Our Team

Cody Dub

Client Relations Specialist

Cody acts as CRS at One Family Law and brings with her over ten years of sales and customer service experience. Navigating a divorce or separation is an emotional and often overwhelming process. Cody plays a vital role in centering the client experience in One Family Law’s unique process. Her drive to deliver kind, responsive and informative care has helped our clients move through the process with less anxiety and ease. Cody is honoured to be a trusted resource to our clients during this important transitional time.

Ashley Goodnough

Paralegal

Ashley brings a keen eye for detail and a passion for meeting deadlines to One Family Law. Beyond ensuring all your documents and sensitive information are accurate, Ashley’s role is foundational in streamlining our in-house processes so that we can deliver the most cost-effective and simplified service to our clients. Ultimately Ashley shares the belief that divorce or separation doesn’t have to be a complicated or expensive process and is focussed on delivering an alternative one through her work at One Family Law.

Melissa Bourgeois

Family Lawyer, Founder of One Family Law

Melissa has been practicing family law for over a decade now and has been witness to many positive changes as the law continues to grow and evolve to meet the changing needs of our society.

She is a graduate of the University of Ottawa’s bilingual ‘Programme National’ where she earned both her civil (LL.L.) and common law (JD) degrees. Prior to that she studied Sociology, obtaining both an undergraduate and master’s degree from Concordia University in Montréal.

After completing her studies, Melissa returned to Edmonton and began her formalistic legal training under the supervision of an esteemed family litigator who taught her the ins and outs of the court system. It was during this time that she came to understand the importance of access to justice for families, and the key role our judiciary holds in assisting high conflict families in obtaining resolution to their differences.

While travelling abroad Melissa discovered a new type of legal service being offered in the UK where one family lawyer acts for both parties together, providing joint impartial legal advice that is fair and neutral to both parties. A lightbulb went off for her when she realized the potential to expand the notions of ‘good, amicable and kind divorce’ in Canada and so Melissa pursued the right to practice this way through a series of proposals and test reports presented to the Law Society of Alberta’s Innovation Regulation Group.

One Family Law, which is now a proud member of the Law Society of Alberta’s Innovation Sandbox, is the first of its kind in Canada to provide a streamlined family law service whereby one family lawyer is hired by both parties to provide neutral and fair legal advice to them jointly.