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Family Law | Estates & Wills | Business Law | Litigation | Churches | Real Estate
Issues pertaining to family law are often emotionally charged. Through a combination of skill and experience we strive to empathize with our clients while never losing sight of the fundamental responsibility we have to provide excellent legal representation.
It is our privilege to assist families as they confront the challenges of several family law areas.
• marriage and separation agreements
• divorce
• property division and disputes
• custody and access
• spousal and child support
Many people put off making a will because they associate the task with death. In reality, will preparation and estate planning are more about life. We can help you make plans that will benefit you and your family both now and in the future; meaningful and successful plans require professional preparation because this area of the law is more complex – and has many more implications – than many people realize.
Our areas of expertise include tax planning, trusts and estate administration. And we are able to give you individual and specialized attention so that you achieve the results you desire.
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Businesses – both large and small – know the advantage of having an accessible and personal legal advisor. As part of a company's management team we provide professional advice that protects and enhances its smooth operation throughout the complexities of business law.
• incorporation
• business reorganization
• ongoing corporate governance issues
• shareholder agreements
• collections
• corporate financing and security
• employment issues
• business purchase and sale
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Clients facing litigation need a lawyer they can trust; they also need a bold advocate who can skillfully develop a strategy to achieve the best possible result. We have more than two decades of experience in the courtroom and have a reputation for fighting for our clients' best interests – whether it's in a trial or in a settlement conference.
We can help you with litigation in the following areas:
• personal injury
• commercial
• employment
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These days, churches require professional legal advice on many issues. Mayes Law Firm has an extensive background in assisting pastors and church boards to navigate through legal issues in a spiritually sensitive manner. Churches need to be aware of the impact of their actions in a variety of areas.
Governance, church constitutions and by-laws must be carefully drafted to define historical precedent and denominational preference in a way that can proactively avoid future problems.
Biblically consistent counsel in the form of conflict mediation or arbitration can benefit any church experiencing disputes within its body.
Many churches are incorporating to protect congregations and board members from personal liability. Incorporation also allows the church to be a distinct legal, as well as spiritual, entity.
Mayes Law Firm is able to deal with municipalities, purchase land and arrange bank financing; these are secular realities that require expert advice.
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Property is most people's largest investment. We have highly-trained staff to ensure that all property-related transactions are handled with the utmost skill to help clients protect their investments. In fact, we are equipped to provide electronic conveyancing and computerized title searching for the entire province of Ontario. Mayes Law Firm works with several title insurance carriers and is one of only a small handful of lawyers in Chatham-Kent approved to provide title insurance from Title Plus.
We attend to the details of all real estate services including:
• residential purchase and sale
• commercial real estate
• mortgage financing
• mortgage collection
• rural conveyancing
• municipal applications
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