Brown, Tracy C.

I am the principal lawyer with Brown Law Group, a Family & Divorce Law firm in Edmonton.  I would describe myself as a passionate and compassionate advocate for reasonable resolutions in Divorce and family disputes, guided by fairness and the ‘best interests of children’.  I have never shied away from the Courtroom, but I will first work tenaciously to assist Clients avoid Court.  Except in a small percentage of cases, out-of-Court resolution is always the better way.

Even before being trained in Collaborative Law practice,  my approach was always settlement-oriented.  I believe I am a natural facilitator and mediator, in part because  I am quick to understand the dynamics of conflict and what is really going on with the parties to a dispute. While I am particularly experienced in working with parenting disputes, I am also adept with all financial aspects of support and matrimonial property division.  I am trained in child-inclusive mediation, meeting with children, parenting coordination, working with high-conflict people, and representing children in the litigation process.  I believe that Family lawyers have an ethical obligation to “do no harm” to the children caught in the middle of these disputes.

As a newer Collaborative Lawyer, I bring the experience of having litigated family disputes and seeing first-hand the financial and emotional devastation, and the collateral damage to children. If you can stay out of Court you should. Collaborative Law makes that a firm commitment.

Originally from Edmonton, I am a graduate of the University of Toronto and Osgoode Hall Law School.  Before being called to the Bar of Ontario and Alberta in 2010, I worked for some 20 years in leadership positions in immigrant and refugee services, international development, human rights and managing humanitarian aid organizations.  In many ways this pre-Law life and work experience, including years working in war-ravaged countries in Latin America and Africa, prepared me well to maneuver through the minefields of Family disputes.

I speak Spanish and Portuguese.