Downtown Legal Services — University of Toronto

Richard Teicher, B.A. (Hons.) (York University), M.S.W. (University of Toronto), LL.B. (University of Windsor), LL.M. (University of Ottawa), supervises the Family Law Division.  Richard has practiced exclusively family law since being called to the Bar of Ontario in 2000. Richard has litigated matters in the Ontario and Superior Courts of Justice.  He is an accredited family law mediator (Acc.F.M.) and a qualified collaborative family law lawyer. Richard has been panel counsel for the Ontario Children’s Lawyer – Personal Rights Section and the Family Responsibility Office.  Richard has been sessional faculty with the Humber College Business School and Riverdale Mediation. During his career, Richard has practiced with a large Bay Street firm, a boutique family law firm and has run his own private practice. In 2018, Richard was selected to be a member of the Dispute Resolution Officer (DRO) Panel for the Superior Court of Justice in Toronto.