Raymond A. Goddard

Partner
Raymond Goddard

Areas of Practice

Family Law

Raymond's Team

Mailing Address

  • Walker Head, Barristers and Solicitors 1315 Pickering Parkway, Suite 800 Pickering, Ontario L1V 7G5

Biography

Ray is the Chair of the Family Law Group at Walker Head. He dedicates his practice exclusively to family law and related matters, bringing twenty years of experience to his passionate advocacy for his clients.

Ray has gained extensive Trial experience arguing family law matters at all levels of Court in Ontario, including the Ontario Court of Appeal, Divisional Court of Justice, the Superior Court of Justice and Ontario Court of Justice.

Ray is qualified as a mediator and arbitrator and is fully accomplished in using all alternative dispute resolution (ADR) processes to obtain settlement before taking matters before the courts.

Ray regularly participates in panels and lectures for continuing legal education. He appreciates the frequent invitations he has accepted to speak at conferences and seminars through the Law Society of Ontario and the Ontario Bar Association. He presented at the 2018 and 2020 Annual Family Law Summits and his work has been published in Canadian Family Law Quarterly. He enjoys being able to mentor several junior family lawyers within and outside of the firm.

Ray is a member of the Canadian Bar Association, Ontario Bar Association, Durham Region Law Association and The Advocates’ Society. He was called to the Ontario Bar in 2001 and was an inaugural appointment to the Dispute Resolution Officer (DRO) Panel for Oshawa, Ontario in 2011.

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