Brent Mendiola

Brent employs effective storytelling and sound strategy to advocate for her clients and ensure that they are heard.  She pursues her clients' goals through a lens of preserving the family unit.  Brent is passionate about her work and strives to achieve meaningful and practical results -- taking the time to understand her clients' needs and using all appropriate methods of dispute resolution to meet their objectives.   Brent is solution-focused and provides compassionate and trauma-informed counsel. 

Brent has experience in complex family law matters relating to corporate/trust issues, multi-jurisdictional considerations, and enforcement/injunctive relief.  Brent also has extensive experience navigating parenting issues, including child abduction, alienation, relocation, mental-health and addiction challenges, and cross-border parenting, with sensitivity and kindness.

Brent is a volunteer lawyer supervisor with the Family Justice Centre (PBSC) and a member of the Communications Committee of the AFCC Ontario.

During law school, Brent volunteered as a Caseworker with the Community & Legal Aid Services Program (CLASP) and Pro Bono Students Canada (PBSC).