Heather is a dedicated family law lawyer helping clients reach effective and sustainable resolutions.  Her practice encompasses all areas of family law, including: cohabitation and marriage contracts, separation and divorce, parenting time and decision making responsibility, child and spousal support and division of family property.

In her years practicing family law, Heather has litigated at the Ontario Court of Justice, the Ontario Superior Court of Justice, and the Ontario Court of Appeal. She tailors her approach to best serve each client’s unique circumstances and goals. She can move skillfully between negotiation, mediation, and litigation, as required.

Prior to founding Heather Kindness Family Law, Heather worked at prominent family law firms in Toronto. Upon reflection of the negative toll litigation can take on clients and their children, Heather trained as a collaborative family lawyer. She is excited to offer this option to clients, which places them in the driver’s seat of a cooperative and cost-effective process to resolve their family law issues. 

Heather was called to the Bar of Ontario in 2015 after graduating with a JD from the University of Toronto Law School (2014). Heather graduated with First Class Honours from McGill University in 2008. Heather has a diverse legal background. Before transitioning to work exclusively in family law, Heather worked on Bay Street for a global firm and then worked internationally for the United Nations with the UNHCR.

Heather is a member of the Canadian Bar Association, the Ontario Bar Association, the Advocates Society, the Ontario Collaborative Lawyers Association, Collaborative Practice Toronto and the Law Society of Ontario.