OBA Award for Excellence in Family Law 2021 - Gary Joseph
Gary Joseph | Jun 2021
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:
- teaching of Family Law and practice
- taking tough cases forward and precedent setting cases, and/or involved in advancing the practice of alternative dispute resolution
- 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
- enhancement of the practice of Family Law
- leadership in the Family Law Bar
Stay tuned for award presentation details which will be announced soon!

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