Marc Tannenbaum is a partner in our Dispute Resolution Services group. Our Dispute Resolution Services group combines the various talents of accomplished litigators with trial and appeal experience before courts, arbitrators, administrative tribunals and regulatory bodies. We handle every kind of commercial dispute and mediation. For more information on the practice group, click here»

Focus of Practice

Marc Tannenbaum's practice is concentrated on all areas of family law, including high conflict matrimonial disputes including custody actions, separation agreements, and matters of significant assets, business interests and support claims.

Represents & Advises

• Individuals, business owners, executives, academics, professionals
• Gay and lesbian couples
• Surrogate parents

Engagements Include

• Marriage contracts, separation agreements, divorce;
• Contentious custody, access and child and spousal support cases;
• Variation and enforcement of orders, child protection, restraining orders, guardianship applications;
• Division of property;
• Pension and business ownership division and other related court proceedings;
• Dealing with matrimonial assets in out of province and foreign jurisdictions;
• Business asset protection;
• Business valuation;
• Mediation;
• Claims arising from common law relationships

Admissions and Affiliations

• Called to the Bar of Ontario 1987

Education

• B.A. – York University 1984
• LL.B. – Osgoode Law School Ontario 1985

Recent Experience

• March 2011 – obtained a monetary award and legal costs at trial concerning a negligent corporate defendant
• January 2011 – obtained a judgment via contested summary judgment motion dismissing an action against my client in the sum of $200,000; also awarded legal costs
• October 2010 – co-author of an article for the LSUC titled ‘Sheriff’s Enforcement of Writs of Seizure & Sale, presented at the LSUC Seminar “The Six-Minute Debtor-Creditor & Insolvency Lawyer 2010”