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Prior to her appointment to the bench, Justice Julie Audet practised as a family lawyer, mediator, and collaborative practitioner in the Ottawa and eastern Ontario regions. Fluently bilingual, she graduated from the National Program (LL.B./LL.L.) at the University of Ottawa with the highest honours in 1996 and completed an LL.M. in family law at Osgoode Hall Law School in 2011. Justice Audet has taught family law at the University of Ottawa; led the family law component of the Law Society of Upper Canada's Law Practice Program (in French); and co-authored a textbook, L'essentiel du droit de la famille dans les provinces et territoires de common law au Canada, with the late Professor Nicole Laviolette. Justice Audet is well-known in her community for her involvement in pilot projects and committees related to the family justice system and her commitment to helping couples separate with dignity. She co-founded ALT Divorce and Family Law in A Box, two companies aimed at providing services and educational programs on family law to members of the public.
Raised in the Gaspé Peninsula in a modest and hard-working Francophone family, Justice Audet studied in Montreal, worked in Calgary, and completed her education in Ottawa – where she finally settled, grew strong community roots, and raised her own family.
Avant sa nomination à la magistrature, la juge Julie Audet pratiquait le droit familial à Ottawa et dans la région de l’est de l’Ontario, incluant à titre de médiatrice et de praticienne collaborative. Complètement bilingue, elle a obtenu avec les plus hautes distinctions un diplôme du Programme national (LL.B./LL.L.) de l’Université d’Ottawa en 1996 et complété une maîtrise en droit familial à l’école de droit Osgoode Hall en 2011. La juge Audet a enseigné le droit familial à l’Université d’Ottawa, dirigé la composante de droit familial du programme de pratique du droit du Barreau du Haut-Canada (en français), et co-écrit L’essentiel du droit de la famille dans les provinces et territoires de common law au Canada avec la défunte professeure Nicole Laviolette. La juge Audet est bien connue dans sa communauté pour son implication au sein de nombreux projets pilotes et comités reliés au système judiciaire familial et son engagement à aider les couples à se séparer en toute dignité. Elle est cofondatrice d’ALT Divorce et de Family Law in A Box, deux entreprises à travers lesquelles les membres du public ont accès à des services et des programmes d’information reliés au droit familial. Née d’une famille francophone modeste et travaillante de la péninsule gaspésienne, elle a étudié à Montréal, travaillé à Calgary et complété ses études à Ottawa où elle s’est finalement solidement enracinée dans la communauté, où elle a élevé sa famille.
Cynthia Runolfson is the President of Runolfson Kehoe & Haché. Ms. Runolfson provides forensic and investigative knowledge to entities in the public and private sectors. Ms. Runolfson provides valuation advice regarding the fair market value of business assets for tax and estate planning, shareholder and partnership disputes and other purposes. Ms. Runolfson formulates reports and analyses addressing division of family property, income for child and spousal support, net worth analysis, income replacement benefits, losses due to personal injury and business interruption, and breach of contract. Ms. Runolfson received her Bachelor of Business Administration from Acadia University in 1996. Following her graduation, Ms. Runolfson obtained her Chartered Accountant from The Institute of Chartered Accountants of Ontario in 2003, was Certified in Financial Forensics from the American Institute of CPA’s in 2014, and obtained her Chartered Business Valuator from the Canadian Institute of Chartered Business Valuators in 2014.
Justice Summers received her law degree from Queen’s University in 1988. After her call to the Bar in 1990, she practiced exclusively in the area of family law. She was appointed to the Superior Court of Justice (Family Branch) in June 2017.