Congratulations to Melanie Kraft - Appointed to Superior Court of Justice

Melanie Kraft, partner at Epstein Cole, has been appointed a Judge of the Superior Court of Justice of Ontario. 

Justice Kraft graduated from Osgoode Hall Law School in 1994. Upon completion of her articles with Epstein Cole, she was admitted to the Bar of Ontario. She practised family law exclusively with the firm, becoming a partner in 2001.

Justice Kraft’s practice covered a broad range of family law issues and involved various dispute-resolution mechanisms, including the negotiation of domestic contracts in complex financial matters and acting as counsel in contentious parenting, support, and property disputes.

Given Justice Kraft’s long-held commitment to improving the public’s access to justice, she has supported and participated in programs developed to support this objective. This includes her past participation in the Intensive Poverty Law Programme at Parkdale Community Legal Service; her service as Duty Counsel at the Ontario Court of Justice, and, most recently, her service both as a Dispute Resolution Officer and as Advice Settlement Counsel at the Superior Court of Justice.

Justice Kraft is an Adjunct Professor at Osgoode Hall Law School, where she has taught Family Law. She has obtained certificates in mediation from both the Collaborative Decision Resource Centre in Boulder, Colorado, and the Program of Instruction for Lawyers at Harvard Law School.

In addition to spending family time with her husband, Mark, and their three children, Justice Kraft has been actively involved in parents’ associations at her children’s elementary schools and has also served on the board of her children's post-secondary school.

Read the full news release here.