Membership Level: Certified

Vicky Ringuette, originally from Northwestern New Brunswick, holds a B.A. in Communication and an LL.B. in Common Law (French) from the University of Ottawa. She has practiced law since 2005, focusing on family law, child protection, adoption, fertility, and residential real estate. Fully bilingual, she serves as a lawyer, mediator-arbitrator, and facilitator for all areas of family law including the niche area of cross-border and international child abduction disputes. She is on the Office of the Children’s Lawyer panel, a bilingual Dispute Resolution Officer with the Ontario Superior Court ...


1 James Street South, 14th Floor, Hamilton, ON L8P 4R5
Membership Level: Certified

I am an Accredited Family Mediator , Online Dispute Resolution Specialist and a Registered Social Worker.I have also been a Clinician with the Office of the Children’s Lawyer since 1998. Throughout my varied career , I have helped individuals and families to move on in the midst of significant grief and loss, especially losses related to separation and divorce. I have written articles for local newspapers and have appeared on the Ask Andrew Show with Andrew Feldstein as well as on the DCAFS Connecting with the Community Rogers Television Show. I have also facilitated several courses and ...


Membership Level: Certified

Susan is a Founder Member of FDRIO. After several years of providing Mental Health Assessments for criminal court and assisting clients navigate family court, while acting as agent and mediator in family court, Susan took her knowledge and skills in family dynamics, childrens mental health and extensive experience in family court to a better method of resolving family disputes. Since opening her private practice she has helped hundreds of families come to negotiated agreements that allow them to better manage ongoing relationships for years to come. Susan has had many opportunities to meet ...


Membership Level: Certified

Marianne Cuhaci is a certified specialist in mediation, parenting coordination and family arbitration. She has been practicing as a social worker for 40 years. Her experience is extensive and varied. Marianne's earlier background includes having worked as a child protection worker with the Children's Aid Society (C.A.S.) of Ottawa from 1979 to 1985. She subsequently joined the multi-disciplinary team in the Forensic Program at the Royal Ottawa Hospital in 1987, proving inpatient and outpatient services to clients struggling with mental illness and facing criminal charges. From 1995 to 2002, ...


Membership Level: Certified

408-277 Lakeshore Road East, Oakville, ON L6J 6J3
Membership Level: Certified

84 MacPherson Avenue, Toronto, ON M5R 1W8
Membership Level: Certified

Jared is a social worker in private practice specializing in services for families experiencing high conflict separation and divorce. He provides a range of services including Parenting Coordination, mediation, assessment, views and preferences reports, and therapeutic interventions. He is a panel clinician with the Office of the Children’s Lawyer anda former roster mediator with Toronto Family Mediation Services. Jared is also a Collaborative Family Professional, a member of the Association of Family and Conciliation Courts, and is the co-chair of the Parenting Coordination section for ...


Membership Level: Certified

Hilary has owned and led Riverdale Mediation since 2001 where she and her colleagues provide top quality, affordable and accessible family mediation, arbitration and parenting coordination services. Riverdale specializes in effective online dispute resolution. Riverdale also is a North American leader in providing family mediation, arbitration and parenting training for FDRP and OAFM Certification designations. Riverdale has trained, mentored and supervised many hundreds of family mediation students from across the country. Hilary's work has been honoured by Awards of Excellence from the ...


425 University Ave, Suite 300, Toronto, ON M5G 1T6
Membership Level: Certified

Geoff Carpenter is a lawyer, mediator, arbitrator and parenting coordinator. He is certified as a specialist in family law by the Law Society of Ontario. He works as a Dispute Resolution Officer, hearing conferences and final exit pre-trials for matters in the Milton and Brampton courthouses. He is also a panel member for the Office of the Children's Lawyer. Geoff is the chair of the Ontario Bar Association's Child and Youth Law Section and a regular speaker at CPD programs for lawyers and dispute resolution professionals. He is also an active member of his community, serving as the former ...