Kerry Krochak

Kerry earned her B.A. with Honours in 1996 and her LLB (Dean’s List) in 1999 from the University of Manitoba. Kerry was called to the Bar in 2000. She practiced in the area of corporate securities at Bennett Jones LLP and worked at the TMX Group before moving to family law in 2011.

Kerry’s extensive prior practice in mergers and acquisitions and public markets gives her a unique and different skill set than other family law lawyers. Kerry has experience with and an understanding of financial statements, complex corporate, trust and partnership structures and assets.

Kerry assists her clients to identify their issues and develop a strategy for achieving realistic goals in an empathetic and most cost-effective manner. Kerry believes in honest and direct communication with clients that in turn, allows her clients to be informed at all times.

Kerry has assisted numerous clients achieve positive settlement through negotiation and mediation and Kerry is a trained mediator. However, to the extent alternative dispute resolutions fall short, Kerry has substantial litigation experience at all levels of the Alberta Courts, including the Court of Appeal. 

Kerry has assisted numerous clients with:

• the division of property both for common law and married spouses;
• child and spousal support;
• common law spousal support;
• custody, access, parenting, guardianship and mobility;
• cohabitation, pre-marital and marriage contracts;
• enforceability of contracts and Orders;
• and pet-related issues.

EDUCATION:

• University of Manitoba, Bachelor of Arts with Honours, 1996
• University of Manitoba, LLB (Dean's List), 1999
• Called to the Bar in 2000