Merry Christmas! Feliz Navidad!

Warm holiday greetings to everyone!

How can we go back to work when there are so many sweets to eat?

Just a sample of some of the goodies we have been busy making and eating.

Hard at work...

Some of our "office supplies".

C is for cookies and Christmas!

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The cookie making season is upon us and Guerrero Law is not one to fall behind. The office will soon be full of plates of cookies to share with those around us. Why hog all the calories?!

Take a look at what's happening so far...

Baby Guerrero eating the apron instead of just wearing it.

Can you guess what kind of cookies we're making?

The base of each one of our creations.

We'll start with these as they are the easiest.

Second will be these, but I think we'll have to make double the amount since they are gobbled up quickly!

For now we'll only make 3 kinds so this will be the last.

Cakes will follow another day. One can only handle so much baking (and sampling) in one day!

Who said lawyers are boring?

A Canadian Law Firm First!

 Click here to view the flash mob.

Yesterday afternoon at 1:30 p.m., a group made primarily of Blake, Cassels & Graydon LLP (Blakes) articling students, and a few partners, associates and staff, performed a Flash Mob dance at the Commerce Court food court to the song "I’ve Got a Feeling" by the Black Eyed Peas!
A flash mob is defined by Wikipedia as "a large group of people who assemble suddenly in a public place, perform an unusual and pointless act for a brief time, then quickly disperse." And that’s exactly what happened on Wednesday, December 15, 2010 in downtown Toronto.
The 48 dancers have been practising for weeks! At first people didn’t know what to make of the sudden music and movement, but as more Blakes dancers put on their red baseball caps and joined in, people got into the spirit of the season and many onlookers started to dance too.
The Blakes articling students first performed their dance at the Firm’s office party in Toronto on December 2, 2010. It was such a success, they decided to spread the cheer and perform it for a second time in public.
"We just wanted to have some fun," said Kari Abrams, Director of Student Recruitment & Development at the law firm. "Everybody has been working so hard, it was really great to be part of something so creative and make people smile."


Click here to view the flash mob.

Families Will Benefit From Justice Improvements

December 9, 2010 9:30 AM

McGuinty Government Making Legal System More Affordable And Straightforward

Affordable, faster and less confrontational — that's the new direction for family law in Ontario.

By next summer, families across the province will have access to improved services through Ontario's courts.

Ontario is increasing access to justice by expanding valuable services to all court locations. Families will soon have access to:

• The Mandatory Information Program that offers more options for families experiencing breakdown and helps them learn about the effects of separation and divorce.
• The Family Mediation Service that helps families identify challenges and work out solutions outside the courtroom, which saves parents money.
• Information and Referral Coordinators who will refer families to community agencies that can help them resolve challenges earlier and at less cost.

The new approach to settling family disputes will help more Ontario families avoid the courtroom in favour of an early, affordable, out-of-court resolution.

This is part of the government's Open Ontario plan to make the family justice system more straightforward, focused and affordable, and to provide accessible and consistent family justice services for all Ontarians.

QUICK FACTS

• The Mandatory Information Program was piloted in Milton, Brampton and Toronto and will be available in 17 additional courts by April 2011 and the remainder of the courts by summer 2011.
• The Family Mediation Service and Information and Referral Coordinators are currently available in 17 Family Courts locations and will be made available in the remainder of Ontario's courts by summer 2011.
• Approximately 160,000 people use Ontario's family courts each year.

Link to Ministry of Attorney General website

Successful workshop

Thank you to Elizabeth Espinoza and the Catholic Cross Cultural Services in Mississauga for hosting an excellent workshop in support of local Hispanic women. Guerrero Law is proud to have been asked to present a session on Family Law and looks forward to working with this association again in the future to help the local community have a better understanding of their rights and what assistance is available to them.

We are very pleased with all of the questions the participants had; the workshop was interactive, informative (according to the participants!) and an overall success.

Guerrero Law visits Remax agent Vicky Chiappari at Pumpkin Day

Free pumpkins, colouring activities, face painting and munchies! What more could you want on a Saturday afternoon in October?
Thanks to Remax agent Vicky Chiappari for a wonderful afternoon.

Taller por Guerrero Law en el Catholic Crosscultural Services Centre

Antonio presentará un taller de Derecho Familiar en el Catholic Crosscultural 

Services Centre en Mississauga al grupo de "MUJERES APOYANDO A MUJERES".

Del 14 de octubre al 2 de diciembre, el centro presentará una serie de talleres que están dirigidas a mujeres que están o han estado en relaciones íntimas desiguales e injustas.

Temas que cubrirá Antonio serán: el divorcio, custodia de los niños, la manutención de los niños, el manutención del cónyuge y la división de propiedad.

Guerrero Law workshop at the Catholic Crosscultural Services Centre

Antonio will be presenting a workshop related to Family Law at the Catholic Crosscultural 
Services Centre in Mississauga to the “Women Supporting Women” group.


From October 14th to December 2nd, the centre will be running a series of workshops to support women who are or have been in unjust and unequal relationships.


Topics to be covered by Antonio will be divorce, child custody, child support, spousal support and property division.

Antonio Guerrero on the Board of Directors of the Halton-Peel Hispanic Association

Antonio is proud to be on the Board of Directors of the Halton-Peel Hispanic Association whose mission is to contribute to the development, promotion, transcendence and integration of the Hispanic identity, enriching the Canadian multiculturalism.

Guerrero Law celebrates Mexico's bicentenary

 2010 is the year that Mexico is commemorating the bicentennial of its Independence movement and the centennial of its Revolution. Guerrero Law joined hundreds of other revelers in Nathan Phillips Square to participate in the festivities. 

The Latest Addition to the Guerrero Law team

Guerrero Law 

would like to welcome 

Xavier to the family!

Newest member of the Latin Canadian Business Alliance

Antonio Guerrero and Guerrero Law are proud to be the latest member of the Latin Canadian Business Alliance in Ontario.

The Latin Canadian Business Alliance is a group of Hispanic businesses with a variety of commercial specialties that provide services for a wide range of clientele.

Latin Canadian Business Alliance

Live chat show with the Youth Expressions team from the Spanish Speaking Education Network

On Sunday, August 8th, I was honoured to join the Youth Expressions team of the Spanish Speaking Education Network live on 1610 AM for a 1 hour interview. We discussed topics such as education, career goals and leaving one's family and home country behind and throughout the hour I fielded a whole array of interesting questions from the group of young interviewers who were professional, mature and very interactive.
I had a great time speaking with the whole group, we even had a call come in from Colombia!
The group asked if I would come back in for a second chat at a later date and of course I whole heartedly agreed, so stay tuned for that!


To see the work of the Spanish Speaking Education Network, visit their site at www.ssen.ca.