Janet is a graduate of the Faculty of Law at the University of Windsor. She was called to the Ontario Bar in 1993.

Prior to attending Law School, Janet studied sciences and maths at the University of Toronto and holds a Bachelor of Science degree.

Since being called to the Ontario Bar in 1993, Janet has been entrusted to provide strategic and pragmatic guidance to her clients. Her passion for advocacy began as a first-year law student at the Crown Attorney’s in Toronto prosecuting non-criminal offences. Significant litigation and corporate law skills followed as a summer student and articling student with an international Bay Street law firm located in downtown Toronto.

Janet is committed to providing excellent personal service to her clients in a respectful manner. Having dedicated her practice to family law since 1996, she understands that family law clients are best served when they have a close working relationship with their counsel as they move through their separation: she answers her telephone when clients call.

In addition to guiding clients from separation to settlement, Janet has significant experience representing family law clients in contested Matrimonial and Estate proceedings in Courts throughout Ontario. She has developed a particular expertise negotiating marriage contracts and cohabitation agreements and is often referred clients from corporate counsel to prepare marriage contracts for their clients.

Janet is trained in the practice of Collaborative Family Law. The Collaborative Family Law practice allows divorcing and separating couples to put family first and reach creative resolutions without stepping foot in a courtroom. This alternative dispute resolution process allows parties to work together in order to resolve their legal issues amicably while maintaining a mutual respect for the family unit.

Janet has lectured on family law topics throughout her career and has been a guest lecturer at the Schulich School of Business in the MBA program. Her commitment to family law issues extends to volunteer work as Janet is a past Director and the past President of the Board of Directors of The Etobicoke Children’s Centre, a mental health centre providing mental health and autism services to children and their families.

Janet is a trained mediator and is a member of the Association of Family and Conciliation Courts.

Janet is conversationally fluent in Greek.

Joanna is a graduate of Osgoode Hall Law School. She was called to the Ontario Bar in 2004.

Joanna received an Honours Bachelor of Science degree from the University of Toronto where she specialized in Psychology and majored in Crime and Deviance. As she excelled in her studies, Joanna received recognition for her outstanding academic performance – she was on the Dean’s Honour List and invited to become a member of the Golden Key International Honour Society.

Joanna has dedicated her professional career to family law and has practised exclusively in this area since her call to the Ontario Bar in 2004. Joanna’s interest in family law was cultivated through law school, founded on a desire to help her clients and their families through difficult times. While still in law school, Joanna sought all opportunities to build courtroom skills and argued appeals and appeared before various tribunals through the Community Legal Aid Clinic. Joanna taught a college-level business law course, and thereafter articled at a boutique family law firm in Ottawa.

She has extensive experience in all areas of family law, including custody and access, child support, spousal support and complex property and financial issues. Joanna has particular expertise in drafting domestic contracts and complex court documents.

Joanna is also trained to resolve disputes through the collaborative process.

Joanna has appeared at various levels of Court throughout Ontario, including the Ontario Court of Justice and the Superior Court of Justice, and has represented clients at various stages in the Court litigation process. In addition to litigation, Joanna has also represented clients in family law mediation and arbitration proceedings.

Joanna’s clients benefit from her pragmatic, levelheaded approach. She is a strong advocate for her clients and strives to find the best solution in the most cost-effective manner. Although each case is different, Joanna considers litigation to be an option of last resort if there are less costly alternatives to resolving a dispute. Joanna has successfully negotiated many settlements for her clients outside of Court. However, sometimes litigation simply cannot be avoided and when needed Joanna is not afraid to fight it out in Court and will strongly advocate for and on behalf of her clients.

Sabina is a law clerk with over two decades of experience specializing in family law. Prior to joining Miliaris Family Law in 2016, Sabina was the “go-to” financial law clerk in a prominent Bay Street family law firm for many years.

Sabina’s area of specialty is the financial aspects of family law including property division and support. Sabina has extensive experience in preparation of financial statements, disclosure briefs, net family property statements, and support calculations. She uses her analytical skills in reviewing and analyzing complex financial disclosure, as well as tracing expenses, hidden funds, and income. Sabina has worked closely with counsel in litigation proceedings and has significant experience with trial preparation. Sabina enjoys working closely with our clients in helping them feel supported in preparing their financial statements and document production and preparing them for Court.

Sabina completed with Honours her Law Clerk Diploma from the Institute of Law Clerks of Ontario.

Sabina is fluent in Polish.

Bosé Taiwo has been an essential part of the Miliaris Family Law team since 2014, assisting with client and file management, and filings at Court. Bosé’s focus and steady hand ensures that our clients are provided with quality administrative and legal care throughout their experience with Miliaris Family Law.

Bosé is a graduate of the Ontario Institute of Law Clerk and Paralegal Studies program at Herzing College and obtained certification for Immigration Consultation from Humber College. She has extensive experience as a legal administrative assistant and law clerk, working in various areas of law before focusing on family law since 2011.

As she is likely the first voice a new client hears when contacting our firm, Bosé’s maturity and calm demeanour will confirm to new clients that they have made the “right call” in reaching out to Miliaris Family Law.