The OBA's Family Law Section has announced Gary S. Joseph, Managing Partner, MacDonald & Partners LLP as the recipient of its 2021 OBA Award for Excellence in Family Law in Memory of James G. McLeod.

Two of our lawyers have received the award. James C MacDonald received the very first award in 1997 and now Gary Joseph in 2021.

This prestigious award recognizes the following:

1. teaching of Family Law and practice
2. taking tough cases forward and precedent setting cases, and/or involved in advancing the practice of alternative dispute resolution
3. development of Family Law, including lecturing, scholarly writing, lobbying, and development of policy and family law legislation, including new directions involving inter-disciplinary and comprehensive approaches to dispute resolution
4. enhancement of the practice of Family Law
5. leadership in the Family Law Bar

Stay tuned for award presentation details which will be announced soon!