The Legal Team

Kathryn E. Burns

Practice Areas
Wills and Estates
Real Estate

Kathryn is OW's senior Wills and Estates lawyer. Her Wills and Estate practice encompasses all aspects of will drafting, estate planning and the administration of estates. Kathryn also assists clients with guardianship issues and estate trustee issues. Kathryn also maintains a real estate practice. She has been chosen by the Canadian Armed Forces, the CNR and Royal LePage as one of their real estate relocation lawyers.

Education

• Queen's University Law School, LL.B., 1975
• Queen's University, B.A. (Honours) 1972

Call To Bar

• 1977

Professional Affiliations

• Member of the Law Society of Upper Canada
• Member of the Ontario Bar Association
• Member of the Canadian Bar Association
• Member of the Quinte Estate Planning Council
• Past Executive Director of the Hastings County Law Association
• Local Chair of Law Society of Upper Canada Bicentennial Committee (1997)

Community Involvement

• Awarded the Queen's Golden Jubilee medal in recognition of her outstanding contribution to her profession and country (2002)
• Governor of Loyalist College, including serving as Chair of the Board (1991 to 1997)
• Chair of Loyalist College Foundation
• Past Executive Director of the Belleville General Hospital Gala Dream Auction Committee
• Past Director of the United Way
• Director and Treasurer of Bridge Street United Church Foundation
  and chair of the Investment Committee
• Past Director of Otherways Inc.