To retain a lawyer is to officially hire them, thereby creating a lawyer-client relationship that is solidified by a retainer agreement. Even if you have spoken to a lawyer, you are not bound to a lawyer-client relationship and thus they do not represent you in your matter until you retain them.

1. Contact the Firm

   When you first contact our firm, we will ask you to provide us with some basic information to allow us to conduct a preliminary conflict check.

2. Complete the Intake Process

   If the preliminary check comes back clear, we will move forward with sending you an intake form where you will be asked to provide more general information about your matter. This will allow us to conduct a more thorough conflict check as well as give our lawyer a general idea what your initial consultation will entail. This way, the focus of the meeting can be your questions and issues rather than going over details like contact information, children’s name(s) and DOB(s), etc.

3. Initial Consultation

   Once your intake form has been received and reviewed by our administrative team, we will be in touch to schedule your free 30 minute consultation. This consultation is an opportunity for you to discuss your matter with our lawyer and seek their opinion regarding your questions and/or concerns. 

4. Sign Retainer Agreement

   If, after the consultation, you are interested in retaining our firm, you will be provided with a retainer agreement to review and sign. Once the agreement has been signed, we will officially be retained to provide the services outlined therein!

Both lawyers and legal assistants play an integral role in the functioning of a firm as they are both qualified to assist you with your legal matters and possess a wealth of information. However, the extent and type of information they can provide differs.

Accordingly, while a legal assistant cannot give you legal advice, they can answer many procedural questions, and their billing rate is much lower. For example, the legal assistant can tell you if your ex-partner has served their reply to your application, but the legal assistant cannot advise you on how to respond.

Ultimately, a legal assistant is to a lawyer what a nurse is to a doctor or a dental hygienist is to a dentist – they’re all fundamental in providing the quality of service you deserve!

Yes! Ferron Legal believes in the notion that everyone is deserving of adept legal representation and accepting legal aid certificates is one way to demonstrate that.

Legal Aid Ontario (LAO) is a program designed to ensure that all Ontarians have access to legal representation, regardless of their economic status. Whether or not someone initially qualifies for legal aid depends largely on their income-level. However, in order to obtain and maintain a legal aid certificate you must also satisfy the conditions laid out in the LAO’s merit assessment. For more information on the LAO’s eligibility requirements, please visit their website.

In order to best serve you, Ferron Legal requires that you book an appointment to meet with our office. You can do this by phone, email, or through the form on this website. Please see our contact page for more information.

We look forward to speaking with you!

There are limited circumstances where the court recognizes a need to tend to a matter immediately and will thus grant an urgent motion.

Situations that may be considered urgent by the court include but are not limited to instances where you can prove that:

• There is an immediate risk that your partner will take your child(ren) away or seriously harm you or your child(ren).

• Your partner is not complying with a parenting agreement and withholding your child(ren).

• You will face undue hardship by prolonging the matter because you do not have enough money to pay your bills and your debtors have threatened to take legal action against you.

For more information on urgent motions, visit the Ontario Government’s Steps to Justice website.