Mr. Jim M. Stoffman, Q.C.
Firm Name Taylor McCaffrey
Address
9th Floor
400 St. Mary Ave.
Winnipeg
Manitoba R3C 4KS
Canada
Telephone + 1 (204) 988-0323
Fax + 1 (204) 957-0945
Email jstoffman(AT)tmlawyers.com
Website www.tmlawyers.com
Profile: Education: University of Winnipeg (B.A., 1971); University of Manitoba (LL.B., 1974); appointed Queen's Counsel, 1985; Chartered Arbitrator (2005), Mediation Levels 1 and 11(1999 and 2001). Member: Canadian Bar Association; The Association of Trial Lawyers of America; Association of Family and Conciliation Courts; Manitoba Medico-Legal Society; Arbitration and Mediation Institute of Manitoba Inc.; ADR Institute of Canada Inc.; Canadian Foundation for Dispute Resolution. Positions: Past Chair, Family Law subsection, Manitoba Bar Association and National Family Law Section, Canadian Bar Association; founding Chair, Law Day in Manitoba; Finance Review Committee, Canadian Bar Association (1987-1989); Life member, Manitoba Bar Council; President, Manitoba Bar Association (1990-1991); National Executive, Canadian Bar Association (1991); Practice Advisory Committee, Law Society of Manitoba (1980-present); Arbitration of Legal Fees Advisory Committee, Law Society of Manitoba (1978-1989); Founding Member and Director, Manitoba Institute of Family Therapy (1984-present); Director, Association of Family and Conciliation Courts (1984-87); Legal advisor to The Indochina Chinese Association of Manitoba.
Languages Spoken: English
Practice Areas: Appeals, Arbitration, Child Custody/Residence/Visitation/Contact, Child Support, Cohabitation, Collaborative Law, Divorce, Domestic Abuse/Violence/Protection Orders, Emergency Procedures/Injunctions, Enforcement: Child Custody, Enforcement: Child Support, Enforcement: Property Division, Enforcement: Spousal Support, Finance: Capital Provision, Finance: Insolvency, Finance: Pensions/Superannuation/Retirement and Employment Benefits, Finance: Property Issues, Finance: Taxation, Finance: Trusts, Hague Convention/Child Abduction, Mediation, Modification/Variation: Child Custody, Modification/Variation: Child Support, Modification/Variation: Property Division, Modification/Variation: Spousal Support, Parentage/Paternity, Pre-nuptial/Post-nuptial Agreements, Relocation/Removal from Jurisdiction, Same Sex Partnerships, Spousal Support/Maintenance/Alimony, Surrogacy