Karon Bales

Karon C. Bales is a founding partner of Bales Beall LLP. Her practice is centred on family law, wills, and estates issues. Her experience in trial and appellate advocacy in family law and estate matters is extensive, particularly with those involving partnerships, business corporations, and commercial issues. Bales also provides sound guidance with estate administration and planning, domestic and off-shore trusts, and succession planning for owners of family businesses. Her expertise extends to mediations, as she has been conducting private mediations for over 10 years in the areas of family law and estate litigation – most often in cases where those two areas of the law intersect. Bales is certified by the Law Society of Ontario as a Specialist in Estates and Trusts Law and in Family Law. She is a member of the Society of Trust and Estate Practitioners, is a Fellow of the International Academy of Family Lawyers (IAFL) and an Academician of the International Academy of Estate and Trust Law. She is the President of the Canadian Chapter, IAFL. She is an Adjunct Professor at the University of Toronto Law School. She has been listed in Best Lawyers – Canada since 2006.

Bales has been involved in community charities, including currently as a Governor of the Stratford Festival of Canada, Director and Chair of the Board of the Seeing Eye Organization (Canada), Trustee of the Seeing Eye Inc., and as past chair and a current board member of Nightwood Theatre, which promotes Canadian women in contemporary theatre.