Devry Smith Frank LLP

My experience with Jillian Bowman of the OCL (Barrie Office) was deeply troubling. From the outset, she demonstrated a clear and consistent bias in favour of the mother, disregarding critical evidence — including a professional report that explicitly identified parental alienation. Her conduct undermined the integrity of the assessment process and left me feeling completely dismissed as a father. Rather than objectively evaluating the facts, Jillian consistently portrayed my efforts to remain involved in my children’s lives in a negative light. She showed no willingness to consider my perspective and appeared to apply a double standard throughout, offering the benefit of the doubt only to the mother. Her approach was not only unbalanced — it was blatantly gender-biased and adversarial. When she raised concerns about her conduct, instead of addressing them or taking accountability, on August 1 2025, on a Zoom Call with my counsel and I, she attempted to silence me by discouraging me from posting this review. That speaks volumes. If you are a parent — especially a father — seeking a fair, child-centered, and impartial assessment, I strongly advise against working with Jillian Bowman. In my view, her involvement will not help your case — it may actively harm it. Parents deserve better. Children deserve better. You’ve been warned.

My absolute most sincere thank you to both Ms. Kenna Bromley and Mike Hepburn. I will never be able to express my thanks for their patience and compassionate approaches, to what was one of the hardest moments in my life. Together, Ms. Kenna Bromley and Mike Hepburn, removed an enormous amount of stress and worry and helped me to go forward, and find a solution which would work for all parties involved. Thank you again , for your care, attention to detail, support and expertise. I genuinely appreciate you both and thank you Devry Smith Frank LLP. Kindly, M Pilaprat

Great experience working with Laura, she's a highly skilled and dedicated estate planning lawyer. I found she was very prompt with communications, thorough and had answers to all my questions. All around great experience with this law firm.