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Lift Legal in St. Albert is not your traditional law firm. We believe that our relationships with clients should be more than just a business transaction where we provide a service and you pay a bill. We want to get to know you so that we can better meet your needs and so that your experience with us is always a positive one.
At Lift Legal we don’t “specialize” in everything. We practice three areas of law and we do them well. Our focus on business law, family law and real-estate law in Edmonton and St. Albert allow us to provide exceptional service in these specific areas. We keep up with new developments in these areas and tailor our services to the unique needs of each of our clients.
Lift Legal is proof that you don’t need to hire a big law firm with a big law firm price tag in order to receive top-notch legal services. We always discuss pricing in detail at our first meeting to ensure that there are no surprises or misunderstandings down the line. We believe that families and businesses can greatly benefit from receiving quality legal services and we are willing to work with you to ensure this can happen.
Mel is the founder of Lift Legal and is passionate about helping families and businesses in St. Albert and Edmonton achieve their goals.
After more than a decade as a corporate commercial lawyer at an international law firm, Rebecca decided to try something completely different and joined Mel at Lift Legal.
Rheanne has worked with several full-service law firms in Alberta and Nova Scotia, and decided that she wanted to focus her energies so that she could become a great family and business lawyer.
Megan is happy to have found a place to work where she is excited to go to work each day to see her work family, collaborate on files and build lasting relationships with colleagues and clients.
After studying many different areas of law in university, Payge was drawn to corporate law, as it requires a specialized focus and attention to detail. Lift Legal appealed to her as a smaller firm where she could quickly develop her skills and be challenged daily.
Kaylee is passionate about family law and after graduating from University joined Lift Legal to explore her interest in law.
Nicole has a longstanding relationship with the team at Lift Legal and independently offers estate planning services to Lift Legal clients.
We can advise you on almost all aspects of your business, from start-up to selling your business, and everything in between.
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We assist with all aspects of the purchase or sale of a business including:
We assist with all aspects of granting or obtaining financing including:
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We assist with all non-litigation employment work, including:
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Looking to make a pre-nuptial arrangement? Or if you need help sorting out your property/time with children upon a split from a spouse. Whatever the issue, we can help.
We can create marriage agreements to deal with issues relating to money, property or debt that could arise should your new relationship someday break down.
We can create an agreement that will allow you to move on with your life without worrying about how long your divorce will take. A separation agreement lawyer establishes terms pertaining to child custody, child support, spousal support, property division, debt obligations and other marital separation matters. It can be registered with the court upon divorce and as a result also serves as an invaluable tool for guiding your relationship with your spouse after divorce and into the future.
Mel is a certified collaborative family lawyer and he can assist you with achieving a resolution to your family law issue through this process. Collaborative family law is an out-of-court process that enables separating or divorcing spouses to create their own settlement with the support of collaborative family lawyers. Collaborative family law may be the right choice for you if you and your spouse both want to maintain some control over the outcome of your separation or divorce, preserve your relationship as much as possible, put the interests of your children first, and maintain your privacy.
Mel is a certified family law mediator and he can help you and your spouse reach an agreement on some or all of your family law issues. The mediator’s role is to listen to both sides and, without bias, help the two of you find middle ground that you both support.
We can advise you on almost all aspects of your real-estate journey, from purchasing to selling your property, and everything in between.
We assist with all aspects of the purchase and sale of residential real estate, including:
We assist with all aspects of the purchase and sale of commercial real estate, including:
We can help with all aspects of commercial leases, including:
We think clients should like their lawyer — we believe you will!
We appreciate that issues faced by clients requiring assistance with family law can be extremely personal. We want to hear your story and we will strive to make you feel understood and respected. Similarly, we know how important your business is to you and that it is key that the select group of advisors you choose for your business are as passionate about its success as you are. We want to get to know you and your St. Albert or Edmonton business and be part of the team that will help it grow.
We are not your traditional law firm.
We are striving to build a new kind of law firm based on a more personal and client focused way of practicing law. At Lift Legal we believe that constantly watching the clock gets in the way of a trusting and collaborative relationship. We strive to keep the lines of communication with our clients open and honest, and as a result, we will often answer brief questions and respond to emails without additional charges. We offer flexible pricing and payment plans to suit each client’s specific needs and we work hard to build a relationship of mutual respect and understanding with each of our clients.
At Lift Legal we take advantage of virtual supports, professional networks and online resources so that we can provide up-to-date, top notch legal services for Edmonton & St. Albert in a more appealing and cost effective manner.
We are looking for clients we can believe in.
We all do our best work when we believe in what we are working to accomplish. As a result, we look for clients whose values align with ours so that we are even more motivated to provide exceptional service and advice. We are passionate about helping businesses in Edmonton, Alberta grow and meet challenges and we believe in helping families move through difficult times in the most proactive and amicable way possible.
We help resolve difficult family matters — without litigation.
We strongly believe that your family law issues should be resolved by ensuring that you control the outcome rather than a stranger such as a judge. We do not litigate, rather we engage in mediation, collaborative law, and the negotiation of agreements to help guide relationships both before and after separation.
We help businesses succeed.
We know that when you are starting a new company or running one on your own, expenses can be high while the budget is low. Getting legal advice is often last on the priority list. Instead of paying high hourly rates at big firms, many business owners choose to forego legal advice altogether and tackle the minefield of incorporation, contracts and other legal matters on their own. We aim to provide you with accessible and affordable St. Albert legal services so that your business can get the help that it needs to allow it to grow and flourish. We can advise you on almost all aspects of your business, from start-up to selling your business and everything in between.
We appreciate that as a business owner you probably handle every aspect of your business and we want to help you continue to do that. So we draft contracts that you can not only understand, but explain to your clients. We will help you be as independent as you want to be.
We bring family and business law together.
It is not uncommon for the ownership of a business to be a key consideration in the handling of a separation or divorce. Given our depth of experience with business and corporate commercial law, we can provide advice on these aspects of the separation. For example, there is tremendous value added when your family lawyer has the expertise to see possibilities for your business and can handle its sale or restructuring if it becomes necessary as part of a separation.
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