About Macleod Boyle and Godbout Law and Mediation Chambers

Nigel Macleod

Nigel Macleod | Anthony Boyle | Marie-Hélène Godbout |

NIGEL MACLEOD B.Soc.Sc., LL.B., Acc.FM (OAFM), Adv. Pract. ( ACR)

A practicing member of the Law Society of Upper Canada since 1981, Nigel Macleod has been a mediator since 1991. Nigel carries on a blended practice of law and mediation and he is an Ottawa mediator for the Ontario Mandatory Mediation Program – Ottawa. He has qualified as a practicing member of the Association of Conflict Resolution (previous 1997 advanced accreditation with the Academy of Family Mediators) and an accredited family mediator with the OAFM. He is the past President of the Ontario Association for Family Mediation (Ottawa Region). Nigel has trained extensively in transformative mediation and has acquired academic certification in Addiction Counseling. His training in settlement-based mediation has included an advanced curriculum in multi-party negotiation at Harvard Law School.

Nigel Macleod was one of the original selections for the position of mediator and arbitrator for the Lawyers’ Professional Indemnity Company. He has been appointed as a roster mediator for the Law Society of Upper Canada’s Pilot ADR Program and taught Negotiation to lawyers at the Law Society’s Bar Admission ADR Course.

Nigel Macleod is an experienced dispute resolution practitioner and has demonstrated strong leadership in the emergence and growth of Canadian collaborative family law. In particular, his pioneering work in Ontario has contributed to the development of collaborative family law in Ontario (founding member of Toronto’s Collaborative Law Association; founding President of Ottawa’s Collaborative Law Network; founding delegate and the First President of the Ontario Collaborative Law Federation. Nigel Macleod is the current past President and Director of this provincial federation after a two year term as Founding President.

ANTHONY BOYLE B.A., B Comm., LL.B, J.D.

Anthony Boyle is an Ottawa native, and obtained a B.A. (Commercial Studies) from the University of Western Ontario, a Bachelor of Commerce (High Honours) from Carleton University, his Bachelor of Laws from the University of Windsor and his Juris Doctor from the University of Detroit Mercy in 1996.

Mr. Boyle was called to the Ontario Bar in 1998 and has been practicing primarily Residential Real Estate Law since his call to the bar while also offering services upon request for Wills and Powers of Attorney.

Prior to joining MacLeod, Boyle & Godbout, Mr. Boyle practiced as a solicitor in association with Segal Talarico Habib Molot (1998 -2001), and most recently in association with Robert Boyle, under the firm name of Boyle & Boyle (2002-2008).

MARIE-HÉLÈNE GODBOUT B.A., LL.B.

Marie-Marie-Hélène is originally from Quebec City. She obtained her B.A. from the University of Ottawa in 1992 where she completed undergraduate studies in criminology and industrial psychology. She continued there with her legal studies and obtained her LL.B. in 1995.

Marie-Marie-Hélène was called to the Bar of Ontario in 1998 and has practiced criminal law and family law as a sole practitioner in Cambridge, Kitchener, Brampton and Toronto, Ontario and is fluently bilingual. She subsequently practiced and currently practices at MacLeod Law & Mediation Chambers in Ottawa in the areas of criminal law, family law and mediation.