Kelly Griffin

Job Description

As a lawyer, it is my job to assist people and companies with their legal needs. For example, I will help people set up their business, prepare contracts they need to run their business and also help them to sell their business or buy other businesses. I will also help people when they are buying or selling a home or if they are a business owner, buying a building, selling a building or leasing a building. I also help people prepare their wills and powers of attorney. So that someone else can handle their money or medical decisions if they are not able to, or when they die, to distribute their assets to their beneficiaries.

Relevant School Subjects

• Arts
• Business
• English
• Science
• Social Sciences and Humanities

Areas of Expertise

• Legal

Career Story

After high school I attended Queen's University in Kingston where I studied Psychology. I received my Bachelor of Arts Honours Degree (4 year program) and then after I graduated from Queen's I went to Law School at Western University. I studied Law for 3 years and after I graduated, I took the Bar Administration Course and then Articled with a Law Firm. That process took about 14 months. Once I finished Articling and passed the Bar Exam, I was admitted to the Bar of Ontario as a practicing Lawyer. I started working as a Lawyer in Toronto but eventually moved out to work in Waterloo Region. First, as a Lawyer with Sun Life Financial, then Manulife Financial. Eventually, back in 2015 I joined my current firm, Sutherland Mark Lawyers where I practice Business, Real Estate and Wills & Estates Law.