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Margarit Y.J. Jo

Margarit Y.J. Jo H.B.Sc, J.D.

Associate

416-507-2651 x265 - Call

mjo@mpllp.com

Bar Admissions:

  • Called to the Ontario Bar in 2019


Education:

  • Juris Doctor, Osgoode Hall Law School (2018)
  • Honours Bachelor of Science in Psychology and Criminology, University of Toronto (2015)
  • PAST EXPERIENCE
    • During law school, Margarit was a summer student at Legal Aid Ontario – Duty Counsel Office at the Hamilton Unified Family Court. She also worked for the College Park Crown Attorney’s Office in downtown Toronto as a student in the Criminal Law Intensive Program.
    • Margarit articled with the Family Law Office at Legal Aid Ontario in downtown Toronto, which provided her with litigation experience in family courts throughout the Greater Toronto Area.
    • Margarit volunteered as a researcher for the Domestic Violence Project spearheaded by a McMurtry Fellow at Osgoode Hall Law School. She also translated resources on educational law from English to Korean for Pro Bono Ontario.
    • Margarit competed in the annual Gale Cup Moot for appellate constitutional and criminal laws with her teammates from Osgoode. She also coached first-year students for the Baby Gale Cup Moot.
    • Upon being called to the Bar, Margarit worked at a prominent family law boutique firm in downtown Toronto and Mississauga prior to joining MacDonald & Partners.

    More Testimonials

        "I wanted to be sure to take the time to properly thank you for your very important role in the completion of my battle to keep my son. This has been the most difficult experience of my life, and I’m truly grateful for how you both supported me through it.
        Thank you Michael, for agreeing to take my case, and for your expertise, and strategic approach to problem solving through the initial dealings with my file. I am so very grateful that you agreed to continue working with me as my case changed due to the constant shifts, games and inconsistencies from the Respondent, as well as your patience and flexibility in bundling services in a way that genuinely fit what I needed. Your ability to steady the process and keep the focus on protecting H meant so much.

        I really appreciated being included as part of the discussions of strategy— you advised me clearly, made thoughtful suggestions, and brought in additional resources so we were prepared for anything. I always felt that you valued my insight and listened to me.

        Margarit—I could not have done this without you; thank you for agreeing to work with me throughout the chaos. I am especially grateful for the way you handled the inconsistencies at each turn, the lies, and prepared so thoroughly for trial.

        Your presence at trial was so calming for me, and I truly trusted you throughout. You were supportive, acknowledging, and calm from the moment we walked into the courthouse, when I needed it most. During the trial, you were completely in control — methodical, focused, and precise. Watching the cross examination was amazing. You used his own words and the evidence to draw attention to his high conflict personality behaviours, and to dismantle each false accusation and expose every inconsistency- calmly and clearly. It was so effective that there was nowhere left for him to go, and it ultimately led to his conceding. I felt supported, grounded, and genuinely protected having you there. Thank you so very much."

        "I’ve said it before and I’ll say it again – thank goodness you’re on my side!"

        "Thank you so much for all of your help and support. I truly appreciate all the hard work you and your team have put in for me. I feel much better now that everything has been settled. This entire process has been heavy, and reaching this point feels like a real release for me. Thank you for guiding me through it."

        “I just have to say how good you are at writing these documents.  You have taken everything I have said for months and clearly have understood what I have said.  The document is clear, true and precise with facts that can be easily proven and already mostly have been. Thank you so so much for understanding me, good job and I’m trying not to cry right now. Thank you again Margarit. I am certainly glad you are on my side.”

        “Margarit, your patience and poker face were amazing!”

        “I want thank you for your professional, first class approach, and considerate support over the last 4 years, it was certainly not easy, or comfortable at times, however, it was comforting to know that you guys had my back throughout all of this! “

        “You always explain my questions so well and understand what I am saying. Talking to you helps so much. Thank you so much again for all your support and understanding!”

        “I'm very happy to be able to see her again and she was so happy to see me. Thank you for your help in making this finally happen.”

        "I can’t thank you all enough!!!!! You both won for me, so we won :) I'm so happy. This means so much ."

        “I am so thankful for your skill and support in this matter.  It is very gratifying to have this work out the way I hoped it would and am so glad I had your wise counsel throughout.  You asked me to hang in there and I did and I got the result that I wanted.“ 

        “I’m extremely appreciative of what you’re doing to help me during this time. Thanks to Margarit, things went well and the DRO made comments and recommendations totally in our favour.”

        “I’m extremely appreciative of what you’re doing to help me during this time.“

        “Thank you so much for understanding me and supporting me.”

        “Amazing  job and thank you!”

        “This all makes me so happy and allows me to see some sort of reason this is all happening to me.”