Founded in 2021 by Katherine Kimel, the firm has grown from a single practitioner into a team of lawyers and legal professionals who work only in this corner of the law.
That narrowness is deliberate. Estate disputes sit at the intersection of family history, money and grief, and Katherine Kimel built the firm on the view that clients going through this are better served by lawyers who do this work daily rather than occasionally. Kimel Law Group takes on will challenges, disputes between executors and beneficiaries, applications to remove estate trustees, passing of accounts disagreements, and questions of testamentary capacity and undue influence. It also acts in guardianship and capacity proceedings, an area closely tied to estate work but often overlooked by generalist firms.
Since opening its doors, the firm has represented clients throughout Ontario, not just in Toronto, reflecting how often estate disputes cross regional lines within families. Katherine Kimel remains its Founder and Principal Lawyer, and under her direction the firm has built a reputation among referral sources for being responsive and direct with clients at a time when many are dealing with a difficult, and often the first, experience of litigation in their lives.
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