James H. Bennett

• Courses
  • Collaborative Family Law – Training Level I
  • Collaborative Family Law – Training Level II



• Experience
  • Jamie Bennett is a partner with Madorin, Snyder LLP
    235 King Street East
    Kitchener, ON
    N2G 4G9
    Phone: (519) 744-4491 ext. 222
    Fax (519) 741-8060
    Email: jhb@kw-law.com
  • Jamie articled with Madorin, Snyder LLP in 1979, was called to the Bar in 1981 and has been a partner since 1985. He has extensive experience in civil litigation primarily in the areas of personal injury, professional liability, municipal liability, insurance litigation, estate litigation, commercial litigation and shareholder disputes.
  • Jamie’s family law practice is restricted to Collaborative Family Law, mediation, and mediation/arbitration. He is a former counsel for children through the office of the Children’s Lawyer and has often been privately retained to represent children’s interests in custody and access disputes.
  • Jamie has had cases before the Ontario Superior Court of Justice, the Ontario Divisional Court, the Ontario Court of Appeal and the Supreme Court of Canada and he also has extensive experience resolving disputes outside of the court process. He acts as a part time mediator and arbitrator himself and regularly acts as counsel for parties involved in mediating or arbitrating civil disputes.
  • He is a member of the Law Society of Upper Canada, the Advocates Society, the Waterloo Law Association, the International Academy of Collaborative Professionals, the Ontario Collaborative Law Federation, and is a founding member and treasurer of the Collaborative Family Law Association of Waterloo/Wellington Region.
  • Jamie has, since 1992, worked part time as a Deputy Court Judge in the Superior Court of Justice. He has been a lecturer and guest speaker with Wilfred Laurier University, Conestoga College, the Waterloo Region District School Board, the Advocates Society, and the Waterloo Law Association.
  • He has completed Level II (Advanced) training in Collaborative Family Law. He has mediation and alternative dispute resolution training and has for many years been retained as a mediator in insurance, family law and estate cases.
  • Jamie is actively involved in the community and was formerly a long time member of the Family and Children Services Board and Foundation as well as the Board of the Grand River Hospital.