Joseph Hamon

Together with his Collaborative Family Law certification, Joseph P. Hamon was a family law mediator in the Ontario Superior Court of Justice and Court of Justice in Pembroke and Renfrew for a number of years.  Together with his private mediation practice, he has mediated well over 300 simple and complex cases successfully with a 98% success rate.  In the Ottawa area, he is one of 5 certified specialists in family law by the Law Society of Ontario.

He continues to be on the select panel of the Ottawa Family Law Project which certifies that he has had extensive specialized training in Intimate Partner Violence (IPV) impacts, rights and responsibilities.  He is certified by Family Mediation Canada which is known as the “gold seal” in family law mediation certification and has been a mediator since 1995. He practices in Ottawa/Pembroke/Renfrew/Kingston/Belleville/Peterborough and is trained to deal with personal family dynamics and legal and financial issues in family breakdown. He has a heart for the whole family.

His professional moto is: If separation occurs …. fair resolution.

A senior experienced professional who can help cut to the heart of the matter. Yet one who is deferential and sensitive to the wishes of the separating couple. Joseph, after receiving his law degree (LL.B.) from the University of Ottawa in 1984, received his bachelor’s degree (B.A.) in 1988 from the University of St. Michael’s College (University of Toronto) ultimately through pursuing theological and philosophical studies at the University of St. Paul in Ottawa. In 1991, he married Kristan Hamon, and opened his own law practice under the name of Hamon Law Office.

He practices in both Ottawa and the Ottawa Valley through his Combermere office. Joseph is a board member at Our Lady Seat of Wisdom College in Barry’s Bay. He has been a registered lobbyist to Parliament on various issues and has been an advisor to several organizations including St. Francis’s Hospital Barry’s Bay, Precious Blood and Life, Magnificat Ministries, Christian Legal Intervention Academy (Founding Member), Christian Legal Fellowship (Ottawa), Thomas More Lawyers’s Guild (Ottawa-Director), Home School Legal Defence Association (Canada), Action Life (Ottawa) and Campaign Life.

With Kristan, he is father to nine children. He enjoys sports particularly golf.