Howard E. Staats, Q.C.

Bachelor of Arts degree from the University of Toronto in Political Science and Economics in 1961.

Bachelor of Law degree from Osgoode Hall Law School in 1964.

Called to the bar of Ontario in 1966.

Named a Queen’s Counsel in 1979.

Howard is a very experienced lawyer and his practice is primarily in criminal, family, and civil litigation and at all levels of courts in Ontario.

A devoted Toronto Maple Leafs fan, Howard enjoys watching sports in his free time.

“…Mr. Staats exercised the best qualities of senior counsel…”
-Superior Court of Justice judgment in 2013

Mark D. Staats

Bachelor of Business Administration degree from Wilfrid Laurier University in 2000.

Juris Doctor degree from the University of Toronto, Faculty of Law in 2005.

Called to the bar of Ontario in 2006.

Treasurer of the Brant Haldimand Norfolk Collaborative Family Law Practice Group. Editor of the Aboriginal Persons’ Court Brantford Newsletter.

Mark practices primarily in criminal, family, and civil litigation. He has completed collaborative family law training and he is a member of the local Collaborative Family Law Practice Group. Mark accepts clients with Legal Aid Certificates for criminal matters.

Mark is interested in fireworks and he has his Fireworks Operator Display Assistant Certificate.