mediation Training Course (1990)
  • Collaborative Lawyers Training Course (2001-2002)
- Specific Areas of Practice:
  • Family Law: acting for clients in divorce and family litigation; negotiating marriage contracts and separation agreements;
  • Wills and the Administration of Estates: preparing wills and powers of attorney; acting for executors, estate trustees and attorneys
- Organization Affiliates: - Teaching Experience:

Course instructor,

Seminar leader,

  • Ontario Bar Admission course Family Law (1986)
  • Law Society Continuing Education Program on Pensions and Family Law (1988, 1994)
  • Ontario Bar Admission Course Practice skills (Family Law),(1989, 1990); Negotiating Skills (1993, 1996)
Speaker,
  • Ontario Bar Admission Course; dependent’s relief claims in estates (1988 - 1990)
  • Ontario Law Society Continuing Education Program dealing with estate litigation (Dependent's Relief Claims), 1987
  • Ontario Law Society Continuing Education Program; marriage contracts (1987 - 1988)
  • Canadian Bar Association Annual Institute Program; Pensions and Family Law (1989)
  • Law Society Continuing Education Program for Legal Secretaries; preparing Financial statements
  • Law Society Continuing Education Program for Family Law Lawyers; Employment Benefit Clauses (1990)
  • Canadian Society for the Advancement of Legal Technology (1994, 1996)
  • Family Law Motions: Practice and Strategy (1994)
  • Institute of Family Law, The Life Insurance Clause in Separation Agreements (1996)
  • Federation of Law Societies, The Life Insurance Clause in Separation Agreements (1998)
  • County of Carleton Law Association and Law Society Continuing Education Program, Determining Income of the Self-Employed under the Child Support Guidelines (1999)
  • Law Society Continuing Education Program, Basic Management Principles for Lawyers (May 2000)
  • Law Society Technology for Lawyers conference, Some Thoughts on Producing and Marketing a Law Firm's Web Site (November 2003)

- 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 Group, 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.


- Written Articles (please visit my articles page for an online list):

  • 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)
  • Some Basic Management Principles for Lawyers, Law Society 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)

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